Black lead () Plumbago |
Covering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cover |
Covering (n.) Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. |
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. |
short covering | the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale |
application coating covering | the work of applying something, the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine, a complete bleach requires several applications, the surface was ready for a coating of paint, |
covering | the act of protecting something by covering it |
cover covering fire | fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations, artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal |
cover covering screening masking | the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it, the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft |
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 |
protective covering | the tough natural covering of some organisms |
bedspread bedcover bed cover bed covering counterpane spread | decorative cover for a bed |
clip lead | a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends |
cloth covering | a covering made of cloth |
covering | an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) |
floor cover floor covering | a covering for a floor |
head covering veil | a garment that covers the head and face |
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 |
lap lap covering | the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs, his lap was covered with food stains |
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 |
legging leging leg covering | a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) |
protective covering protective cover protection | a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury, they had no protection from the fallout, wax provided protection for the floors |
sounding lead | a metal bob at the end of a sounding line |
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 |
body covering | any covering for the body or a body part |
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 |
covering letter cover letter | a letter sent along with other documents to provide additional information |
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 |
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 |
covering natural covering cover | a natural object that covers or envelops, under a covering of dust, the fox was flushed from its cover |
star principal lead | an actor who plays a principal role |
lead tree white popinac Leucaena glauca Leucaena leucocephala | low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods |
leadplant lead plant Amorpha canescens | shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dullolored racemose flowers, thought to indicate the presence of lead ore |
lead | (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning |
lead | the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) |
lead poisoning plumbism saturnism | toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system |
lead colic painter's colic | symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation |
lead arsenate | a poisonous white solid (Pb[AsO]) used as an insecticide |
tetraethyl lead lead tetraethyl | a clear oily poisonous liquid added to gasoline to prevent knocking |
lead Pb atomic number | a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element, bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey, the children were playing with lead soldiers |
cerussite white lead ore | a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead |
pyromorphite green lead ore | a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate, a minor source of lead |