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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 • mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil • evidence pointing to a possible solution • a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (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 • a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire • the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge verb • take somebody somewhere • produce as a result or residue • tend to or result in • travel in front of; go in advance of others • cause to undertake a certain action • stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point • be in charge of • be ahead of others; be the first • be conducive to • lead, as in the performance of a composition • lead, extend, or afford access • move ahead (of others) in time or space • cause something to pass or lead somewhere • preside over | ||||||||
40% | 5 | Pencil sketches made with graphite | ||||||
noun • a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black • English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965) • clothing that is a grey color • English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey • American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) • horse of a light gray or whitish color • United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) • the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad adjective satellite • of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black • showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair • used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) • intermediate in character or position verb • make grey • turn grey | ||||||||
38% | 14 | The transition from a non-graphite form of carbon to graphite. | ||||||
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