(informal) An inexpensive restaurant or cafe; a bistro.

Ideal excellence, or an imaginary standard of perfection. / An emulable eidolon embodying excellence in a particular respect.

The red valerian, Centranthus ruber / (obsolete) Aster linosyris, a European plant with yellow flowers. / The silverbush, Anthyllis barba-jovis, a European shrub with silvery leaves.

(colloquial) A hairy caterpillar. / Specifically, the larva of a moth of the family Arctiidae. / (military slang, historical) An explosive shell that gives out dense smoke when it bursts.

A coastal mussel of Britain, Modiolus barbatus.

(US, usually in the plural) One of several varieties of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, common in the US and Mexico.

(law) A negotiable loan instrument payable to its holder (bearer) by the issuer according to preset conditions. The owner must safeguard bearer bonds to prevent loss; interest is usually paid by coupon redemptions.

plural of bearded mussel

(video games) A video game of the genre oriented around interpersonal combat (e.g. martial arts, street fighting, brawling, etc).

(engineering) A bearing assembly which uses spherical bearing balls as the rolling elements.