Anagrams of: DEFKY

• resist or confront with resistance

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• challenge

• 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 kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect.

• The state of relaxed stupor induced by cannabis.

• The trichome of marijuana, a green powdery substance that falls from dry marijuana high in THC and other cannabinoid compounds.

• slightly insane

• suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness

• any federal law-enforcement officer

• the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies

• a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

• color with dye

• color for microscopic study

• Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.

• A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds government revenue.

• A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).

• (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.

• A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation

• The action or process of defining.

• The act of defining; determination of the limits.

• A product of defining.

• The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.

• Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.

• Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.

• Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.

• The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.

• A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).

• A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.

• Without question and beyond doubt.

• In a definite manner; decisively.

• Excellent; very good