to suffer the throes of childbirth; to be in labour.

to make a plaintive, sad crying sound.

to make short, emphatic sound while struggling to do something.

to move aside slowly.

the quality or fact of being bent, crooked; crookedness.

modest behaviour that befits a woman.

arrogance; overbearingness; disdainful behaviour.

a clever or difficult act intended to amuse; a trick.

the act of pretending; pretension.

a kind of fried spicy, crispy eatable made of the flour of rice, bengal gram, etc.

the tendency of being deceitful; crookedness; dishonesty.

noisy activity; stir; agitation accompanied by heavy sound.

beauty; loveliness.

a form or condition that is distorted.

proper respect for oneself; sense of one's own dignity or worth; self-respect; pride.

spirit; courage; ardour; mettle.

a great supply; more than sufficient quantity; plentifulness.

the act or mode of moving; movement.

love; affection.

the state of being stiff, hard and erect.

a piece; a fragment; a part or portion of a whole.

the state of being broken.

a thing a part of which is broken.

a hole; a cavity.

something that resembles in all or almost all respects another.

to eat or eat up hungrily, hurriedly or voraciously.

to consume or destroy with a devastating force.

broken; cut; shortened.

that much quantity of water or any other liquid that is taken to rinse the mouth.

a handful of quantity.

the black thing formed at the burning tip of a wick.

the tree Garcinia morella of Guttiferae family; Mysore gamboge.

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a boy or man as he is related to either or both of his parents; a son.

a term of endearment used by elders in addressing boys.