1 | noun | a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood 2 | noun | graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication 3 | noun | a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point 4 | noun | a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face 5 | verb | write, draw, or trace with a pencil (5 meanings)

p'ensuhl (IPA: pˈɛnsəl)

pen-cil (6 letters | 2 syllables)

1386 (Late Middle ages) (639 years ago)

Old French | Latin

pencils | penciled | penciling

lead pencil

lead pencil | slate pencil

writing implement | black lead | graphite | plumbago | figure | cosmetic | draw (total: 7)

stencil | tensile | utensil (based on typical American pronunciation)

penile | stencil

(none among common words)

blue-pencil | eyebrow pencil | pencil box | pencil case | pencil cedar | pencil cedar tree | pencil eraser | pencil lead | pencil pusher | pencil sharpener | sable's hair pencil (total: 11)

Mandarin Chinese: | 鉛筆 (noun) Hindi: | पेंसिल (noun) Arabic: | قَلَمُ رَصاص (noun) Spanish: | lápiz (writing) French: | crayon (writing)

Pencil (US population: 180 people, white: 86%)

The Silver Pencil (Alice Dalgliesh)

pencil.com | pencil.org | pencil.info | pencil.biz

Cosmetics applicator | It may be mechanical | Quip, part 4 | Tentatively schedule, with "in" (total: 4) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

10 (International English) | 10 (North American English)

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