a hard, hollow, bony or keratinous, permanent projection that grows on the head of various hoofed animals, esp. bovid ruminants; a horn.

a feeling of one's assumed importance or esteem from one's success, merit, status, etc.

to hang loosely so as to swing back and forth; to dangle.

to throw oneself in prostrate position, in obeisance.

the act of bending.

the act of prostrating before another in obeisance.

to jump in joy, clapping.

(said of wood) the fact of being eaten by termites; a deterioration; a wasting or being wasted away.

that which is weak as a soaked wood; ಕುಂಬು ತಲೆ k umbu tale (fig.) the quaity or condition of being stupid; stupidity.

a dimension taken through an object or body or material usu. downward or inward; depth.

the quality of being deep; deepness.

intensity (as of silence).

gravity; seriousness.

intellectual depth; profundity.

a great quantity, number; abundance; the condition of having in plenty; plentifulness.

that which cannot be understood easily or is kept secret.

a question, matter, situation or person who is perplexing or difficult.

the quality of being mysterious or obscure; mysteriousness; obscurity.

a great number of people gathered together; a crowd.

a number of cattle, sheep or other animals, birds, etc, being together; a herd; a flock.

a thick heavy spiral shell, occasionally bearing long projections, of various marine gastropod molluscs of the family Strombidae; a conch.

an ornamental band, hoop or chain worn on the wrist; a bracelet.

an elephant.

water.

the white colour.

that part of a human joining the head to the body; the neck.

the grass Pennisetum typhoides (= Holcus spicata, = Panicum spicatum) of Poaceae family.

its grain; spiked millet.

a long piece of wood, metal, etc. usu. rounded, used as a support from below; a pole.

an old unit of land measure (now obs.).

a tall spar or, now often, a hollow metal structure, sometimes in sections, rising vertically from the keel or deck of a vessel and used to support the sails, yards, radar and radio equipment, etc. ; the mast of a vessel.