noun
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the grey, brown or blackish mixture of gases emitted by a burning object; smoke.
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a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usu. at an elevation above the earth's surface; a cloud.
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a celestial body moving about the sun, in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun; a comet.
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(myth.) one of the hells.
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the large, evergreen tree Dipterocarpus bourdillonii of Dipterocarpaceae family.
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another tree of the same family Dipterocarpus indicus (D. turbinatus).
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a foretelling of the prosperity of a person living in a house, based on the remainder got by dividing the area of the site of the building by 8.
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(Dvaita. phil.) Viṣṇu, the Supreme Being.