pencil lead
noun
Graphite (formerly blacklead) as used for making pencils; = lead; a slender rod of this used in a wooden pencil or a propelling pencil.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- needfulness
- Needham, Joseph
- needily
- neediness
- needle
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- needle and thread
- needle artist
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- needle-bath
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- needle biopsy
- needle-board
- needle-book
- needlebush
- needle case
- needle-cast
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- needledick
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- needle eye