any of various families of primitive, wingless thysanuran insects, which are injurious to books, other paper products and cloth.

the dry outer covering of grains as rāgi, jowar, etc.

the grain with husk, after threshing.

a depression in the ground; a pit.

a small garden; a kitchen-garden.

a large pot made of baked clay; a large earthen boiler.

the dry outer covering of grains as rāgi, jowar, etc.

the grain with husk, after threshing.

a woman with abnormal curvature of the spine; a hump-backed woman.

to bend; to stoop; to shrink.

to pay obeisance by bending the head or throwing the body on the ground, with face downwards, in submission.

to make a retreat; to withdraw; to back; to hesitate.

the unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by another; a murder or murdering.

a woman with abnormal curvature of the spine; a hump-backed woman.

a broken piece of a grain.

a particle - a) an extremely small piece; tiny fragment; b) the slightest trace (as of truth, doubt); a speck.

a glowing bit of matter, esp. one thrown off by a fire.