We have spotted BEAD (4 Letters) a total of 66 times in our database. Below you may see the clues associated with BEAD and also when and where was it last seen:
	
		
			Definition
			
				
											
															| • | A prayer. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | Any small globular body | 
											
															| • | A bubble in spirits. | 
											
															| • | A drop of sweat or other liquid. | 
											
															| • | A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim
   (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). | 
											
															| • | A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually
   an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short
   embossments. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | To ornament with beads or beading. | 
											
															| • | To form beadlike bubbles. | 
									
			
		 
	 
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Usage among publishers:
- New York Times: Sep 24, 2025
- New York Times: Sep 23, 2025
- USA Today: Aug 11, 2025
- Thomas Joseph: Aug 2, 2025
- USA Today: May 11, 2025
- Universal: May 10, 2025
- USA Today: Apr 18, 2025
- Wall Street Journal: Mar 15, 2025
- USA Today: Feb 7, 2025
- USA Today: Nov 8, 2024
- Thomas Joseph: Oct 25, 2024
- USA Today: Sep 12, 2024
- Newsday: Jul 29, 2024
- Universal: May 11, 2024
- Newsday: May 8, 2024
- Newsday: Apr 30, 2024
- LA Times: Apr 28, 2024
- LA Times: Apr 26, 2024
- Newsday: Mar 19, 2024
- USA Today: Jan 5, 2024
- Newsday: Dec 11, 2023
- New York Times: Nov 17, 2023
- New York Times: Nov 12, 2023
- Thomas Joseph: Oct 12, 2023
- Newsday: Aug 28, 2023
- USA Today: Aug 14, 2023
- Universal: May 17, 2023
- Newsday: May 8, 2022