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Lead :: Lead (n.) A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils..

Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb, n..

Plumbago :: Plumbago (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants with pretty salver-shaped corollas, usually blue or violet; leadwort..

Wenona :: Wenona (n.) A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae..

Lubricant :: Lubricant (n.) That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery..

Saturnism :: Saturnism (n.) Plumbism.

Plumbiferous :: Plumbiferous (a.) Producing or containing lead.

Plumbaginous :: Plumbaginous (a.) Resembling plumbago; consisting of, or containing, plumbago; as, a plumbaginous slate..

Leadwort :: Leadwort (n.) A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). P. Europaea has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers..

Oxychloride :: Oxychloride (n.) A ternary compound of oxygen and chlorine; as, plumbic oxychloride..

Plumbeous :: Plumbeous (a.) Dull; heavy; stupid.

Plumber :: Plumber (n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings..

Lustre :: Lustre (n.) A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes..

Plumbic :: Plumbic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide..

Graphite :: Graphite (n.) Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead..

Perpendicle :: Perpendicle (n.) Something hanging straight down; a plumb line.

Plumbed :: Plumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Plum.

Plumbeous :: Plumbeous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lead..

Plumbing :: Plumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plum.

Plumbum :: Plumbum (n.) The technical name of lead. See Lead.

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