Words like iron and lead, perhaps, but not cobalt and tungsten (5)

I believe the answer is:

verbs

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'words' is the definition.
(verb is a kind of word)

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(Another definition for verbs that I've seen is " Parts of speech".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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