any of pale-coloured social insects of the Isoptera order, having a soft body and living in colonies composed of winged forms that mate and wingless workers and soldiers that are usu. sterile or immature, and which are very destructive to wooden structures and are found in the temperate zones and esp. in the tropics; a white ant; a termite.

a medicinal compound.

(dial.) (said of a worm) to eat away the inner portion of a corn, grain, etc.

the grass Chionachne barbata (= Coix barbatum) of Poaceae family.

(dial.) a small earthen pot.

(one's hand) to swing loosely (losing its strength).

a woman whose complexion is as black as collyrium.

a vile, wicked woman.

a woman inclined or ready to quarrel; a quarrelsome woman.

the bird francolin partridge.

being low in spirits; gloomy; dejected; sad; depressed.

= ಕಜ್ಜಲ.