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1. abhinaya, n. View full entry 1880
...In Indian dance: the use of any of various expressive techniques to convey a mood, emotion, theme, or idea....
2. apex, n.1 View full entry 1604
...(As in Latin.) rare....
3. bio-, comb. form View full entry 1808
...With the sense ‘biographical’, ‘comprising elements of biography’....
4. machinery, n. View full entry 1687
...Theatre. Stage appliances and apparatus. Cf. machine4a. Chiefly hist....
5. mango, n.1 (and adj.) View full entry 1582
...The fruit of the mango tree (see sense 2), a sweet orange-fleshed drupe which is much eaten as dessert, especially in the tropics, and is used in its unripe state...
6. marriage, n. View full entry c1300
...The condition of being a husband or wife; the relation between persons married to each other; matrimony....
7. matra, n. View full entry 1898
...A beat; the basic rhythmic unit of a tala....
8. minor, adj. and n. View full entry c1230
...Used chiefly as postmodifier....
9. multi-, comb. form View full entry 1647
...Forming parasynthetic adjectives, with the sense ‘more than one, several, many’. From the adjectives are formed adverbs (e.g. multiserially) and nouns (e.g. multicellularity). Some formations of this kind...
10. Nat, n.2 View full entry 1801
...In South Asia: a member of an itinerant class of entertainers, fortune-tellers, etc., drawn from many different tribal groups....
11. natya, n. View full entry 1832
...The art of traditional Indian dance-drama, usually incorporating vocal or instrumental music, dialogue, and elaborate gestural dance. Cf. Bharatanatyam...
12. nautch, n. View full entry 1777
...In South Asia: a dance usually performed by one or more professional dancing girls; a performance of such a dance....
13. nayaka, n. View full entry 1933
...In the performing arts (esp. dance) of India: a leader, leading actor, or lead male role; spec. a male lover or romantic hero in drama. Cf. nayika...
14. nayika, n. View full entry 1873
...In the performing arts (esp. dance) of India: a lead female role; spec. a female lover or mistress, a romantic heroine in drama. Cf. nayaka...
15. nritta, n. View full entry 1833
...A type of Indian dance characterized by abstract rhythmic patterns of movement and intricate footwork. Cf. natya, nritya...
16. nritya, n. View full entry 1833
...A type of Indian dance through which stories, ideas, or emotions are expressed. Cf. natya, nritta...
17. number, n. View full entry c1300
...The precise sum or aggregate of a collection of individual things or persons; the quantity or amount....
18. O, n.1 View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
19. pass, n.4 View full entry 1555
...Prob.: demeanour; a course of action. Obs.rare....
20. ronggeng, n. View full entry 1817
...In Malaysia: a dancing girl; a female professional dancer who performs with a ronggeng troupe (see sense 2)....
