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Phonetic: "/lɛd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).

Definition: A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.

Definition: A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.

Definition: Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.

Example: This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.

Definition: Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.

Definition: (plural leads) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.

Definition: A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils.

Definition: Bullets; ammunition.

Example: They pumped him full of lead.

Phonetic: "/lɛd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cover, fill, or affect with lead

Example: continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.

Definition: To place leads between the lines of.

Example: leaded matter

Phonetic: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

Phonetic: "/waɪld/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The undomesticated state of a wild animal

Example: After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.

Definition: (chiefly in the plural) a wilderness

Phonetic: "/waɪld/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.

Phonetic: "/waɪld/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).

Example: Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses.

Definition: From or relating to wild creatures.

Example: wild honey

Definition: Unrestrained or uninhibited.

Example: I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.

Definition: Raucous, unruly, or licentious.

Example: The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.

Definition: Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.

Example: Her mother was wild with fear when she didn't return home after the party.

Definition: Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.

Example: After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty.

Definition: Enthusiastic.

Example: I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option.

Definition: Inaccurate.

Example: The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target.

Definition: Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.

Example: a wild roadstead

Definition: Hard to steer; said of a vessel.

Definition: (of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

Definition: Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.

Example: Did you hear? Pat won the lottery! - Wow, that's wild!

Definition: Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.

Example: In this card game, aces are wild: they can take the place of any other card.

Phonetic: "/waɪld/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Inaccurately; not on target.

Example: The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.

Phonetic: "/laɪf/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.

Example: Having experienced both, the vampire decided that he preferred (un)death to life.  He gave up on life.

Definition: The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.

Definition: Lifeforms, generally or collectively.

Example: It's life, but not as we know it.   She discovered plant life on the planet.   The rover discovered signs of life on the alien world.

Definition: A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)

Example: Many lives were lost during the war.   Her quick thinking saved many dogs' lives.

Definition: Existence.

Example: Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict.   the eternal life of the soul

Definition: A period of time during which something has existence.

Definition: Animation; spirit; vivacity.

Definition: A biography.

Example: His life of the founder is finished, except for the title.

Definition: Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.

Definition: An opportunity for existence.

Definition: The life insurance industry.

Example: I work in life.

Definition: A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).