Synonym of bride's bonnet (“the plant Clintonia uniflora”)

Misspelling of Baily's beads.

(inorganic chemistry) in qualitative inorganic analysis, a test for the presence of certain metallic elements by observing the colours given to a bead of borax in a loop of platinum wire held in the oxidizing and reducing parts of a Bunsen burner flame

plural of captive bead ring

A form of jewellery for piercings, with a small bead that fits into an opening in the circle of a ring.

plural of borax bead test

Any of several beads, on a rosary, at which a Roman Catholic worshiper recites the Hail Mary

The perforated joints of encrinites found on Lindisfarne.

(physics) A thought experiment linking general relativity and gravitational waves, based on the idea of two beads sliding freely (but with a small amount of friction) on a rigid rod. As the wave passes over the rod, atomic forces hold the length of the rod fixed, but the proper distance between the two beads oscillates. Thus, the beads rub against the rod, dissipating heat.