lead-colored

  • 1lead-colored — adjective having the color of lead • Syn: ↑lead coloured • Similar to: ↑colored, ↑coloured, ↑colorful …

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  • 2lead-colored bush tit — ˈledˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a bush tit (Psaltriparus minimus plumbeus) of the arid interior of No. America from Wyoming to western Texas …

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  • 3colored — I noun a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive • Syn: ↑colored person • Usage Domain: ↑archaism, ↑archaicism • Hypernyms: ↑Black, ↑Black person …

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  • 4lead-coloured — adjective having the color of lead • Syn: ↑lead colored • Similar to: ↑colored, ↑coloured, ↑colorful …

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  • 5Lead glass — Swarovski flacon. Lead glass is a variety of glass in which lead replaces the calcium content of a typical potash glass.[1] Lead glass contains typically 18–40 weight% lead(II) oxide (PbO), while modern lead …

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  • 6Lead came and copper foil glasswork — This article is on the techniques of lead came and copper foil glasswork. For a general overview of stained glass art, see stained glass. A typical copper foil Tiffany lamp, with a jonquil daffodil design Lead came and copper foil glasswork are… …

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  • 7lead plaster — Soap Soap, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[=a]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[=a]pa, Sw. s?pa, Dan. s?be, and perhaps to AS. s[=i]pan to drip, MHG. s[=i]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water,… …

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  • 8Lead soap — Soap Soap, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[=a]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[=a]pa, Sw. s?pa, Dan. s?be, and perhaps to AS. s[=i]pan to drip, MHG. s[=i]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water,… …

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  • 9lead plant — noun shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore • Syn: ↑leadplant, ↑Amorpha canescens • Hypernyms: ↑amorpha …

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  • 10Pencil lead — Pencil Pen cil, n. [OF. pincel, F. pinceau, L. penicillum, penicillus, equiv. to peniculus, dim. of penis a tail. Cf. {Penicil}.] 1. A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors. [1913 Webster] With subtile pencil …

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