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Azedarach :: Azedarach (n.) A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree..

Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits..

String :: String (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments..

Bead :: 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)..

Beadhouse :: Beadhouse (n.) Alt. of Bedehous.

Wire :: Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads..

Bead :: Bead (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..

Beadswoman :: Beadswoman (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoma.

Bead :: Bead (n.) Any small globular bod.

Subbrachial :: Subbeadle (n.) An under beadle.

Seawant :: Seawant (n.) The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

Arango :: Arango (n.) A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.

Beading :: Beading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bea.

Beadwork :: Beadwork (n.) Ornamental work in beads.

Margosa :: Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic..

Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted..

Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers.

Beadleship :: Beadleship (n.) The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle..

Bead :: Bead (n.) A bubble in spirits.

Passementerie :: Passementerie (n.) Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.

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