beadlike

beadlike
Resembling a bead or some aspect of one.

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  • beadlike — adjective small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button bright beady eyes black buttony eyes • Syn: ↑beady, ↑buttony, ↑buttonlike • Similar to: ↑bright …   Useful english dictionary

  • bead — beadlike, adj. /beed/, n. 1. a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc. 2. beads, a. a necklace of beads: You don t have your beads on …   Universalium

  • Gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black. [1875 80, Amer.; after GILA] * * * One of the only two species (both in the family… …   Universalium

  • nostoc — /nos tok/, n. any freshwater, blue green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places. [1640 50; < NL, coined by Paracelsus] * * * Any of the cyanobacteria that make up the genus Nostoc. The cells are arranged… …   Universalium

  • beaded lizard — noun lizard with black and yellowish beadlike scales; of western Mexico • Syn: ↑Mexican beaded lizard, ↑Heloderma horridum • Hypernyms: ↑venomous lizard • Member Holonyms: ↑Heloderma, ↑genus Heloderma …   Useful english dictionary

  • sensitive fern — noun beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes • Syn: ↑bead fern,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bluebead — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also bluebead lily Etymology: so called from the beadlike blue fruit : yellow clintonia * * * /blooh beed /, n. See corn lily (def. 2). [BLUE + BEAD; so called from its beadlike blue …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bead — Bead, v. i. To form beadlike bubbles. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Paternoster — Pa ter*nos ter, n. [L., Our Father.] 1. The Lord s prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. [1913 Webster] 3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead shaped… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Paternoster pump — Paternoster Pa ter*nos ter, n. [L., Our Father.] 1. The Lord s prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. [1913 Webster] 3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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