5 Letter Words starting with KEY

• enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad

• fasten (something) in position with a pin, wedge, or bolt

• roughen (a surface) to help the adhesion of plaster or other material

• word (an advertisement in a periodical), typically by varying the form of the address given, so as to identify the publication generating particular responses

• vandalize (a car) by scraping its paint with a key

• be the crucial factor in achieving

• a small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it

• each of several buttons on a panel for operating a computer, typewriter, or telephone

• a thing that provides a means of achieving or understanding something

Synonyms: answer, clue, solution, explanation, pointer, cue, lead

• a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale, regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece of music

Synonyms: tone, pitch, timbre, tonality, tone colour, modulation

• the dry winged fruit of an ash, maple, or sycamore, typically growing in bunches; a samara

• the part of a first coat of wall plaster that passes between the laths and so secures the rest

• the keyhole-shaped area marked on the court near each basket

• (of a locking mechanism or switch) operated by a key

• produced by pressing keys on a computer keyboard, telephone pad, etc.

• (of a map, table, etc.) having an explanatory list of symbols