A vigorous climbing annual vine (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) grown primarily for its strikingly long (35-75 cm) immature pods with uses very similar to that of a green bean.

To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum. / To extinguish. / (US) To defeat by a narrow margin. / To work out fully. / To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal.

(obsolete) A red panda (Ailurus fulgens).

A binturong (Arctictis binturong, in the family Viverridae). / (US, slang, now rare) An excellent or formidable thing or person.

An extinct species of bear, †Ursus etruscus, endemic to Europe, Asia and North Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene (approximately 5.3 million to 100,000 years ago).

plural of bean bag

The largest brown bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, found on Kodiak Island off the south coast of Alaska, United States.

A species of relatively small bears, Helarctos malayanus, found in Southeast Asia.

To endure a difficult or disagreeable situation with good humour.

(nautical) A bearing on the drive shaft of a vessel, usually made of brass with an inner grooved rubber lining that is lubricated by the surrounding water entering the grooves as it rotates. It is a variant of the stave bearing.