English words starting with key

Meanings of Key:

noun

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.

Usage examples:

There were two keys to the cupboard

adjective

Of crucial importance.

Usage examples:

She became a key figure in the suffragette movement

verb

Enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad.

Usage examples:

Not everyone can key data quickly and accurately

Meanings of Key-in:

phrase

In tune; with correct pitch.

Usage examples:

She can actually sing in key

phrasal verb

To enter information into a computer or other device using a keyboard or buttons

Usage examples:

It will take about two hours to key in all this data.

Meanings of Key-player:

noun

An important person, company, etc. in a particular area of activity

Usage examples:

Key player in sth robin is changing jobs but he will remain one of the key players in our managemen…

Meanings of Keyaki:

noun

A deciduous tree, zelkova serrata (family ulmaceae), native to japan and other parts of eastern asia, commonly planted as a shade tree and formerly for timber.

Meanings of Keyboarding:

verb

Enter (data) by means of a keyboard.

Usage examples:

Entries would be keyboarded

noun

A panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter.

Usage examples:

Input devices may consist of computer mice, keyboards, pixels of one or more video cameras, wearabl…

Meanings of Keyboards:

noun

A panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter.

Usage examples:

Input devices may consist of computer mice, keyboards, pixels of one or more video cameras, wearabl…

verb

Enter (data) by means of a keyboard.

Usage examples:

Entries would be keyboarded

Meanings of Keyed-up:

adjective

Excited or nervous

Usage examples:

She was too keyed up to sleep.

Meanings of Keyhole:

noun

A hole in a lock into which the key is inserted.

Usage examples:

Selecting one, he inserted it into the keyhole and turned.

Meanings of Keyholes:

noun

A hole in a lock into which the key is inserted.

Usage examples:

Selecting one, he inserted it into the keyhole and turned.

Meanings of Keying:

verb

Enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad.

Usage examples:

Not everyone can key data quickly and accurately

noun

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.

Usage examples:

There were two keys to the cupboard

adjective

Of crucial importance.

Usage examples:

She became a key figure in the suffragette movement

Meanings of Keylet:

noun

A small key.

Meanings of Keynesian:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the economic theories of john maynard keynes.

Usage examples:

Keynesian policies

noun

An advocate of the economic theories of john maynard keynes.

Usage examples:

Radical keynesians

Meanings of Keynesianism:

noun

The economic theory or practice based on the ideas of the english economist john maynard keynes.

Usage examples:

A return to keynesianism

adjective

Relating to the economic principles of john maynard keynes, especially the importance of having government programmes to encourage employment and spending

Usage examples:

Keynesian economics, past governments had followed an orthodox keynesian approach and had borrowed …

Meanings of Keynoter:

noun

→  keynote speaker

Meanings of Keynoters:

noun

→  keynote speaker

Meanings of Keynotes:

noun

A prevailing tone or central theme.

Usage examples:

Individuality is the keynote of the nineties

Meanings of Keynoting:

noun

The action of setting or expressing a prevailing tone or essential idea. now usually: the action of delivering a keynote speech at a conference, political meeting, etc.

Meanings of Keypad:

noun

A miniature keyboard or set of buttons for operating a portable electronic device, telephone, or other equipment.

Usage examples:

Changeable cell phone covers and face plates to suit your mood, the latest holograms, flashing keyp…

Meanings of Keypads:

noun

A miniature keyboard or set of buttons for operating a portable electronic device, telephone, or other equipment.

Usage examples:

Changeable cell phone covers and face plates to suit your mood, the latest holograms, flashing keyp…

Meanings of Keypunch:

noun

A device for transferring data by means of punched holes or notches on a series of cards or paper tape.

Usage examples:

I first learned to type on a keypunch machine in my father's office.

verb

Put (data) into the form of punched cards or paper tape with a keypunch.

Usage examples:

There have been thousands of lines of poetry keypunched in order to produce concordances

Meanings of Keypunched:

verb

Put (data) into the form of punched cards or paper tape with a keypunch.

Usage examples:

There have been thousands of lines of poetry keypunched in order to produce concordances

noun

A device for transferring data by means of punched holes or notches on a series of cards or paper tape.

Usage examples:

I first learned to type on a keypunch machine in my father's office.

Meanings of Keypunches:

noun

A device for transferring data by means of punched holes or notches on a series of cards or paper tape.

Usage examples:

I first learned to type on a keypunch machine in my father's office.

verb

Put (data) into the form of punched cards or paper tape with a keypunch.

Usage examples:

There have been thousands of lines of poetry keypunched in order to produce concordances

Meanings of Keypunching:

verb

Put (data) into the form of punched cards or paper tape with a keypunch.

Usage examples:

There have been thousands of lines of poetry keypunched in order to produce concordances

noun

A device for transferring data by means of punched holes or notches on a series of cards or paper tape.

Usage examples:

I first learned to type on a keypunch machine in my father's office.

Meanings of Keys:

noun

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.

Usage examples:

There were two keys to the cupboard

verb

Enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad.

Usage examples:

Not everyone can key data quickly and accurately

adjective

Of crucial importance.

Usage examples:

She became a key figure in the suffragette movement

Meanings of Keystone:

noun

A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together.

Usage examples:

The final seven rusticated bands are precisely linked to the voussoirs and keystones that define th…

proper noun

A us film company formed in 1912, remembered for its silent slapstick comedy films, many featuring the bumbling keystone kops police characters.