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Plumbing :: Plumbing (n.) The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building..

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

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

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

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

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

Unplumb :: Unplumb (v. t.) To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin..

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

Plumbery :: Plumbery (n.) The business of a plumber.

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line..

Graphitoidal :: Graphitoidal (a.) Resembling graphite or plumbago.

Plumbism :: Plumbism (n.) A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist..

Antiattrition :: Antiattrition (n.) Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease..

Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing..

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

Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe..

Plumb :: Plumb (n.) A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below..

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

Plumb :: Plumb (a.) Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb..

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