LEADS

An advantage held by a competitor in a race

Example: "He took the lead at the last turn"

A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey

Example: "The children were playing with lead soldiers"

Mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil

Evidence pointing to a possible solution

Example: "The police are following a promising lead"

A position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')

Example: "He takes the lead in any group"

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

Example: "It was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter"

(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

Example: "He took a long lead off first"

An indication of potential opportunity

Example: "He got a tip on the stock market"

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

Example: "It was a tangle of jumper cables and clip leads"

The playing of a card to start a trick in bridge

Example: "The lead was in the dummy"