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Lungoor :: Lungoor (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India..

Bedkey :: Bedkey (n.) An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.

Supertragical :: Supertonic (n.) The note next above the keynote; the second of the scale.

Typewriter :: Typewriter (n.) An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper..

Turnkey :: Turnkey (n.) An instrument with a hinged claw, -- used for extracting teeth with a twist..

Natural :: Natural (a.) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..

Pedimanous :: Pedimanous (a.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys..

Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts, screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different sizes..

Turk :: Turk (n.) A Mohammedan; esp., one living in Turkey..

Monkey-cup :: Monkey-cup (n.) See Nepenthes.

Saltant :: Saltant (v.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc..

Cay :: Cay (n.) See Key, a ledge..

Chameck :: Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail..

Subsensible :: Subsemitone (n.) The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic..

Touch :: Touch (v.) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch..

Monkey :: Monkey (n.) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs..

Ouakari :: Ouakari (n.) Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especially B. ouakari..

Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper..

Unturn :: Unturn (v. t.) To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key..

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