that urges, provokes or prompts (someone or something) into action.

that which urges, provokes or prompts (someone or something) into action or accelerates the process; an impelling or influencing person, thing of force; a driving agent.

a substance formed in an organ of the body, as in the adrenal glands, the pituitary, etc., and carried by a body fluid to another organ or tissue, where it has a specific effect; a hormone.

the indoleacetic acid, produced in fruits, seeds, leaves or stem tips, to promote longitudinal growth and to control bud growth, root formation, leaf abscission, etc., auxin.

a synthetically produced thing which acts similar to a hormone.

the male of the bird Cuculus melanoleucus, fabled to live only upon rain drops.

the female of ಚಾತಕ (see above).

= ಚಾತಕ.

= ಚಿತೆ.

to remove the skin of a soaked pulse by squeezing with a finger and the thumb.

the large, spotted carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usu. tawny with black markings; the panther; the leopard.

to remove the skin of a soaked pulse by squeezing with a finger and the thumb.

that which is (soaked and) skinned by squeezing with a finger and the thumb.