Bead Crossword Clue

• a shape that is spherical and small

• a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a steep high face of rock

• a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

• a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

• a central depository where things can be left or picked up

• the act of dropping something

• let fall to the ground

• to fall vertically

• go down in value

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• terminate an association with

• utter with seeming casualness

• stop pursuing or acting

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

• lose (a game)

• pay out

• lower the pitch of (musical notes)

• hang loosely

• stop associating with

• let or cause to fall in drops

• to remove

• take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

• omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing

• leave undone or leave out

• change from one level to another

• fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

• grow progressively worse

• give birth; used for animals

• 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