ballpoints
Ink pens, retractable
Ballpoints are pens that dispense ink through a small rotating ball at the tip.
The ball rolls as you write, drawing ink from an internal reservoir onto the paper.
Ballpoints replaced fountain pens for everyday use because they don't leak, dry out slowly, and require no refilling: She always kept a few ballpoints in her desk drawer.
Handheld writing implements
- inkWriting fluid
- writingRecorded language on surface
- clickingMaking short sharp sounds
- retractableAble to draw inward
refills · scribbling · notes · signatures · jotting · sketching · doodling · journaling
Hollow receiving cavity
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
- oil-basedUsing petroleum as solvent
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
- springRecoiling metal spiral
cap · barrel · grip · rotation · pressure · reservoir · retraction · plunger
Ballpoint inventor's surname
- inventionNew device or method
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- ArgentinaSouthern cone republic
- ReynoldsSurname or foil brand
postwar · mass-production · affordable · revolutionary · replacement · commercialization · licensing · manufacturing
pens
Handheld writing implements
retractable · refills · scribbling · notes · signatures · jotting · sketching · doodling · journaling · crossword
socket
Hollow receiving cavity
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
- oil-basedUsing petroleum as solvent
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
spring · cap · barrel · grip · rotation · pressure · reservoir · retraction · plunger · housing
Biro
Ballpoint inventor's surname
Reynolds · postwar · mass-production · affordable · revolutionary · replacement · commercialization · licensing · manufacturing · twentieth-century
Parker
Vehicle-stowing professional
Reynolds · branded · giveaway · advertising
ballpointsfountain pens
Writing instruments with internal reservoirs
quills · dip pens · felt-tip pens · brush pens · styluses
- ballpoint penRotating-sphere writing instrument