bean /bēn/

1. The name of several kinds of leguminous plants and their seeds, esp the common or broad bean (Vicia faba) and the French, kidney or haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
2. Applied also to the seeds of other plants, from their bean-like form, such as coffee
3. A coin (obsolete except in not a bean (informal) not a cent, no money at all)
4. (in pl) little or nothing at all (N American informal)
5. The head (informal)
6. A component of a Java program that can be reused in other programs (computing)

To hit on the head

beanˈery noun (US sl)

A cheap restaurant

beanˈie noun (informal)

A small, close-fitting hat

beanˈo noun (pl beanˈos) (informal)

1. A beanfeast, a rowdy jollification
2. Bingo

beanˈbag noun

1. A small cloth bag containing dried beans or the like, used in games, etc
2. A large cushion filled eg with chips or balls of plastic foam, used as seating (also beanbag chair)

bean caper noun

A shrub (genus Zygophyllum) of steppe and desert whose flower-buds are used as capers

bean counter noun (informal)

An accountant, esp one considered parsimonious or unsupportive of creativity

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• mallei
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• mallemarokings
• mallemuck
• mallemucks
• mallender
• mallenders
• malleolar
• malleoli
• malleolus
• malleoluses
• mallet
• mallets
• malleus
• malleuses
• malling
• malling jug
• malling jugs
• Mallophaga
• mallophagous
• Mallorcan
• mallow
• mallows