the large, spiral, univalve shell of any of various marine mollusks, a few of which are perforated at one end and used as a trumpet; a conch.

the bone across the upper cheek, that forms the outer side of the eye's bony orbit; the cheek-bone.

the bone comprising the front part of the skull and forming the forehead in humans; the frontal-bone.

(myth.) name of one of the nine treasures of Kubēra, the Regent of Wealth.

a kind of perfume.

the white colour.

a particular military array.

a particular part of a horse (between the hip and the thigh ?).

(math.) a huge number, one hundred billion (or 1,00,000 crore).

(mth.) a symbol for the number seven.

(math.) a very huge number (1 followed by nineteen zeros).

(dance.) a particular gesture of the hands, in which the figures are both the hands are interlocked inside as if holding a conch for blowing it.

ಶಂಖದ ಹುರಿಕೆ ṣankada hurike a kind of fragrant substance; ಶಂಖ ಬಾರಿಸು ṣanka bārisu (fig.) a loud outcry or clamour; ಶಂಖ ಪುಟಿಸು ṣanka puṭisu = ಶಂಖ ಬಾರಿಸು; ಶಂಖದ ಹುಳು ṣankada huḷu a kind of mollusk; ಶಂಖಚಕ್ರದ ಕೋಲು ṣanka cakrada kōlu a metal staff, having the symbols of a conch and a wheel, used to brand on the body; ಊದುವ ಶಂಖ ಊದಿಬಿಡು ūduvaṣanka ūdibiḍu to do one's duty without bothering whether it yields the desired result or not; ಶಂಖದಿಂದ ಬಂದರೇ ತೀರ್ಥ ṣankadinda bandarē tīrtha a statement is believed or accepted only when made by an authority and not by others (even the latterś statement is true).

the large, spiral, univalve shell of any of various marine mollusks, used as a trumpet; a conch.

a piece of hard material with two broad faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, that can be driven or forced into a narrow opening, as to split wood, raise a weight, etc.; a wedge.

a hard object, having a circular base and a vertex point on a different plane, the vertical cross section resembling a triangle; a cone.

an unhewn piece of a felled tree or a similar rough mass of wood.

an instrument that indicates time by the position of a gnomoṇs shadow cast by the sun on the face of a dial marked in hours; a sun-dial.

an instrument of a surveyor used in measuring lands.

a skate fish.

spear or javelin.

a hole (as driven or bored into a solid object).

the condition or quality of being complex; complexity.

a destroying or being destroyed; destrution.

(math.) the cardinal number ten billion.

a doubt; a suspicion.

a hesitating or feeling hesitant from uncertainty, lack of confidence, etc.; hesitation.

an anxious feeling; fear; apprehension.

firm belief; trust; reliance; confidence.

a cause for objecting; a reason for opposing, disapproving; an objection.

mental derangement supposedly caused by an evil spirit.

the natural pressure from within to discharge of urine, faeces, etc.

(rhet.) a transitory sentiment of expressing regret for one's own or another's mistake, blunder or crime.

(dance.) a moving of the eyeballs intermittently.

the ocean.

he who bears or blows a conch.

Viṣṇu.

the spreading, annual plant Arachis hypogea of Papilionaceae family with yellow flowers and brittle pods ripening underground; groundnut; peannut.

its edible seed; peanut.