ISLAND Synonyms

• an island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon

• a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

• metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

• United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

• something crucial for explaining

• pitch of the voice

• any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

• a kilogram of a narcotic drug

• a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

• a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

• (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

• a list of answers to a test

• a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

• a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

• mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

• a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

• serving as an essential component

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• provide with a key

• vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

• regulate the musical pitch of

• harmonize with or adjust to

• A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.

• a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

• a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

• An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.

• An oat.

• (obsolete outside dialectal) The holly.

• A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.

• An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.

• (chiefly West Yorkshire) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. See also holme.

• Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.