any thing or person who is equal to another.

the condition or quality of being equal.

a comparing or being compared; estimation of similarities and differences; comparison.

the act or practice of exchanging goods and services (without receipt or payment of money); barter.

the saffron-cloth used by mendicants, religious or saintly persons.

an instrument for striking or flogging, with or without a stiff or flexible rod with a lash attached to one end; a whip.

a thin, twisted cord, used by children to spin a top, a cone-shaped toy, on its pointed end.

a long, slender stick (as of rattan or of other twig) used to strike (with force), esp. to punish someone or drive an animal.

the plant Calamus polygamus (= C. flagellum) of Arecaceae family.

an instrument for striking or flogging, consisting generally of a stiff or flexible rod with a lash attached to one end; a whip.

a thin, long, twisted cord, used by children to spin a top, a cone-shaped toy, on its pointed end.

a long, slender stick (as of rattan or of other twig) used to strike (with force), esp. to punish someone or drive an animal.

the utterance in the presence of another person of a false statement or statements, damaging to a third person's character or reputation; slandering.

a malicious, false, and defamatory statement made so; a slander.

a person who makes such statements; a slanderer.

an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc. together with the page numbers where they appear in the text, usu. placed at the end of a book; an index.

a narrow street or lane.

a projection at the bottom (as of an idol) made to fit into a corresponding cavity in the base to fix it (as the idol) firmly.

the utterance in the presence of another person of a false statement or statements, damaging to a third person's character or reputation; slandering.

a malicious, false, and defamatory statement made so; a slander.

a person who makes such statements; a slanderer.

an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc. together with the page numbers where they appear in the text, usu. placed at the end of a book; an index.

a particular way of wielding one's sword, in a sword-fight.

the act of going up; a climbing, soaring.

a man who deceives; a cheat; a deceiver.

a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usu. developing branches at some distance from the ground; a tree.

obsession - a) the fact or state of being obsessed with an idea, desire, emotion, etc. b) such a persistent idea, desire, emotion, etc., esp. one that cannot be got rid of by reasoning.

an onomatopoetic term used to express swiftness, quickness in action.

the act of going up; a climbing, soaring.