| LEAD | • lead n. (Uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished;… • lead n. (Countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or… • lead n. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing. |
| PLEAD | • plead v. (Transitive, intransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. • plead v. (Intransitive) To beg, beseech, or implore. • plead v. (Transitive) To offer by way of excuse. |
| COLEAD | • colead n. A joint lead; one of a group of actors who jointly take lead roles. • colead v. To lead jointly. • COLEAD v. to lead jointly. |
| DELEAD | • delead v. (Transitive) To remove the lead (metal) from. • DELEAD v. to free from lead. |
| UNLEAD | • unlead v. (Transitive) To take away the leaden seals from (the bales of transit goods). • unlead v. (Transitive, printing, historical) To take out the leads from (printed matter that has been set up). • UNLEAD v. to remove the lead from. |
| UPLEAD | • uplead n. (Telecommunications) The line or lines connecting the output of a transmitter to its antenna. • uplead v. (Transitive, rare) To lead upward. • UPLEAD v. to lead up. |
| IMPLEAD | • implead v. (Law) to sue in court, raise an action against a defendant. • IMPLEAD v. to sue in a court of law. |
| ISOLEAD | • isolead n. (Rare) On a ballistic graph, a curve used to calculate the trajectory needed to hit a moving target. • ISOLEAD n. a line on a ballistic graph. |
| MISLEAD | • mislead v. (Literally) To lead astray, in a false direction. • mislead v. To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression. • mislead v. To deceptively trick into something wrong. |
| OUTLEAD | • outlead v. (Archaic) To lead out. • outlead v. To bring about; to encourage. • outlead n. An electrical lead for outward-going current. |
| REPLEAD | • replead v. (Law, transitive, intransitive) To present a rewritten argument. • REPLEAD v. to plead again. |
| FAIRLEAD | • fairlead n. (Nautical) A device to guide a line, rope or cable around an object or out of the way, or to stop it… • FAIRLEAD n. a ring through which a rope is led to change its direction without friction, also FAIRLEADER. |
| MISPLEAD | • misplead v. To plead amiss or in a wrong manner; err in pleading. • MISPLEAD v. to plead wrongly or falsely. |
| BLACKLEAD | • blacklead v. To cover, treat or polish with graphite. • blacklead n. Alternative form of black lead. • black␣lead n. (Now historical) The metal lead. |
| CHEERLEAD | • cheerlead v. (Intransitive) To participate in cheerleading. • cheerlead v. (Transitive) To support someone enthusiastically. • CHEERLEAD v. to lead in cheering. |
| INTERPLEAD | • interplead v. (Law) To plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an interpleader. • INTERPLEAD v. to plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves, as the claimants in an interpleader. |
| COUNTERPLEAD | • counterplead v. (Transitive) To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny. • COUNTERPLEAD v. to plead the contrary of. |
| TETRAETHYLLEAD | • tetraethyllead n. (Organic chemistry) Alternative spelling of tetraethyl lead. • tetraethyl␣lead n. (Chemistry) A toxic organometallic compound, (C2H5)4Pb, added to petroleum/gasoline as an antiknock… • tetra-ethyl␣lead n. (Chemistry) Alternative form of tetraethyl lead. |
| TETRAMETHYLLEAD | • tetramethyllead n. (Organic chemistry) A compound with chemical formula C4H12Pb, used as an antiknock additive for gasoline. • TETRAMETHYLLEAD n. a volatile poisonous liquid used esp. formerly as an antiknock agent. |