pencil
121pencil crayon — noun A coloured pencil …
122pencil skirt — noun A slim skirt (clothing) with a straight and narrow cut, usually approximately knee length. And for Italian sportswear giant MaxMara, the cornerstone of the show was a crisp khaki safari jacket shown over a pencil skirt …
123pencil lead — noun The material (usually black or dark gray) which allows a pencil to work. Usually a mixture of graphite and smaller amounts of other material, but not actual lead …
124pencil stub — noun A tiny pencil (either manufactured that way, or become that way through constant usage) …
125pencil tenderness — local tenderness on pressure with the rubber tip of a pencil, signifying the location of underlying pathology …
126pencil grade — A qualitative description of the hardness or softness of a pencil, that is, how dark a stroke it is capable of making …
127pencil-neck — n American an earnest, unattractive, excessively stu dious male. A derogatory term, suggest ing the appearance of a scrawny individual, which has been used as a synonym for nerd, grind, etc. Pencil geek is an alternative form …
128pencil sharpener — device that cuts the tip of the pencil until it reaches a sharp point …
