~ LEAD    GUIDE  LEADER  also
          PLUMB  PLUMBER
     GRAPHITE CORE OF A see> PENCIL
     {LEAD for LEADING and
      LEAD for METAL are unrelated}
     lat   PLUMBUM = LEAD
     sp    PLOMO     idem       sug> PLUMB
     ukr   PLOMBA    AMALGAM    sug> APLOMB
     med>            METAL PASTE CONTAINING LEAD
                     FORMERLY USED BY DENTIST
           DIPLOM    or DIPLOMA formerly such had
                     two seals of lead
     sc>  SOFT GRAY or BLUISH METAL denoted by Pb PB
          Pb has an ATOMIC NUMBER 82
     note PB IS A HEAVY METAL
     notable a DETRITUS from the
     ATOMIC DEGRADATION OF URANIUM
     med> LEAD SALTS ARE HIGHLY POISONOUS
          PLUMBISM denotes LEAD POISONING
~ LEADER  as in GUIDE  CHAMPION  MASTER  etc
          a complex array of ideas related to
  PRECEDE  CONDUCT  BEGIN  SHOW  INDUCE  COMMENCE
  note LEAD is also used to denote A CONNECTION
  {- the vistas given below are food for thought -
   most authorities do not mention many of
   the points made next}
  ukr          LAD      HARMONY ACCORD CONCORD
               LADA     GODDESS OF SPRING or LIFE
               LADOM    IN GOOD TERMS   IN ORDER
  old Frisian  LEDA     TO LEAD  as in LEITmotif
  lat         ALETHES   NOT FORGOTTEN or LATENT as if
              ALETHAL   or opp to LETHARGIC LETHALITY
  Gothic       LEITHAN  TO DIE as in "TO GO"
  eng          LETHAL   DEADLY  PESTILENT
  gr           LOIMOS   PESTILENCE
  myth>        LETHE    RIVER OF HADES its waters
                        induced obLIVION
               LETTE    LIQUID as in LETO LETONIA
  lat          LATENS   HIDDEN
               LATERE   LATENT
  ply> | LEEDING LEADERS LEAD BY PROMOTING ORDER or
         HARMONY as if by GLUING PEOPLE mostly by
         MAKING CONFLICTS LATENT|
  biol>        LATEX    LIQUID RUBBER
  lat          LINERE   OBLITERATE