bead

1. n. A prayer. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. Any small globular body Source: opted

4. n. A bubble in spirits. Source: opted

5. n. A drop of sweat or other liquid. Source: opted

6. n. A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. 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. Source: opted

9. v. t. To ornament with beads or beading. Source: opted

10. v. i. To form beadlike bubbles. Source: opted

11. n. a small ball with a hole through the middle Source: wordnet

12. n. a shape that is spherical and small Source: wordnet

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