a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air | the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge |
a socially awkward or tactless act | a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead') |
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) | a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire |
an unexpected slide | thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing |
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. | restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal |
a woman's sleeveless undergarment | the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine |
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | an advantage held by a competitor in a race |
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material | evidence pointing to a possible solution |
a small sheet of paper | a news story of major importance |
a slippery smoothness | the introductory section of a story |
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall | an indication of potential opportunity |
a place where a craft can be made fast | (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base |
a young and slender person | an actor who plays a principal role |
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning |
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics | 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 |