effort elbow grease
exertion
travail
sweat | use of physical or mental energy, hard work, he got an A for effort, they managed only with great exertion |
| eyebrow pencil | makeup provided by a cosmetic pencil that is used to darken the eyebrows |
grease-gun
gun | a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver, forces grease into parts of a machine |
hairdressing
hair tonic
hair oil
hair grease | a toiletry for the hair |
lead
pencil lead | mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness, the marking substance in a pencil |
| lead pencil | pencil that has graphite as the marking substance |
| pencil | a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement, a rod of marking substance encased in wood |
| pencil | a cosmetic in a long thin stick, designed to be applied to a particular part of the face, an eyebrow pencil |
pencil box
pencil case | a box for holding pencils |
| pencil sharpener | a rotary implement for sharpening the point on pencils |
rubber eraser
rubber pencil eraser | an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber), commonly mounted at one end of a pencil |
sable sable brush
sable's hair pencil | an artist's brush made of sable hairs |
| slate pencil | a pencil of soft slate (or soapstone) used for writing on a slate |
automobile mechanic
auto-mechanic
car-mechanic
mechanic grease monkey | someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles |
penpusher
pencil pusher | a clerk who does boring paperwork |
| pencil cedar | wood of a pencil cedar tree, used for making pencils |
pencil cedar
pencil cedar tree | any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils |
| pencil | a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point |
dirt
filth grime
soil
stain
grease
grunge | the state of being covered with unclean things |
| axle grease | a thick heavy grease used to lubricate axles |
| pencil | graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication, the words were scribbled in pencil, this artist's favorite medium is pencil |
lanolin
wool fat
wool grease | a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool, a mixture of fatty acids and esters, used in some ointments and cosmetics |
| goose grease | grease derived from geese |
grease
lubricating oil | a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) |
edit blue-pencil
delete | cut or eliminate, she edited the juiciest scenes |
| grease | lubricate with grease, grease the wheels |
| pencil | write, draw, or trace with a pencil, he penciled a figure |
bribe
corrupt
buy grease one's palms | make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence, This judge can be bought |