To form into a bead.
To cause beads to form on (something).
To apply beads to.
A narrow molding with semicircular section.
A bubble, in spirits.
Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.
A small, round ball at the end of a barrel of a gun used for aiming.
A small drop of water or other liquid.
A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
A rigid edge of a tire that mounts it on a wheel; tire bead.
Various small, round solid objects.
To make glassy.
To fit with glass; to glaze.
To become glassy.
To enclose in glass.
To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
To bombard an area with such intensity (nuclear bomb, fusion bomb, etc) as to melt the landscape into glass.
To view through an optical instrument such as binoculars.
To smooth or polish (leather, etc.), by rubbing it with a glass burnisher.
The quantity of liquid contained in such a vessel.
The clear, protective screen surrounding a hockey rink.
A barometer.
Transparent or translucent.
An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).
Lenses, considered collectively.
Glassware.
The backboard.
A magnifying glass or telescope.
A mirror.
Any amorphous solid (one without a regular crystal lattice).
A vessel from which one drinks, especially one made of glass, plastic, or similar translucent or semi-translucent material.