(chiefly construction and civil engineering) Able to support a load. / (figuratively) Of a physical, digital, procedural etc. component, necessary to the integrity of the system of which it forms a part.

The carrying of loads.

The seed of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis; used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.

A surname originating as an occupation for a court official.

A surname. / A village and civil parish in Dartford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5872).

A male given name used since mid-twentieth century.

(biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.

A bean plant with black seeds. / A dried seed of a black bean plant. / A dried black seed of certain varieties of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. / A fermented soybean, used in Asian cooking.

(idiomatic, Ireland) To tell wonderful stories, or something which is amazing and remarkable.

(UK) A herbaceous plant from the Americas, Phaseolus vulgaris, the bean of which is eaten as both a green bean and dried, when it is cooked slowly as Boston baked beans