Black lead
() Plumbago |
Cable
(n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. |
Cable
(n.) A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance |
Cable
(n.) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope |
Cable
(v. t.) To fasten with a cable. |
Cable
(v. t.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling. |
Cable
(v. t. & i.) To telegraph by a submarine cable |
Ignition
(n.) The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire. |
Ignition
(n.) The state of being ignited or kindled. |
Lead
(n.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide. |
Lead
(n.) An article made of lead or an alloy of lead |
Lead
(n.) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea. |
Lead
(n.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing. |
Lead
(n.) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs |
Lead
(n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils. |
Lead
(v. t.) To cover, fill, or affect with lead |
Lead
(v. t.) To place leads between the lines of |
Lead
(v. t.) To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection |
Lead
(v. t.) To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known |
Lead
(v. t.) To conduct or direct with authority |
Lead
(v. t.) To go or to be in advance of |
Lead
(v. t.) To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad |
Lead
(v. t.) To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course) |
Lead
(v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with |
Lead
(v. i.) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc. |
Lead
(v. t.) To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place |
Lead
(n.) The act of leading or conducting |
Lead
(n.) precedence |
Lead
(n.) The act or right of playing first in a game or round |
Lead
(n.) An open way in an ice field. |
Lead
(n.) A lode. |
Lead
(n.) The course of a rope from end to end. |
Lead
(n.) The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke. |
Lead
(n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment. |
Lead
(n.) The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. |
Plug
(n.) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole |
Plug
(n.) A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. |
Plug
(n.) A high, tapering silk hat. |
Plug
(n.) A worthless horse. |
Plug
(n.) A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. |
Plug
(v. t.) To stop with a plug |
Sheet cable
() The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
ignition
firing
lighting
kindling
inflammation | the act of setting something on fire |
| lead | the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge, the lead was in the dummy |
| lead | a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead'), he takes the lead in any group, we were just waiting for someone to take the lead, they didn't follow our lead |
hack jade
nag
plug | an old or over-worked horse |
bowler hat
bowler
derby hat
derby
plug hat | a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim |
| cable | a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire |
cable cable television
cable system
cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
| cable line transmission line | a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power |
cable car
car | a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway, they took a cable car to the top of the mountain |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
circuit board
circuit card
board card plug-in
add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
| clip lead | a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends |
coaxial cable
coax
coax cable | a transmission line for high-frequency signals |
| electrical cable | a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations |
| ethernet cable | any of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernets |
fiber optic cable
fibre optic cable | a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light |
fireplug
fire hydrant
plug | an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire |
| ground cable | a mooring cable, runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor |
guy
guy cable
guy wire
guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
ignition
ignition system | the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internalombustion engine |
| ignition coil | an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high-voltage current required by spark plugs |
| ignition key | a key that operates the ignition switch of an automotive engine |
| ignition switch | switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter |
interlock
ignition interlock | a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting, car theives know how to bypass the ignition interlock |
jumper cable
jumper lead
lead booster cable | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire, it was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads |
lead
pencil lead | mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness, the marking substance in a pencil |
| lead leading | thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing |
lead-acid battery
lead-acid accumulator | a battery with lead electrodes with dilute sulphuric acid as the electrolyte, each cell generates about volts |
| lead-in | wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line |
lead line
sounding line | (nautical) plumb line for determining depth |
| lead pencil | pencil that has graphite as the marking substance |
leash
tether
lead | restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal |
| lock ignition lock | a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key |
plug
stopper
stopple | blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly |
| plug male plug | an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection |
| plug fuse | a fuse with a thread that screws into a socket |
power line
power cable | cable used to distribute electricity |
| printer cable | a cable between a computer and a printer |
| sounding lead | a metal bob at the end of a sounding line |
spark plug
sparking plug
plug | electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internalombustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark |
telephone plug
phone plug | a plug for connecting a telephone |
tramway tram aerial tramway
cable tramway
ropeway | a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers |
wall socket
wall plug
electric outlet
electrical outlet
outlet electric receptacle | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices |
spark advance
lead | the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internalombustion engine |
| lead | an advantage held by a competitor in a race, he took the lead at the last turn |
lead
track
trail | evidence pointing to a possible solution, the police are following a promising lead, the trail led straight to the perpetrator |
lead lead-in
lede | the introductory section of a story, it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter |
lead
lead story | a news story of major importance |
cable
cablegram
overseas telegram | a telegram sent abroad |
cable television
cable | television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver |