Victoria vs lead

Victoria

noun
  • A Victoria plum. 

  • One of an American breed of medium-sized white pigs with a slightly dished face and very erect ears. 

name
  • The queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901. 

  • A former colony of Britain in what is now the state of Victoria, Australia. 

  • A city, the capital of British Columbia. 

  • A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island. 

  • One of six states of Australia, situated in the south-eastern part of the continent. Capital: Melbourne. 

  • A town in Grenada. 

  • 12 Victoria An asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System, a main belt asteroid. 

  • A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador. 

  • A rural municipality of Manitoba. 

  • A city, the capital of Seychelles. 

  • A hamlet in Dunford parish, Barnsley borough, South Yorkshire, on the West Yorkshire boundary and probably named after the Victoria Inn (OS grid ref SE1705) 

  • The Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike. 

  • The capital city of Gozo, the second-largest island of Malta. 

  • A female given name from Latin. 

  • The City of Victoria, a settlement in Hong Kong often referred to as its capital. 

  • A city, the county seat of Victoria County, Texas. 

  • A hamlet in Roche parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9861). 

  • A municipality of Northern Samar. 

  • A number of townships in the United States, listed under Victoria Township. 

  • A suburban area in Cwm community, Blaenau Gwent county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1706). 

  • A municipality of Tarlac. 

  • A municipality of Laguna. 

  • The main town of the federal territory of Labuan, Malaysia. 

  • A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, named after Queen Victoria. 

  • A community and ward in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST315880). 

  • A large railway terminus in central London. 

lead

noun
  • The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft. 

  • A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots. 

  • The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it. 

  • Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident. 

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

  • The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown. 

  • In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke. 

  • An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast 

  • The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts. 

  • The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course 

  • The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. 

  • bullets; ammunition. 

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

  • In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor 

  • The actor who plays the main role; lead actor. 

  • A lode. 

  • Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details. 

  • Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game. 

  • The main role in a play or film; the lead role. 

  • 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). 

  • A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others. 

  • An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment. 

  • The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played 

  • The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment. 

  • The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles. 

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

  • The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc. 

  • A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash 

  • The player who throws the first two rocks for a team. 

  • A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils. 

  • The course of a rope from end to end. 

  • The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts. 

  • A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates. 

  • A channel of open water in an ice field. 

  • Hypothesis that has not been pursued 

  • Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer. 

  • A teaser; a lead-in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.) 

adj
  • Foremost. 

  • Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost. 

verb
  • To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb. 

  • To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions. 

  • To direct; to counsel; to instruct 

  • To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit. 

  • To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course). 

  • To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among. 

  • To step off base and move towards the next base. 

  • To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure 

  • To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race. 

  • Lead climb. 

  • To produce (with to). 

  • To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection. 

  • To place leads between the lines of. 

  • To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes. 

  • To cover, fill, or affect with lead. 

  • To have the highest interim score in a game. 

  • To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place. 

  • To lead off or out, to go first; to begin. 

  • To live or experience (a particular way of life). 

  • To be more advanced in technology or business than others. 

  • To begin a game, round, or trick, with 

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