a small stone worn smooth and round; a pebble.

a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object, which is valued as a gem when lustrous and finely coloured; a pearl.

a piece of camphor or a small hailstone.

an unripe or young fruit.

a tract having loose mixture of pebbles, rock fragments coarser than sand and the soil.

a taking of fruits only for food.

a light meal.

the tree Stereospermum suaveolens ( = Bignonia suaveolens) of Bignoniaceae family.

its flower.

= ಪುರುಳು.

the plant Dolichos biflorus of Papilionaceae family.

its pea or edible gram; horse gram.

a female parrot.

a parrot in gen. 3. a young of a parrot.

a domesticated cow.

that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material; substance.

the actual matter of a thing, as opposed to the appearance; the real or essential part of a thing; essence; substance.

the real content, meaning or gist of something said or written.

that quality of a thing according to which it is thought of as being more or less desirable, useful, estimable, important, etc.; real value.

high quality of character; spirit; courage; ardour.

dried grass, leaves, twigs, etc. (used as fuel).

(fig.) useless, worthless talk.

very great in size, extent, amount, number, degree, etc. ; vast; very large; gigantic; huge.