khor
/kɔː
/noun
(In Sudan and neighbouring regions) a dry watercourse or ravine.It is composed of a network of khors, streams and rivers between the Bahr al-Arab, or Kiir, and the Raqaba al-Zarqa, or Ngol....
- There is a large khor between Gubbet Selim and Nilwaj on the side of which exist the ruins of an old temple.
- I saw straight in front of me a khor with rocks on either side filled with a dense mass of Dervishes packed around three flags, yelling defiance at us.
Origin
Late 19th century: representing a pronunciation of Arabic ḵawr 'low land between two stretches of higher ground'.
- speak evil of
- speak for oneself
- speak for yourself
- speaking
- speaking clock
- speaking of
- speaking trumpet
- speaking tube
- speak in tongues
- speak one's mind
- speak (or talk) of the devil
- speak (or talk) out of turn
- speak (or think) ill of
- speak out (or up)
- speak the same language
- speak up
- speak up for
- speak volumes
- speak well (or ill) of
- spear
- spear carrier
- spearfish
- speargrass
- speargun
- spearhead