Various small, round solid objects.
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.
To cause beads to form on (something).
To apply beads to.
To form into a bead.
A very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
A part of speech which cannot be inflected.
A little bit.
Any of various physical objects making up the constituent parts of an atom; an elementary particle or subatomic particle.
A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).
In the Roman Catholic church, a crumb of consecrated bread; also the smaller breads used in the communion of the laity.