an open porch, usu. roofed, extending across the front side of a house; a verandah.

a kind of medicinal substance.

the quality or fact of being slant; an oblique or inclined surface; obliquity; obliqueness; inclination.

a weight used to equalise both the pans of a weighing balance; a counter weight.

the period of light between sunrise and sunset; a day.

the twenty-four hour period (from midnight to the following midnight) a day.

the creeper Scindapsus officinalis of Araceae family; hog creeper.

the space or degree to which a thing extends; length, area, volume or scope; extent.

a great number of people gathered together or things, animals brought together; a crowd; a throng; a multitude.

one of the three types or schools of sculpture of India.

the male offspring of a donkey and a horse; a mule.

a spreading; extension; diffusion.

the act of flowing.

a fish.

rotten, putrified meat.