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Definition: Screw Key |
Screw KeyNoun1. A wrench for turning a screw. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mechanical Engineering | A hand tool for gripping and turning a nut or the head of a bolt or screw. It consists of a handle at the end of which is either a female part-two jaws or a sleeve-or a male part-an extremity of polygonal section or one or two hook-like projections. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Screw Key |
| English words defined with "screw key": Screw bolt. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "screw key": ALIGNER, TYPEWRITER ♦ FILLING-AND-STAPLING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ hex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon socket-type screw, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, hollow head set screw, hollow screw ♦ key for hexagonal socket screws ♦ SCREW, socket head screw, socket screw, socket screw key, socketed screw, socket-headed screw ♦ WIRER, SUBASSEMBLIES, wrench for hexagon socketed screws. (references) |
Expressions using "screw key": hex socket screw key ♦ socket screw key. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "screw key"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skruenoegle (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schroefsleutel (adjustable end wrench, adjustable open-end wrench, adjustable wrench, Clyburn, Clyburn spanner, Crescent adjustable wrench, Crescent transversely adjustable, Crescent wrench transversely adjustable, nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench), moersleutel (adjustable wrench, nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuusiokoloavain (hex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, key for hexagonal socket screws, wrench for hexagon socketed screws), koloavain (Allen key, insertion spanner, key, key for socket screws, socket screw key, wrench for socketed screws, wrench key). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | clef (screw wrench), clé de serrage (screw wrench), clé écrous (screw wrench), clé (screw wrench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spannschluessel (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench), Schraubenschlüssel (adjustable wrench, nut wrench, screw wrench, screw-wrench, spanner, spanners, wrench), Schluessel (key, nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλειδί σύσφιξης (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | chiave per dadi (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ewscray eykay chave para sextavado interior (hex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, key for hexagonal socket screws, wrench for hexagon socketed screws), chave macho (Allen key, insertion spanner, key, key for socket screws, socket screw key, wrench for socketed screws, wrench key). (various references) llave de ajuste (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references) insexnyckel (Allen key, hex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, insertion spanner, key, key for hexagonal socket screws, key for socket screws, socket screw key, wrench for hexagon socketed screws, wrench for socketed screws, wrench key), 6-kantnyckel (Allen key, hex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, insertion spanner, key, key for hexagonal socket screws, key for socket screws, socket screw key, wrench for hexagon socketed screws, wrench for socketed screws, wrench key). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-k-r-s-w-y" | |
-2 letters: creeks, kersey, rekeys, screwy, skewer, wrecks. | |
-3 letters: ceres, creek, crews, esker, ewers, eyers, eyres, recks, reeks, reeky, rekey, resew, rykes, scree, screw, sewer, sweer, sycee, weeks, wreck, yerks. | |
-4 letters: cees, cere, crew, eery, ekes, ewer, ewes, eyer, eyes, eyre, keys, reck, recs, reek, rees, ryes, ryke, scry, seek, seer, sere, skee, skew, syce, syke, week, weer, wees, were, wyes, yerk, yews. | |
-5 letters: cee, cry, eke, ere, ers, ewe, eye, key, rec, ree, res, rye, sec, see, ser, sew, sky, wee, wry, wye, yes, yew. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 72 65 77      4B 65 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01110010 01100101 01110111 00100000 01001011 01100101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c r e w   K e y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0072 0065 0077      004B 0065 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53698471892457191 |
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