an immigrant to the countries of the Caribbean (West Indies ) who is of Indian origin ; an Asian West Indian

a bottle-shaped club , usually used in pairs by gymnasts , jugglers , etc

Indian corn is the same as → maize .

in single file

another name for hemp , esp the variety Cannabis indica, from which several narcotic drugs are obtained

a black pigment made from a mixture of lampblack and a binding agent such as gelatine or glue : usually formed into solid cakes and sticks

(formerly in Canada ) a list of persons to whom spirits may not be sold

meal made from corn ( maize ); cornmeal

a white or pinkish saprophytic woodland plant, Monotropa uniflora, of the N hemisphere , with a solitary nodding flower resembling a pipe: family Monotropaceae

a red pigment containing ferric oxide , used in paints and cosmetics and produced by oxidizing iron salts

an annual erect aquatic North American grass, Zizania aquatica, with edible purplish-black grain

a magic spell designed to place the victim in one's power or bring him or her bad luck

the most popular type of tea in Britain ; it has small black leaves, and is stronger than China tea

Native Americans who were living in North America when Europeans arrived there used to be called Red Indians .

West Indian means belonging or relating to the West Indies, or to its people or culture.

An Anglo-Indian person is someone whose family is partly British and partly Indian.

an official who represents the US or Canadian government to a group of Native Americans

bread made from cornmeal

any highly venomous elapid snake of the genus Naja, such as N. naja ( Indian cobra ), of tropical Africa and Asia. When alarmed they spread the skin of the neck region into a hood

→ Thar Desert

British India and the Indian states under indirect British control, which gained independence as India and Pakistan in 1947

a person who asks for the return of a present he or she has given

a tall malvaceous weedy North American plant, Abutilon theophrasti, with small yellow flowers and large velvety leaves

an Old World variety of sorghum , Sorghum vulgare durra , with erect hairy flower spikes and round seeds: cultivated for grain and fodder

a revolt of Indian troops (1857–59) that led to the transfer of the administration of India from the East India Company to the British Crown

an ocean bordered by Africa in the west, Asia in the north, and Australia in the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean in the south. Average depth : 3900 m (13 000 ft). Greatest depth (off the Sunda Islands): 7450 m (24 442 ft). In December 2004 a major undersea earthquake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami which affected large areas of the ocean as far away as east Africa, and killed an estimated 226 435 people. Area: about 73 556 000 sq km (28 400 000 sq miles)

You can refer to a period of unusually warm and sunny weather during the autumn as an Indian summer .

a medicinal preparation intended to improve and strengthen the functioning of the body or increase the feeling of wellbeing

the jack-in-the-pulpit or its root

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage , c . 22,000–6000 b .c. , distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods

a member of any of the Native American peoples formerly living in the Great Plains of the US and Canada

a member of a native Canadian people who is registered as an Indian under the federal Indian Act

a carved wooden statue of a standing Native American wearing a feathered headdress , formerly found outside many cigar stores as an advertisement

American Indian people or things belong to or come from one of the native peoples of America.

a member of the cattle tribe , Bubalus bubalis, of swampy regions of S Asia, having widely spreading back-curving horns . Domesticated forms are used as draught animals

an acute intestinal infection characterized by severe diarrhoea , cramp , etc: caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio comma

Elephas maximus

a starling , Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk

→ jequirity (sense 2 )

a small rubiaceous tree, Morinda citrifolia, of SE Asia and Australasia , with rounded yellow fruits : yields red and yellow dyes

a cornmeal pudding made with milk , molasses , etc.

the act or an instance of reserving

a heavy sweater of grey , unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured : knitted originally by the Cowichan people of British Columbia

a poisonous North American campanulaceous plant, Lobelia inflata, with small pale blue flowers and rounded inflated seed capsules

a woody leguminous climbing plant, Abrus precatorius, native to tropical Asia and naturalized elsewhere , having scarlet black-spotted poisonous seeds, used as beads , and roots used as a substitute for liquorice

any of a large genus ( Castilleja ) of plants of the figwort family, with brilliantly colored orange or red flowers and red or yellow upper leaves

a restaurant that serves Indian food

the territory established in the early 19th century in present-day Oklahoma , where Native Americans were forced to settle by the US government. The last remnant was integrated into the new state of Oklahoma in 1907

arm wrestling

a period of great success late in your life or career , often after a period of not being successful