Bead (n.) A prayer. |
Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament |
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 |
Bead (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading. |
Bead (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles. |
Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it |
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. |
Diameter (n.) Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries |
Diameter (n.) A diametral plane. |
Diameter (n.) The length of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side |
Diameter (n.) The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module. |
Wire (n.) A thread or slender rod of metal |
Wire (n.) A telegraph wire or cable |
Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire |
Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire |
Wire (v. t.) To snare by means of a wire or wires. |
Wire (v. t.) To send (a message) by telegraph. |
Wire (v. i.) To pass like a wire |
Wire (v. i.) To send a telegraphic message. |
Wire-drawer (n.) One who draws metal into wire. |
Wire-heel (n.) A disease in the feet of a horse or other beast. |
Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet |
Wire-tailed (a.) Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a web or barbules. |
Wire-worker (n.) One who manufactures articles from wire. |
wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair wirehaired terrier wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
bead | a small ball with a hole through the middle |
beading bead beadwork astragal | a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture |
chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
cross hair cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
guy guy cable guy wire guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
quirk bead bead and quirk | beading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates |
telephone wire telephone line telegraph wire telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
wire gauge wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
wire matrix printer wire printer stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
wire stripper | a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
diameter diam | the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference |
telegram wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
news agency press agency wire service press association news organization news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
wire | the finishing line on a racetrack |
eager beaver busy bee live wire sharpie sharpy | an alert and energetic person |
wire-puller | one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends |
white baneberry white cohosh white bead doll's eyes Actaea alba | North American herb with white poisonous berries |
cat'slaw catclaw black bead Pithecellodium unguisati | erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds, West Indies and Florida |
malheur wire lettuce Stephanomeria malheurensis | a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard, a threatened species |
yardgrass yard grass wire grass goose grass Eleusine indica | coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers, native to Old World tropics, a naturalized weed elsewhere |
broom beard grass prairie grass wire grass Andropogon scoparius Schizachyrium scoparium | handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn |
bead tree jumby bean jumby tree Ormosia monosperma | small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers, seeds are black or scarlet with black spots |
jumby bead jumbie bead Ormosia coarctata | West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds |
sensitive fern bead fern Onoclea sensibilis | beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe, pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched, pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes |
diameter | a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface) |
drop bead pearl | a shape that is spherical and small, he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops, beads of sweat on his forehead |
steel wool wire wool | a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive |
wire glass | a glass that contains a layer of wire netting in it |
electrify wire | equip for use with electricity, electrify an appliance |
draw a bead on aspire aim shoot for | have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal |
cable telegraph wire | send cables, wires, or telegrams |
draw a bead on | aim with a gun, The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit |
bead | string together like beads |
wire | fasten with wire, The columns were wired to the beams for support |
wire | string on a wire, wire beads |
bead | decorate by sewing beads onto, bead the wedding gown |