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 |
Covered (imp. & p. p.) of Cover |
Covered (a.) Under cover |
Covered (imp. & p. p.) of Covet |
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. |
Plain (v. i.) To lament |
Plain (v. t.) To lament |
Plain (superl.) Without elevations or depressions |
Plain (superl.) Open |
Plain (superl.) Not intricate or difficult |
Plain (superl.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament |
Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated |
Plain (superl.) Free from affectation or disguise |
Plain (superl.) Not luxurious |
Plain (superl.) Without beauty |
Plain (superl.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured |
Plain (superl.) Not much varied by modulations |
Plain (adv.) In a plain manner |
Plain (a.) Level land |
covered option | a put or call option backed by the shares underlying the option |
plain sailing clear sailing easy going | easy unobstructed progress, after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing |
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 |
plain turkey Choriotis australis | popular Australian game bird |
plain wanderer Pedionomus torquatus | small Australian bird related to the button quail, classified as wading bird but inhabits plains |
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 |
civilian clothing civilian dress civilian garb plain clothes | ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc. |
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 |
covered bridge | a bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides |
covered couch | a litter with a cover for privacy |
covered wagon Conestoga wagon Conestoga prairie wagon prairie schooner | a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top, used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the th century |
dome domed stadium covered stadium | a stadium that has a roof |
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 |
grandstand covered stand | a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof |
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) |
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 |
knit knit stitch plain plain stitch | a basic knitting stitch |
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 |
plain weave taffeta weave | a basic style of weave in which the weft and warp threads intertwine alternately to produce a checkerboard effect |
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 |
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 |
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 |
tip lead steer confidential information wind hint | an indication of potential opportunity, he got a tip on the stock market, a good lead for a job |
lead sheet | a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form |
plain flour | flour that does not contain a raising agent |
lead bank agent bank | a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests |
lead | (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base, he took a long lead off first |