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Another word for bean

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Noun

  1. The uppermost part of the body

      1. An indehiscent fruit having a single seed enclosed in a hard shell, such as an acorn or hazelnut.
      2. The usually edible seed of such a fruit.
      3. Any of various other usually edible seeds enclosed in a hard covering such as a seed coat or the stone of a drupe, as in a pine nut, peanut, almond, or walnut.
      1. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water.
      1. A small mug or cup.
      2. A unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint.
      3. The human head.
      1. A roof or vault having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.
      2. A geodesic dome.
      3. A domelike structure, object, or natural formation.
      1. The head.
      2. A blow, especially on the head.
      3. The human nose.
      1. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides.
      2. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support.
      3. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done:
      1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.
      2. The number of votes cast or recorded.
      3. The places where votes are cast and registered during an election, considered as a group:
      1. The human head, especially the top of the head:
      2. The mind or brain.
      1. The uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate, containing the brain and the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and jaws.
      2. The analogous part of an invertebrate organism.
      3. The length or height of such a part:
    See also:

    body

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Another word for bean

Noun

  1. A leguminous plant

    See also:

    string-bean

  2. A small hard pellet

      1. A small knotlike protuberance.
      2. A small, abnormal but usually benign mass of tissue, as on the thyroid gland, in the lung, or under the skin.
      3. A small knoblike outgrowth, especially one on the roots of a leguminous plant that contains bacteria that fix nitrogen.
      1. A knob, knot, protuberance, or swelling.
      2. A small, well-defined mass of tissue that is either normal or pathological, as a lymph node or a node at an arthritic joint.
      3. A point or area where two lines, paths, or parts intersect or branch off:
      1. A compact intersection of interlaced material, such as cord, ribbon, or rope.
      2. A fastening made by tying together lengths of material, such as rope, in a prescribed way.
      3. A decorative bow of ribbon, fabric, or braid.
      1. A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united:
      2. The fruits of cereal grasses especially after having been harvested, considered as a group:
      3. A cereal grass:
      1. A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.
      2. An oral contraceptive. Used with the.
      3. Something, such as a baseball, that resembles a pellet of medicine.
      1. A usually metal projectile in the shape of a pointed cylinder or a ball that is expelled from a firearm, especially a rifle or handgun.
      2. Such a projectile in a metal casing; a cartridge.
      3. An object resembling a projectile in shape, action, or effect.
      1. A small, solid lump, especially of gold.
      2. A small compact portion or unit:
      1. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary and having the whole wall fleshy, such as a grape or tomato.
      2. A small, juicy, fleshy fruit, such as a blackberry or raspberry, regardless of its botanical structure.
      3. Any of various seeds or dried kernels, as of wheat.
      1. A mature plant ovule containing an embryo.
      2. A small dry fruit, spore, or other propagative plant part.
      3. Seeds considered as a group:
      1. A grain or seed, as of a cereal grass, enclosed in a husk.
      2. The usually edible seed inside the hard covering of a nut or fruit stone.
      3. The central or most important part; the core:

Idioms:

    full-of-beans

    2. full-of-beans

  2. mistaken, erring, incorrect;

      • spill-the-beans

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    Sentence Examples

    • Destiny helped her with planting the green bean seeds.

    • If she likes imitating a bean pole, that's her choice.

    • The symptoms of Calabar bean poisoning have all been stated above.

    • Larger concretions formed under other conditions are known as "bean ore."

    • The alkaloid calabarine is, on the other hand, a stimulant of the motor and reflex functions of the cord, so that only the pure alkaloid physostigmine and not any preparation of Calabar bean itself should be used when it is desired to obtain this action.

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