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Bedehouse :: Bedehouse (n.) Same as Beadhouse.

Beadsnake :: Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black..

Bedeswoman :: Bedeswoman (n.) Fem. of Beadsman.

Bead :: Bead (n.) A bubble in spirits.

Bead :: 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..

Beadsman :: Beadsman (n.) Alt. of Bedesma.

Bead :: Bead (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.

Bead :: 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..

Bedell :: Bedell (n.) Same as Beadle.

Bead Proof :: Bead proof () A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken..

String :: String (v. t.) To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads..

Wire :: Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads..

Pair :: Pair (n.) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. A pair of beads. Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. Four pair of stairs. Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.].

Margosa :: Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic..

Bugle :: Bugle (n.) An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black..

Bead :: Bead (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.

Comboloio :: Comboloio (n.) A Mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads..

Beading :: Beading (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.

Arango :: Arango (n.) A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.

Beady :: Beady (a.) Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads..

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