the act of scoring in a game or sport | the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge |
a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse | a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead') |
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire |
the facts about an actual situation | thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing |
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages | restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal |
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine |
a set of twenty members | an advantage held by a competitor in a race |
grounds | evidence pointing to a possible solution |
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest | a news story of major importance |
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | the introductory section of a story |
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar) | an indication of potential opportunity |
| (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base |
| an actor who plays a principal role |
| (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning |
| the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) |
| mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil |
| a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey |