Word Finder - bead

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Prayer, later especially with a rosary.

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Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.

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A small, round object.

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(heading) A ridge, band, or molding.

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Knowledge sufficient to direct one's activities to a purpose.

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We now have a bead on the main technical issues for the project

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A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe.

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the borax bead;  the iron bead, etc.

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Front sight of a gun.

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To form into a bead.

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The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.

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To apply beads to.

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She spent the morning beading the gown.

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To form into a bead.

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He beaded some solder for the ends of the wire.

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To cause beads to form on (something).

Add a bead of sealant into the gap and let it dry completely.

Ashley's bead was lighter red in color, its surface glazed to give it a subtle reflecting quality.

This time she put on the glass bead first and the two wooden ones next.

Tie a knot an inch or so up from the bead.

The alloy wheel rim also features a tire bead rim.

Apply a bead of caulk around the inside nailing fin on the new window.

Seahorses make an attractive shape for a bead.

Start in the middle of a long bead by gently prising it away from the main frame by around 2.5cm with an old chisel.

With new sash cords, parting bead, staff bead, weights, pins, sealant, draft proofing materials etc in one pack.

I like to use a black hackle ribbed down the body for extra mobility with a lead underbody or a Gold bead head.

You may either make a headboard for a single bead or a quarter size sample.

I had read somewhere about using a hypodermic syringe to lay in a thin bead of paint right in the scratch.

The bead is used to make a homemade inductor by winding 2.5 turns of 0.5mm enameled copper wire through the hole in the bead.

The Little Purple bead Company LLC - Unique one of a kind handcrafted beaded jewelry!

A storm collar is clamped around the pipe, onto a bead of silicone mastic, just above the flashing plate.

A fantastic impressive vintage retro bead necklace, perfect for your vintage chic, retro chic wardrobe.

Unable to recognize numerals to 5. Unable to continue a 2-colour bead pattern.

Possibly the most significant of all the objects found with her is the gold pendant with the bead with colored inlay.

Up to 1834 Pontefract had a poorhouse called Bead House which was closed down in 1811.

The bead on the far left is a mixture of colors and is made from a stone called leopardskin rhyolite.

Adding a bead of clear silicone sealant on the top edge of the tape would add braces to the belt.

Seat them down on a bead of clear low modulus silicone sealer before the screws are inserted.

A special chafer around the bead prevents the sidewall scrubbing out on the rim under extreme loads.

Run a bead of clear silicone caulk to seal the gap where the backsplash meets the wall.

All components are TIG welded which reduces the size of the welding bead and minimizes welding spatter.

No matter what you do to the Cushtie, its polystyrene bead filling will just squish back into shape.

The sides of the coffin are decorated with bands of bead and reel motifs and vine tendrils.

To achieve this, negative feedback is applied to the optical tweezer to compensate for bead movements measured by the position detector.

At such low stiffness the bead held in the optical tweezers necessarily exhibits large amounts of thermal motion.

He was seemingly unaffected by the ritual, not a bead of sweat, no signs of breathlessness.

If the hot colourless bead becomes enamel-white on cooling even when minute quantities of the substances are employed, we may infer the presence of barium or strontium.

Suppose now an observer to be looking from a fixed point at the bead through the hole in the phonic wheel, he will see the bead as 8 bright points flashing out in each beat, and in succession at intervals of k second.

I shook my head and took them all off and made her feel of the two wooden beads and the one glass bead.

I took them off and showed her that the two wooden ones must go on first, then the glass bead.

In fact, it is so popular as a hobby that you can find dozens of bead suppliers, pattern suppliers and how to books on beads and beading.

Accomplished beaders are known to create highly complex bead items like multi-strand necklaces and complete ornament sets.

Basically ornamental in nature, beading has its own logic of aesthetics which you will discover as you create more and more of bead items.

Beads can be bought from hobby stores, bead shops and design shops, both offline and online.

It may be a good idea to first visit some neighborhood bead stores and simply see what they have to offer.

Genbead is a good place to find all types of beads and bead projects.

It's easy to get wrapped up in the beauty of semi-precious beads once you finally feel as though you've hit the gemstone bead jackpot.

If you can't find what you're looking for there, you can always shop online or order catalogs from bead retailers.

Classic designs are bead board, shutter and panel styles.

For instance, a simple dining room chandelier can take on a Victorian feel with some pretty spray paint and the addition of bead and crystals.

Use fishing line or another sturdy type of string and select your bead material.

Start with crafts and branch out into bead art or crocheting, or begin at musical instruments and then check out the harmonica selection.

Choose from a rainbow of colors as well, with bead work that is hand-sewn and fabrics that include silk, satin, organza and tulle.

Common trends in boutonnieres and corsages currently are black and pink roses, colorful bead bracelets to attach the corsage to the girl's wrist, silver ribbons, unusual flower types, and bright flower colors.

Asian gowns tend to feature ornate embroidery and bead work, but are representative of traditional gowns worn by the women of that culture.

As they fill up, their bodies bloat to many times their original size until it looks more like a small bead or ball.