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Definition: Pencil |
PencilNoun1. A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood. Verb1. Write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pencil" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | PENCIL Pictorial ENCodIng Language. On-line system to display line structures. Sammet 1969, 675. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of pencils, denotes favorable occupations. For a young woman to write with one, foretells she will be fortunate in marriage, if she does not rub out words; in that case, she will be disappointed in her lover. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A very simple pencilA pencil is a handheld instrument used to write and draw, usually on paper. The writing is done with graphite (except for colored pencils), which is typically covered by a wooden sheath. Pencils may also have an eraser or "rubber" attached to one end: a difference with the pen is that erasing is easy.
History
The prototypical pencil may have been the ancient Roman stylus, which was a thin metal stick used for scratching on papyrus, often made of lead. The word pencil comes from the Latin word "penicillus" which means "little tail".
In 1564 on the side Seathwaite Fell near Borrowdale, Cumbria, England, an enormous deposit of graphite was discovered. The locals found that it was very useful for marking sheep. This particular deposit of graphite was extremely pure and solid and it could easily be sawn into sticks. This was and remains the only deposit of graphite ever found in this solid form. Chemistry was in its infancy and the substance was thought to be a form of lead. Consequently it was called plumbago (Latin for acts like lead). The black core of pencils is still called "lead", even though it does not contain the element lead.
The value of plumbago was soon realised to be enormous, mainly because it could be used to line the moulds for cannon balls, and the mines were taken over by the Crown and guarded. Graphite had to be smuggled out for use in pencils. Because the plumbago was soft, it required some form of case. Plumbago sticks were at first wrapped in string or in sheepskin for stability. The news of the usefulness of these early pencils spread far and wide, attracting the attentions of artists all over the known world. It was the Italians that first thought of wooden holders, at first by hollowing out a stick of cedar. Shortly thereafter, a superior technique was discovered: two wooden halfs were carved, a plumbago stick inserted, and the two halfs then glued together -- essentially the same method that is in use to this day.
Although deposits of graphite had been found in other parts of the world, they were not of the same purity and quality as the Borrowdale find, and had to be crushed to remove the impurities, leaving only graphite powder. England continued to enjoy a monopoly on the production of pencils until a method of reconstituting the graphite powder was found. The distinctively square English pencils continued to be made with sticks cut from natural graphite into the 1860s. Today, the town of Keswick, near the original findings of block graphite, has a pencil museum.
The first attempt to manufacture graphite sticks from powdered graphite was in Nuremberg, Germany in 1662. They used a mixture of graphite, sulphur and antimony. Though usable they were inferior to the English pencils.
English and German pencils were not available to the French during the Napoleonic wars. It took efforts of an officer in Napoleon’s army to change this. In 1795 Nicholas Jacques Conté discovered a method mixing powdered graphite with clay and forming the mixture into rods which were then fired in a kiln. By varying the ratio of graphite to clay, the hardness of the graphite rod could also be varied (the more clay, the harder the pencil, and the lighter the color of the mark). This method of manufacture remains the one in use today.
Manufacture
Today, pencils are made industrially by mixing finely ground graphite and clay powders, adding water, forming long spaghetti-like strings, and firing them in a kiln. The resulting strings are dipped in oil or molten wax which seeps into the tiny holes of the material, resulting in smoother writing. A cedar plank with several long parallel grooves is cut, the graphite/clay strings inserted, another plank glued on top, and then cut into individual pencils. These are then varnished.
Hardness Scales
Many pencils, particularly those used by artists, are labelled on the European system using a scale from "H" (for hardness) to "B" (for blackness), as well as "F" (for fine point). The standard writing pencil is "HB." However, artist's pencils can vary widely in order to provide a range of marks for different visual effects on the page. A set of art pencils ranging from a very hard, light-marking pencil to a very soft, black-marking pencil usually range from hardest to softest as follows:
9H 8H 7H 6H 5H 4H 3H 2H H F HB B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9BThe American system, using numbers only, developed simultaneously with the following approximate equivalents to the European system.
#1 = B #2 = HB -- most common #2½ = F -- also seen as 2-4/8, 2.5, 2 5/10 due to patent issues #3 = H #4 = 2H
Different forms of pencils and related tools
Coloured & artists pencilsAside from the above range from the lightest of grey to the darkest of blacks, coloured pencils (also called "pencil crayons") are also available. These are versatile, and can be used for tasks as varied as colouring in a child's colouring book or creating life-like renderings. They do not contain graphite, but rather a core consisting of pigment bound to gum and clay.
The core of pencils wears down as it is written with (it is literally left behind on the paper), and the wooden or plastic sheath must be sharpened away to reveal more of the core. This can be done with a pocket-knife or special "pencil sharpener." These can be as simple as a small blade encased in a square of metal, or as elaborate as electronic, pressure sensitive, "automatic sharpeners."
In the art world, the pencil has traditionally been seen as an instrument for impromptu sketching to remember a composition for later, or as a way to mark lightly and map out a drawing before commencing the "real" art (usually painting). However, it is safe to say that the pencil has come to be viewed as an art medium in its own right.
Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented a pencil with an attached eraser on March 30, 1858. The metal ring which is crimped to hold the eraser in place is known as a ferrule.
A "mechanical pencil" or "propelling pencil" is one in which the graphite core can be refilled over and over, by inserting it into the removable cap and clicking the mechanism to feed out the desired amount of graphite as it wears down. These were widely used in the Victorian era, when pencil casings were often made of precious metal, and intricately carved.
See also
- ballpoint pen
- fountain pen
External Links
- The Pencil Pages, containing history, numbering systems and other pencil information
- The Cumberland Pencil Museum in Keswick
- American Chemical Society article on history of pencils and pencil lead, along with detailed description of modern pencil manufacture
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pencil."
Synonyms within Context: Pencil
Context Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). Assemblage
Group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil; set, batch, lot, pack; budget, assortment, bunch; parcel; packet, package; bundle, fascine, fasces, bale; seron, seroon; fagot, wisp, truss, tuft; shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook.
Painting
Verb: paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil, scratch, shade, stipple, hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up; color, dead color, wash, varnish; draw in pencil; Noun: paint in oils; Noun: stencil; depict; (represent).
Picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas; oil painting; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil; drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study.
Pencil, oil; n.
Pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint; (coloring matter); watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish; a, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry.
Adverb: in pencil; n.
Writing
Stationery; pen, quill, goose quill; pencil, style; paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table; blackboard; ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well; typewriter.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.
Crosswords: Pencil
English words defined with "pencil": Beam compass, Bow-compass, Bow-pencil, Bundle of rays ♦ cartridge paper, Charcoal point, Cone of rays, Counterdraw ♦ draw ♦ eyebrow pencil ♦ graphospasm ♦ Hair pencil ♦ Keelivine ♦ lead, lead pencil ♦ Metallic paper ♦ Optigraph ♦ Pencil case, pencil cedar, pencil eraser, pencil lead, penciled, Penciling, Pencillated, pencilled, Pencilling, Penicillate, Picture writing, Pointal ♦ Ray point, Row of points, rubber, rubber eraser ♦ Scribbet, sharp, slate pencil, Spot lens, Stylographic pencil ♦ To flash in the pan ♦ Vergency ♦ writer's cramp. (references) Specialty definitions using "pencil": Blue Pencil ♦ pencil and paper, PENCIL INSPECTOR, pencil mark, pencil sorter. (references) Modern Usage: Pencil
Domain Usage Screenplays
Well, here's to the pencil pushers (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?; writing credit: Jeffrey Price, Peter Seaman)
Ms. Bitters, I have a pencil up my nose (Invader ZIM; writing credit: Carel Donck)
Yeah it really keeps a pencil sharpened (Silver Streak; writing credit: Colin Higgins)
I didn't even read the questions, I just took a number 2 pencil and filled in the bubbles as fast as I could (Happy Together; writing credit: Craig J. Nevius)
What are you gonna do, float a pencil at them (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)
Lyrics
I'm not the kind to use a pencil or rule (Handyman; performing artist: JAMES TAYLOR)
Sharp! Like you pulled me out the pencil sharpener (Danger (Been So Long); performing artist: Mystikal)
Clever
Even a short pencil is more reliable then the longest memory. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles
The Magic Pencil (1940)
Pencil Mania (1932)
The Pencil Pushers (1923)
Pencil Box (1976)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
Commercial Usage: Pencil
Domain Title References
China First Pencil Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)
Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)
The World Market for Paper Knives, Letter Openers, Erasing Knives, and Pencil Sharpeners: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)
(more reference examples)
Books
Periodicals
Official Pencil Puzzles & Word Games (reference)
(more periodical examples)
Theater & Movies
Music
Paper Pencil & Glue (reference)
Lead Pencil Blues (reference)
The Eye Pencil Letters (reference)
Pencil Packin Pap [CUTOUT] (reference)
(more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
High Tech
Panasonic KP-310 Electric Pencil Sharpener, Black (reference)
(more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Consumer Goods
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
Image Slideshow: Pencil
Photo Album: Pencil
Thumbnail Description & Credit Thumbnail Description & Credit Pen and pencil sketch of Sulu Sea. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
Figure 22. Arwidsson bottle invented by the Swede Thorsten Arwidsson in 1879 used by Swedish and Danish investigators. The pencil indicates the placement of of the releasing mechanism. Left: descending. Right: ascending. This type of of bottle was used in 1952 by the Danish light vessel VYL. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
Pencil drawing of Green-winged Teal by Lynn Bogue Hunt, one of America's foremost wildlife artists. His works were seen in numerous magazines and books. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home.
Pen and pencil drawing of American Wigeons by Alden Lassel Ripley, famous for his wildlife etchings, murals, dry point and oil paintings. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.
"Pencil sketch from Photograph of The wreck of the German, 'Adler', thrown on the reef on her beam ends" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German gunboat Adler as she lay on the western side of Apia Harbor, following the storm. Credit: NAVY.
Drawing made circa 1865. The incomplete Nashville was surrendered to Union forces on 10 May 1865. The original drawing is in color. Written in pencil in its lower left is "Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, with respectful regards, His Obdt. Servant, Thornton A. Jenkins, Commodore, U.S. Navy.". Credit: NAVY.
Grin and bear it] His hands are always itching for a pencil and pad .. Credit: Library of Congress.
Marlene Dietrich going over her radio script, seated at desk with pencil and papers in hands, in her office of the Radio Branch of the Bureau of Public Relations, War Department, Munitions Building] / Signal Corps p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Charles Ray..
Hand holding pencil over transistor, and slide rule. Credit: Library of Congress.
Gilbert Stuart, self-portrait, half-length, right profile, holding pencil or brush, drawing. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.
Digital Photo Gallery: Pencil
"Pencil macro 4" by Boris Kukec
Commentary: "Nice shot of technical pencil (macro).""Pencil" by Sebastian Mey - KrippsDesign
Commentary: "Frontside of a pencil."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.Sounds Captioned with "Pencil".
Play Caption Play Caption Writing with a pencil on paper. Electric pencil sharpener. Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. Familiar Quotations: Pencil
Author Quotation Author Unknown
One dull pencil is worth two sharp minds. Francis Bacon
The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
Use in Literature: Pencil
Title Author Quote Alice in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis
One of the jurors had a pencil that squeaked
Les Miserables
Hugo, Victor
He made a few figures in pencil upon a piece of paper
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce, James
Mr Harford went to and fro making little signs in red pencil and sometimes sitting beside the boy to show him how to hold the pen.
Grapes of Wrath
Steinbeck, John
She brought back a Bible and a half pencil.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
Non-Fiction Usage: Pencil
Subject Topic Quote Health
Ranging in length from six to 13 inches, the female worm may grow to be as thick as a pencil. (references)
Some cystoscopes use optical fibers (flexible glass fibers) that carry an image from the tip of the instrument to a viewing piece at the other end. The cystoscope is as thin as a pencil and has a light at the tip. Many cystoscopes have extra tubes to guide other instruments for procedures to treat urinary problems. (references)
Economic History
Poland
Local producers also enjoyed a strong position in the pencil and colored crayon segments of the market. (references)
Political Rights
Tajikistan
Irregularities in a number of constituencies including proxy voting, unsealed ballot boxes, stuffed ballot boxes, votes added in favor of a particular party, lack of consistency between the sum of votes counted and the number of ballots issued, discrepancies between votes considered invalid during the count and the final result sheet, and blank copies of protocols signed before the counting of ballots and filled in with pencil during the count. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.
Usage Frequency: Pencil
"Pencil" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.31% of the time. "Pencil" is used about 1,153 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of Speech Percent Usage per
100 Million WordsRank in English Noun (singular) 99.31% 1,145 6,694 Lexical Verb (base form) 0.43% 5 157,705 Lexical Verb (infinitive) 0.26% 3 202,518 Total 100.00% 1,153 N/A Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Name Usage Frequency: Pencil
The following table summarizes the usage of "pencil" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
Name Usage/Gender Usage per 100
million PersonsRank in USA Pencil Last name 170 42,540 Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. Usage in Company Names: Pencil
Country Name Country Name China China First Pencil Co., Ltd.
Japan Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
(more examples...) Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions: Pencil
Expressions using "pencil": ad in pencil ♦ blue pencil ♦ charcoal pencil ♦ colored pencil ♦ coloured pencil ♦ copying pencil ♦ draw in pencil ♦ drawing pencil ♦ eyebrow pencil ♦ Hair pencil ♦ in pencil ♦ indeible pencil ♦ indelible pencil ♦ ink pencil ♦ kohl pencil ♦ lead pencil ♦ mark a passage in pencil ♦ pencil and paper ♦ pencil beam ♦ Pencil Bluff ♦ pencil box ♦ pencil case ♦ pencil cedar ♦ pencil cedar tree ♦ pencil drawing ♦ pencil eraser ♦ pencil flower ♦ pencil holder ♦ pencil in ♦ pencil lead ♦ pencil line ♦ pencil of light ♦ pencil of rays ♦ pencil over ♦ pencil pusher ♦ pencil rubber ♦ pencil sharpener ♦ pencil slat ♦ propelling pencil ♦ red pencil ♦ sable's hair pencil ♦ sharpen a pencil ♦ slate pencil ♦ stub end of pencil ♦ Stylographic pencil ♦ styptic pencil ♦ twiddle with one's pencil ♦ vacuum pencil ♦ write in pencil. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage Beginning with "pencil": pencil-and, pencil-and-paper, pencil-beamed, pencil-box, pencil-case, pencil-cases, pencil-fuses, pencil-lead, pencil-licking, pencil-like, pencil-line, pencil-scribbled, pencil-sharpener, pencil-sized, pencil-slim, pencil-thin, pencil-torch, pencil-type, pencil-written.
Ending with "pencil": blue-pencil, Bow-pencil, eyebrow-pencil, new-pencil.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pencil
The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
Expression Frequency
per DayExpression Frequency
per Daypencil drawing
1,182 color pencil
41 pencil
784 paper and pencil
37 watercolor pencil
543 atlas pen pencil
35 colored pencil
290 pencil box
34 pencil portrait
256 pencil holder
32 pencil sketch
184 pencil skirt
31 personalized pencil
183 lead pencil
30 pen pencil
139 drawing horse pencil
29 pencil art
135 pencil picture
29 mechanical pencil
128 golf pencil
29 pencil stand
109 promotional pencil
28 pencil stands
86 geek neck pencil
28 pencil sharpeners
63 pencil puzzle
27 pencil sharpener
62 prismacolor pencil
25 pencil portrait artist
59 sketching pencil
25 pen and pencil set
59 cactus pencil
24 pencil case
55 carpenter pencil
22 graphite pencil drawing
55 colored pencil drawing
22 history of pencil
54 imprinted pencil
21 pencil post bed
45 pencil eraser
21 Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. Modern Translation: Pencil
Language Translations for "pencil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. Albanian
penë (pen), vizoj (line, rut, streak), talent i shkrimtarit (pencraft), shkumës me ngjyrë (crayon), shkruaj (chalk up, enter, note, pen, register, write), shënoj (aim, arrow, book, calendar, catalogue, chalk, charge, commit to paper, denote, earmark, indicate, itemize, jot down, kick, Mark, note, note down, post, punch, put down, record, remark, score, scribe, set off, sink, tally, tick off, write down), rreze konvergjuese, laps, kalem. (various references)
Arabic
قلم الحواجب, قلم أحمر شفايف, قلم رصاص, حزمة (beam, bob, bunch, bundle, pack, parcel, sheaf, tuft, wisp), ريشة الرسام, ريشة (feather, paddle, pinnule, plume, quill), رسم (block, charge, daub, depict, depiction, describe, description, design, draft, draught, draw, drawing, etch, etching, exhibit, figure to oneself, formalize, image, impost, lay, lay out, limn, line, mark out, pattern, picture, plotter, portray, portrayal, protract, scrawl, sketch, tableau, trace, trace over, weave). (various references)
Asturian
llapiceru. (various references)
Basque
lapitz. (various references)
Bemba
pensulo. (various references)
Bulgarian
сходящ сноп лъчи, стил (character, fashion, form, genre, manner, mode, order, pattern, penmanship, style, turn, writing), слагам сенки на, тънка четка, молив. (various references)
Catalan
llapis. (various references)
Cebuano
lapis. (various references)
Chamorro
lapes. (various references)
Chinese
鉛筆 , 铅笔, 筆套 (or writing brush, the cap of a pen, the sheath of a pen), 筆帽 (or writing brush, the cap of a pen), 筆 (pen, the strokes of Chinese characters, to write or compose, writing brush). (various references)
Cornish
pyncel. (various references)
Czech
tužka (lead pencil). (various references)
Danish
blyant. (various references)
Dutch
potlood (black lead, natural graphite, plumbago). (various references)
Ecuadorian Quechua
aspic. (various references)
Esperanto
krajono. (various references)
Faeroese
blýantur. (various references)
Farsi
مدادی , مدادابرو (Crayon), مدادرنگی , مداد, هرچیزی شبیه مداد, نقاشی مدادی , بامدادکشیدن . (various references)
Finnish
lyijykynä. (various references)
French
crayon (pencil drawing). (various references)
Frisian
poatlead. (various references)
German
Bleistift (lead pencil). (various references)
Greek
μολύβι (lead). (various references)
Hebrew
עפרון. (various references)
Hungarian
ceruza. (various references)
Indonesian
potlot, pensil. (various references)
Inuktitut
titiraut. (various references)
Italian
lapis, matita. (various references)
Japanese Kanji
鉛筆 , 鉛筆 . (various references)
Japanese Katakana
えんぴつ. (various references)
Korean
연필. (various references)
Lombard
apis. (various references)
Macedonian
moliv. (various references)
Manx
tayrn lesh pensyl, pensyl, penn leoaie (black lead), gahlagh. (various references)
Maori
pene raakau. (various references)
Norwegian
blyant. (various references)
Occitan
gredon. (various references)
Papago
wipnoi (branch pencil cactus). (various references)
Papiamen
pòtlot. (various references)
Pig Latin
encilpay.(various references)
Polish
ołówek. (various references)
Portuguese
lápis. (various references)
Provencal
gredon. (various references)
Romanian
creion (lead pencil). (various references)
Romansch
rispli. (various references)
Romany
molyàvoos. (various references)
Ruanda
ikaramu. (various references)
Russian
карандаш. (various references)
Samoan
penitala. (various references)
Scottish
peansail. (various references)
Sepedi
petoloto. (various references)
Serbo-Croatian
zapisati (get down, inscribe, note, note down, record, scroll, write down), olovka, napisati (indite, inscribe, make out, put together, write, write out, write up), crtež u olovci. (various references)
Spanish
lápiz, lapiz. (various references)
Sranan
skriftiki. (various references)
Swahili
kalamu (feather, pen, plume). (various references)
Swedish
blyertspenna (lead pencil, leadpencil), pensel (brush). (various references)
Tagalog
lápis. (various references)
Thai
สารช่วยห้ามเลือด (styptic pencil). (various references)
Turkish
makyaj kalemi, kurxun kalem, kurşunkalemle yazmak, kurşunkalem (lead pencil), karakalem ile çizmek, karakalem (charcoal, charcoal pencil, drawing pencil), kalem ile makyaj yapmak, kalem (entry, item, pen, style), küçük resim fırçası. (various references)
Turkmen
galam. (various references)
Ukrainian
склоріз, олівець, малювати (depict, limn, represent), записувати (book, commit to paper, debit, enrol, enroll, mark down, note, notify, read in, record, set down, take down, write down), пензель (paintbrush). (various references)
Vietnamese
hộp đựng bút chì (pencil-box), cán cầm bút chì (pencil-case), cái gọt bút chì (pencil sharpener), bút chì máy (pencil-case). (various references)
Welsh
pwyntil (tab, tag), pensil. (various references)
Yucatec
ho'sapunta (pencil sharpener). (various references)
Zulu
ipensele, ilipensele. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. Ancestral Language Translations: Pencil
Language Period Translations Latin 500 BCE-Modern carbones, carbonibus, carbonum, penicillus, penicullus, plumbum, stilo, stilum, stilus. (various references)
Old French 900-1400 pincel. (various references)
French 1500-Modern crayon. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. Derivations & Misspellings: Pencil
Derivations
Words beginning with "pencil": penciled, penciler, pencilers, penciling, pencilings, pencilled, pencilling, pencillings, pencils. (additional references)
Misspellings"Pencil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pancole, pecel, pecnil, Pelcel, Penca, Pencell, Pendi, Pendik, Pendil, Peneil, Pengilly, penic, penil, Penkelt, penki, Penkin, Penkull, Pensak, Pensi, pensil, pentil, pincel, Pincio, Poncela, pontil, Pucill, punchily, Pundijl, tencil. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). Rhyming with "Pencil"
# of Phoneme Matches Pronunciation Word(s) rhyming with "pencil" (pronounced pe"nsul) 5 -e" n s u l stencil, tensile, utensil. 4 -n s u l cancel, consul, council, counsel, Hansel, Proconsul, tinsel, tonsil, unsell. 3 -s u l antimissile, apostle, Axel, axle, basal, brasil, bristle, bustle, capsule, Castle, colossal, diesel, dismissal, dispersal, docile, dorsal, epistle, facile, fissile, fossil, gracile, gristle, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, tassel, Tattersall, Tercel, jostle, microfossil, missal, missel, missile, morsel, mucosal, muscle, mussel, Nestle, parcel, Passel, pixel, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, Thistle, Tressel, trestle, tussle, universal, vassal, vessel, whistle, wrestle. Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.
Anagrams: Pencil
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-n-p" -1 letter: cline.
-2 letters: ceil, cine, clip, epic, lice, lien, line, lipe, nice, pein, pice, pile, pine, plie.
-3 letters: cel, cep, ice, lei, lie, lin, lip, nil, nip, pec, pen, pic, pie, pin.
-4 letters: el, en, in, li, ne, pe, pi.
Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-n-p" +1 letter: capelin, cleping, panicle, pelican, pencils, penicil, pinocle, splenic.
+2 letters: capelins, cephalin, cineplex, compline, cupeling, leptonic, manciple, panicled, panicles, pelicans, penciled, penciler, penicils, phenolic, phenylic, picoline, pinnacle, pinochle, pinocles, polyenic, princely, pulicene, replicon.
+3 letters: analeptic, appliance, campanile, candlepin, cephalins, cisalpine, complines, cupelling, decupling, eclipsing, emplacing, epsilonic, incapable, inclasped, inclipped, inculpate, insculped, manciples, necropoli, nonpolice, parceling, pencilers, penciling, pencilled, percaline, phenolics, picolines, pinnacled, pinnacles, pinochles, pleaching, pliancies, policeman, policemen, polygenic, porcelain, princelet, principle, pronuclei, replacing, replicons, speckling, splenetic, unclipped, unpoliced.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Sounds9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Usage Frequency13. Names: Frequency
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes21. Anagrams
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