an act or work that is impracticable to achieve.

(fig.) a condition that is annoying in many ways resolving of which is difficult.

that which has a sweet sound; the Indian cuckoo (a long-tailed songbird of the family Cuculidae, which has a characteristic two or three-note call and deposits its eggs in the nests of crows which rear the young as their own).

a bee (or wasp) which lays its eggs in the nest of another species; a cuckoo-bee.

any of several large usu. grey and white birds of the family Columbidae, often domesticated and bred and trained to carry messages etc.; a dove; a pigeon.

a large graceful waterbird of the genus Cygnus etc., having a long flexible neck, webbed feet, snow-white plumage; a swan.

pleasant voice; melodious sounds.

Siva, whose throat is black.

a bird of small size, belonging to Passeridae family; a house sparrow.

an enlargement of the thyroid gland, often visible as a swelling in the lower part of the front of the neck; goitre.

money or wealth earned by secret or illegal way and kept hidden from others.

a bundle of worthless things, meant to deceive others for a bundle of valuable ones.

a knot not easily seen but difficult to untie.

a small,secret passage (as in a fort, etc.).

a hole made by burglars in a house-wall.

a female cuckoo.

a female swan (a waterbird of the genus Cygnus).

a vow by a soldier, esp. a bodyguard, that he would sacrifice his life by committing suicide, if his master would die, and that his body would be laid below his master's while being buried.

Śiva, whose throat is black.

a small bell tied about the neck of an ox.

(fig.) a talkative, but useless man.

a kind of plant.

a hole made by burglars in a house-wall.

a small,secret passage (as in a fort, etc.).