a kind of percussion instrument.

the plant Mitragyna parvifolia (=Stephegyne parvifolia) of Rubiaceae family; water cadamba.

a pin that goes through the end of an axle outside the wheel to keep the wheel from coming off; a linchpin.

the part of a bridle that goes into a horse's mouth, used to control the horse; the bit.

a loquacious or quarrelsome woman.

a rope for tying the legs of a horse.

a rope in gen.

the seed of leguminous plants, developed from a simple superior ovary and can be split open along definite structural lines into two valves; a seedpod of a leguminous plant.

the hair that has interwoven, felted or tangled together into a thick mass; a matted hair; a felt of hair.

the act of gathering, assembling, collecting and keeping together.

a group of persons, things, etc.; a multitude; a crowd.

the state of being associated; companionship; association.

a prescribed rule; an authoritative direction; the act of prescribing a rule; a regulating or regulation.

anything that is built with walls and a roof, as a house or factory; something built or constructed, as a building or dam; a building.

manner of building, constructing or organizing; the style or plan of construction; a set of interconnecting parts of any complex thing; a framework.

outstandingly good of its kind; of exceptional merit, virtue, etc.

that which is of superior quality.

a person of excellence, exceptional merit, virtue etc.

a string of excellent pearls.

that which is of superior quality.

a person of excellence, exceptional merit, virtue etc.

a string of excellent pearls.

the state of being prepared; esp. possession of sufficient armed forces, materiel, etc. for waging war.

outstandingly good of its kind; of exceptional merit, virtue, etc.