leads




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leads - noun

  • an advantage held by a competitor in a race
  • a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
  • evidence pointing to a possible solution
  • a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead')
  • the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
  • the introductory section of a story
  • (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
  • an actor who plays a principal role
  • (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
  • an indication of potential opportunity
  • a news story of major importance
  • the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
  • restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
  • thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
  • mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
  • a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
  • the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
  • leads - thesaurus

    hint   leading   leash   lede   pb   principal   star   steer   tether   tip   track   trail   wind  

    Scrabble score for leads

    l is 1 e is 1 a is 1 d is 2 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 6

    generated at 23:53:29 on 06-12-23

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