pencils is a form of:

Pencil



ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.
2.
A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing.
3.
Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the artist, descriptive writer, etc.
4.
An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
5.
A number of lines that intersect in one point, the point of intersection being called the pencil point.
6.
A small medicated bougie.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.