any of various slender, soft-bodied animals, some segmented, that live by burrowing underground, in water or as parasites, including the annelids, nemerteans, nematodes, platyhelminths, acanthocephalans, and gordian worms; a worm.

an abject, wretched or contemptible person.

a worthless,useless thing.

a snake.

to hide (something) in the ground.

to put (a dead body) into the earth; to bury.

to fill a pig, hollow in the ground with soil, stone, etc.

to cause to go under the surface of water.

to cover or veil with or as with a veil, lid, etc.

to go under the surface of water.

to be filled with.

to be lost from the mind; to be forgotten.

to fill (something) into (a container, room, etc.) tightly.

to remove; to take off; to ward off.

to be concealed; to disappear from sight.

to close one's mouth, eyes, etc.

to go or enter into.

(only as the first word in a compound) old.

a solemn declaration, made in the name of a god, that one would do or refrain from doing something or pledge oneself to something; a vow.

a fruit of any plant, whether edible or not.

a long, hand-held, sharp-edged, pointed weapon, used for cutting, thrusting, etc. by soldiers; a sword.

the sharp blade of a sword.

greediness; covetousness; avariciousness.

= ಪಾಳು.

(hist.) a unit of weight (equal to three tolas).

a unit of time, equal to twenty four seconds.

(hist.) a unit of capacity.

the flesh of animals used as food; meant.

any of several grasses.

the creeper Trichosanthes cucumerina of Cucurbitaceae family.

its gourd.

the part of the face between the eyebrows and the line where the hair normally begins; the forehead.

the share of a plough; a ploughshare.

any undesired, uncultivated plant, esp. one growing in profusion so as to crowd out a desired crop; a weed.

the second crop growing from the root after the crop is cut almost to the ground level.

(only as the first word in a compound) old.

a baseless accusation or vilification.

a driving out or away of a dog.

that which is blamable, censurable.

deep trouble or misery.

a small stream.

a low lying area.

a depression in the ground (where usu. water gets stagnated).

a group of houses in a rural area, larger than a hamlet and usu. smaller than a town; a village.

a settling of oneself as a dweller permanently or for a considerably long time.

(dial.) a kind of game played by boys in which two boys hold each other's left hand firmly and the third boy tries to unlock the hold.

a forest; jungle; woods.

a kind of wild plant.

a field where some crop is raised.

a practice so long established that it has the force of law; a custom.

a village, town.

a region or district.

a shed or building where cattle are sheltered and fed; a cow-shed.

a row of houses.

an army or a division of an army.

a temporary place where a military force has stayed or to be stayed; an army camp.

a group of attendants or servants.

a soldier.

a place enclosed by a wall, fence, etc.

an extension in town or city.

that which is equal, similar.

the quality of resembling or being equal; resemblance; likeness; equality.

that which is or can be used as an alternative to; that with which something can be replaced perfectly or almost perfectly.

a thing made just like another; imitation of an original; full reproduction or transcription; a copy; a replica; a fascimile.

a kind of good quality cloth.