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Definitions of bead
n. - A prayer. ²
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. ²
n. - Any small globular body ²
n. - A bubble in spirits. ²
n. - A drop of sweat or other liquid. ²
n. - A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). ²
n. - A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. ²
n. - 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; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc. ²
v. t. - To ornament with beads or beading. ²
v. i. - To form beadlike bubbles. ²

The word "bead" uses 4 letters: A B D E.

Direct anagrams of bead:
  abed   bade

Words formed by adding one letter before or after bead (in bold), or to abde in any order:
a -   baaed   g -   badge   i -   abide   k -   baked   l -   baled   blade   n -   baned   o -   abode   adobe   r -   ardeb   barde   bared   beard   bread   debar   s -   based   beads   sabed   t -   bated   u -   daube   y -   bayed   beady  

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ab   ad   ae   ba   bad   be   bed   dab   de   deb   ed  

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