Acetate (n.) A salt formed by the union of acetic acid with a base or positive radical |
Black lead () Plumbago |
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. |
Sugar (n.) A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below. |
Sugar (n.) By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance |
Sugar (n.) Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious |
Sugar (v. i.) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize |
Sugar (v. t.) To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar |
Sugar (v. t.) To cover with soft words |
Sugar-house (n.) A building in which sugar is made or refined |
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 |
acetate disk phonograph recording disk | a disk coated with cellulose acetate |
acetate rayon acetate | a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate |
clip lead | a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends |
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 |
sounding lead | a metal bob at the end of a sounding line |
sugar bowl | a dish in which sugar is served |
sugar refinery | a refinery for sugar |
sugar spoon sugar shell | a spoon for serving sugar, often made in the shape of a seashell |
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 |
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 |
caramel caramelized sugar | burnt sugar, used to color and flavor food |
lump sugar | refined sugar molded into rectangular shapes convenient as single servings |
sugarloaf sugar loaf loaf sugar | a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar |
cane sugar | sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent |
castor sugar caster sugar | very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor |
powdered sugar | sugar granulated into a fine powder |
granulated sugar | sugar in the form of small grains |
icing sugar | finely powdered sugar used to make icing |
beet sugar | sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent |
corn sugar | dextrose used as sweetening agent |
brown sugar | unrefined or only partly refined sugar |
demerara demerara sugar | light brown cane sugar, originally from Guyana |
barley-sugar barley candy | a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar |
cotton candy spun sugar candyfloss | a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature |
sugar candy | made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens |
sugar cookie | cookies sprinkled with granulated sugar |
sugar beet | whiteooted beet grown as a source of sugar |
snow pea sugar pea | green peas with flat edible pods |
sugar snap pea | green peas with edible pods that are very crisp and not flat |
sweetsop annon sugar apple | sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds |
sugar refined sugar | a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative |
sugar syrup | sugar and water and sometimes corn syrup boiled together, used as sweetening especially in drinks |
sugar water | water sweetened with sugar |
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 |
star principal lead | an actor who plays a principal role |