Bean
(n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos |
Bean
(n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. |
Bean caper
() A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum. |
Bean trefoil
() A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida). |
Buck bean
() A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine |
Carob
(n.) An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean |
Carob
(n.) One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man |
Castor bean
() The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.) |
Dover's Powder
() A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic. |
Florida bean
() The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean. |
Florida bean
() One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens. |
Goa powder
() A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained. |
Ignatius bean
() See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint. |
James's powder
() Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, ar English physician |
Locust
(n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers |
Locust
(n.) The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). |
Locust tree
() A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia. |
Pichurim bean
() The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut. |
Powder
(n.) The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay |
Powder
(n.) An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc. |
Powder
(v. t.) To reduce to fine particles |
Powder
(v. t.) To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder |
Powder
(v. t.) To sprinkle with salt |
Powder
(v. i.) To be reduced to powder |
Powder
(v. i.) To use powder on the hair or skin |
Powder-posted
(a.) Affected with dry rot |
Sea bean
() Same as Florida bean. |
Tonca bean
() See Tonka bean. |
Tonka bean
() The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean. |
Tonquin bean
() See Tonka bean. |
Water locust
() A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley. |
Mexican bean beetle
bean beetle
Epilachna varivestis | introduced into the United States from Mexico, feeds on the foliage of the bean plant |
bean weevil
Acanthoscelides obtectus | larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans |
powder-post termite
Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
| locust | migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae |
migratory locust
Locusta migratoria | Old World locust that travels in vast swarms stripping large areas of vegetation |
blackfly bean aphid
Aphis fabae | blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets |
seventeen-year locust
periodical cicada
Magicicada septendecim | North American cicada, appears in great numbers at infrequent intervals because the nymphs take to years to mature |
araroba
Goa powder
chrysarobin | a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases |
aspirin powder
headache powder | a powdered form of aspirin |
| baby powder | powder used to prevent a baby's diaper from chafing |
compact
powder compact | a small cosmetics case with a mirror, to be carried in a woman's purse |
| Dover's powder | a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium, formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration |
| face powder | cosmetic powder for the face |
ladies' room
powder room | a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building |
magazine powder store
powder magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored |
| powder | any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder |
| powder and shot | ammunition consisting of gunpowder and bullets for muskets |
powder horn
powder flask | container for carrying gunpowder, made of the hollow horn of an animal |
| powder keg | keg (usually made of metal) for gunpowder or blasting powder |
soap powder
built-soap powder
washing powder | soap in powdered form mixed with alkaline builders |
talcum
talcum powder | a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented, absorbs excess moisture |
toilet powder
bath powder
dusting powder | a fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing) |
tooth powder
toothpowder | a dentifrice in the form of a powder |
| powder blue | a pale blue color with grey in it |
attic
bean
bonce
noodle
noggin
dome | informal terms for a human head |
| powder metallurgy | the metallurgy of powdered metals, how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering |
| bean dip | a dip made of cooked beans |
carob
carob powder
Saint-John's-bread | powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree, used as a chocolate substitute |
| carob bar | a bar of candy made with carob powder |
| cocoa powder | the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed, used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream |
jelly bean
jelly egg | sugar-glazed jellied candy |
| baking-powder biscuit | leavened with baking powder |
bean curd
tofu | cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk |
| bean sprout | any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans |
bean
edible bean | any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
| goa bean | Old World tropical bean |
| common bean | any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried |
| kidney bean | large dark red bean, usually dried |
navy bean
pea bean
white bean | white-seeded bean, usually dried |
| pinto bean | mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States, usually dried |
black bean
turtle bean | black-seeded bean of South America, usually dried |
| fresh bean | beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried |
| green bean | immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable |
snap bean
snap | tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections |
| string bean | green beans with strings that must be removed |
Kentucky wonder
Kentucky wonder bean | flat-podded green bean |
scarlet runner
scarlet runner bean
runner bean
English runner bean | long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths, a favorite in Britain |
haricot vert
haricots verts
French bean | very small and slender green bean |
wax bean
yellow bean | snap beans with yellow pods |
| shell bean | unripe beans removed from the pod before cooking |