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- any of a family (Picidae) of piciform birds distinguished by stiff tail feathers used for support, a strong, pointed, chisel-shaped bill used for drilling holes in bark to get insects, and a long, protrusile tongue with a spearlike tip; a woodpecker.
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- the tree Clerodendrum viscosum (= C. infortunatum) of Verbenaceae family.
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- a piece or tract of land that is rich in salt or salts; a brackish land.
- a part of a sea or lake, indenting the shoreline; wide inlet not so large as a gulf.
- a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross by wading, by riding on horseback, etc.; a ford.
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- an act of making, doing, causing, etc.
- a man who makes, creates, as an artist, mechanic, actor, etc.
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- (dial.) the nest of a crow.
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- a black coloured ox.
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- to be charred; to be reduced to charcoal from burning.
- to heat something in a pan or directly in fire.
- to cook in a pan in hot oil.
- (fig.) to undergo sever pain or affliction.
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- a piece or tract of land that is rich in salt or salts; a brackish land.
- a part of a sea or lake, indenting the shoreline; wide inlet not so large as a gulf.
- a shallow place in a stream, river, etc., where one can cross by wading or by riding on horseback, etc.; a ford.
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- any of the growths covering the body of a bird or making up a large part of the wing surface, as down or contour feathers; a feather.
- a feather or featherlike part fastened to the shaft of an arrow to help control its flight.
- an arrow.
- the leaf of a palm tree.
- a petal of a flower.
- a rectangular piece of paper, esp. one of a number of pieces cut to a definite, uniform size, and bound together making a book; a sheet of paper.
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- the animal that has a trunk; an elephant.
- a symbol for the number eight; 8.
- a mirror (of glass) or a smooth metal surface reflecting the image.
- the lotus flower.
- the musk, a kind of perfume, obtained from the glands of musk-deer.
- a serpant.
- the bird swan.
- fame; renown; favourable reputation.
- a mountain.
- lustre; effulgence; brightness.
- a horse.
- Viṣṇu.
- (pros.) a kind of alliteration in which the first vowel of each line is long, and the consonant following it recurs at corresponding place of all the lines in a stanza.
- the tree Maba nigrescens of Ebenaceae family.