Definitions for bead
  • Bead (n.) - A prayer.
  • Bead (n.) - A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
  • Bead (n.) - Any small globular body
  • Bead (n.) - A bubble in spirits.
  • Bead (n.) - A drop of sweat or other liquid.
  • Bead (n.) - A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
  • Bead (n.) - A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
  • Bead (n.) - A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
  • Bead (v. t.) - To ornament with beads or beading.
  • Bead (v. i.) - To form beadlike bubbles.
  • Beaded (imp. & p. p.) - of Bead
  • Beading (n.) - Molding in imitation of beads.
  • Beading (n.) - The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
  • Beading (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Bead
  • Beadings - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Beads - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
Words in your word
2 Letter Words
ab ad ae ba be de ed
3 Letter Words
bad bed dab deb
4 Letter Words
abed bade bead