BEAD Synonyms

• an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles

• round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

• United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989)

• a solid projectile that is shot by a musket

• an object with a spherical shape

• one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

• a spherical object used as a plaything

• a compact mass

• a lavish dance requiring formal attire

• a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass

• a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

• a pitch that is not in the strike zone

• form into a ball by winding or rolling

• to live very well

• the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

• a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line

• a piece of dried bovine dung

• a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

• a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something

• a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling

• electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

• (golf) a low running approach shot

• the act of chipping something

• break off (a piece from a whole)

• cut a nick into

• play a chip shot

• form by chipping

• break a small piece off from

• a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure

• a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices

• a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces

• colorless glass made of almost pure silica

• glassware made of quartz

• a protective cover that protects the face of a watch

• a tiny drop

• art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

• a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

• a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

• a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

• a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

• a small globe or ball

• a tiny grain

• a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

• a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

• adorn or decorate with precious stones

• a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

• a small ball of glass that is used in various games

• a sculpture carved from marble

• paint or stain like marble

• the distinctive form in which a thing is made

• container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens

• loose soil rich in organic matter

• the process of becoming mildewed

• a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter

• a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold

• a distinctive nature, character, or type

• sculpture produced by molding

• form in clay, wax, etc

• become moldy; spoil due to humidity

• form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

• make something, usually for a specific function

• fit tightly, follow the contours of

• shape or influence; give direction to

• a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth

• the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye

• an object with a spherical shape

• move in an orbit

• a small smooth rounded rock

• a small rounded mass of a substance

• a solid missile discharged from a firearm

• decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat

• artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

• a small hard fruit

• a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

• one of the outstanding players in a tournament

• anything that provides inspiration for later work

• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

• go to seed; shed seeds

• help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

• bear seeds

• place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

• distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

• sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

• inoculate with microorganisms

• remove the seeds from

• a particular environment or walk of life

• any spherically shaped artifact

• the geographical area in which one nation is very influential

• a particular aspect of life or activity

• a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)

• a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center

• the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected