Lead

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A soft, malleable, ductile, bluish-white, dense metallic element, extracted chiefly from galena and used in containers and pipes for corrosives, solder and type metal, bullets, radiation shielding, paints, glass, storage batteries, and antiknock compounds. Atomic number 82; atomic weight 207.2; melting point 327.5°C; boiling point 1,749°C; specific gravity 11.35; valence 2, 4. cross-reference: Periodic Table. noun

Any of various, often graphitic compositions used as the writing substance in pencils. noun

A thin stick of such material. noun

Bullets from or for firearms; shot. noun

A lead weight suspended by a line, used to make soundings. noun

A thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type. noun

Strips of lead used to hold the panes of a window. noun

A flat roof covered with sheets of lead. noun

To cover, line, weight, or fill with lead. transitive verb

To provide space between (lines of type) with leads. transitive verb

To secure (window glass) with leads. transitive verb

To treat with lead or a lead compound. transitive verb

(get the lead out) To start moving or move more rapidly. idiom

To show the way to by going in advance: synonym: guide. intransitive verb

To guide or direct in a course. intransitive verb

To serve as a route for; take. intransitive verb

To be a channel or conduit for (water or electricity, for example). intransitive verb

A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).

A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.

A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.

Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.

Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.

(plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.

A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.

Bullets; ammunition.

Bullets fired from a gun, gun shots Urban Dictionary

A joke that gets no response. Contraction of the phrase a'lead balloon'. Urban Dictionary

The name for an element of electronic music. typically also a supersaw. it is the "lead melody" of an edm track but also it is an instrument. characterized by a high, bright sound with a sharp eq and a high sustain. Urban Dictionary

It can be used to describe somthing that is "old" or "broken". Urban Dictionary

When you talk about a girl (or boy) you think is ugly you can say 'she is lead'. It originated from patois or kweyol. Urban Dictionary

N. Slang for penis, especially one of large and hard status. Urban Dictionary

In Disney theme parks, the shift leader among cast members. Not management, but not a regular cast member's equal. Urban Dictionary

Someone seeming intrested in you but it turns out their intensions were not true. Urban Dictionary

When someone flirts with someone else and seems interested but it turns out they had no real intentions with that person. Urban Dictionary

Some one who flirts, teases, and possibly kisses you and turns around and ignores you and has no interest in you anymore. Emilee S. S. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to lead:
lead.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lead:
furlong, halftime, vocalist, lap, laps, zinc, caution, guitarist, touchdown, roles, singer, quarter, guitar, lengths, inning, drums, backing, rhythm, bass, bassist, pit, vocal, minute, role, drummer, seconds, single, songwriter, score, pass, actress, quarterback.

Words that rhyme with lead:
read, head, breed, red, bed, feed, bleed, spread, shed, proceed, tread, led, speed, bread, concede, plead, supersede, screed, seed, need, weed, indeed, heed, dead, creed, precede, deed, thread, impede, ahead, accede, dread, inbreed, embed, succeed, overhead, exceed, cede, pled, proofread, watershed, said, reed, wed, secede, instead, ed, mislead, stead, recede, bead, shred, reread, widespread, greed, shead, stampede, bulkhead, mead, med, intercede, aforesaid, knead, sled, fed, nead, ted, homestead, centipede, spearhead, misread, steed, retread, ged, infrared, bled, tweed, agreed, seaweed, coed, egghead, imbed, abed, misled, bred, guaranteed, fred, sped, inbred, zed, figurehead, bede, thoroughbred, hotbed, deadhead, blockhead, beachhead, ned, swede, masthead.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lead:
white, red, black, metallic, pure, early, female, hot, male, positive, negative, point, clear, much, strong, right, technological, big, soft, commanding, likely, solid, ordinary, romantic, hard, left, false, spongy, slight, substantial, juvenile, heavy, promising, inorganic, liquid, run, cold, antimonial, comfortable, refined, game, bipolar, rich, soviet, blue, technical, precordial, argentiferous, unipolar, narrow, sounding, correct, huge, airborne, thin.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective lead:
time, poisoning, times, mines, ecg, pencil, tin, acetate, citrate, mining, ores, oxide, pipes, glass, ore, lag, pipe, singer, pencils, article, compounds, paint, shot, electrocardiogram, alloys, salts, sheet, intoxication, iii, sulphate, line, levels, glaze, dioxide, smelting, guitar, nitrate, arsenate, water, others, alloy, solder, deposits, dust, ins, wires, sulphide, plates, solution, agency, chromate, lives, peroxide, sheets, acid, zinc, apron, compound, exposure, carbonate, colour, lines, weights, editorial, color, chloride, colic, rope, angle, workers, sulfate, sulfide, foil, plaster, screw, out, bank, wire, bullets, balls, based, batteries, vocals, mine, titanate, copper, concentrations, users, network, story, ions.

Consonant match to lead:
led, load, laid, lewd, loud, laud, lid, lad, lode, lade, lied, laude, leed, lloyd, ladd, lide, lowed, ladde, loyd, lyde, lodde, leard.

Words that sound like lead:
lead, led, leod, lid, lud, lyd, ludd, loud, let, load, lied, laid, lad, leed, lloyd, lewd, laud, lude, lade, lode, lod, laude, loyd, lide, lett, loid, lood, lette, ladd, lawed, lowed, leid, legt, laide, ladde, lede, leud, lodd, lyde, looed, laad, llud, -let, lebt, leede, lwd, lit, litt, lut, llet, lidt, lyt, lutte, light, late, lot, loot, lend, fled, bled, lite, lat, legged, leet, laird, lete, leat, liet, leh, leds, leder, leddy, ledged, leight, laut, laat, liit, leyte, lerd, gled, latt, leit, leao, leite, lde, leete, leute, -led, leaa, laired, ledc, ledi, ldd, lende, lered, lld, lieut, laute, leut, lkd.