(obsolete) Prayerful. / Full of or having beads; beaded

The amount contained in a bead

plural of beadful

A string of beads used by members of various religions to count prayers, chants or devotions.

A sex toy consisting of several small balls attached together in series which are one by one inserted into and removed from the rectum.

(archaic, Catholicism) To pray with beads, in Roman Catholic fashion, distinguishing each bead by a prayer.

(astronomy) A feature of total solar eclipses. As the moon "grazes" by the sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places and not in others.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see string, bead. / The succulent vine Senecio rowleyanus, which has spherical, fleshy leaves spaced along its stems like beads.

plural of string of beads

plural of angle bead