(p. 118) ābaraṇa covering or screening or veiling; a cover or covering; a lid; a screen, a veil. আবরণী n. a cover or covering; a lid; a screen; a veil. 6)

(p. 102) āṅkika relating to mathematics; mathematical or arithmetical; relating to calculation. 20)

(p. 99) ākula extremely distressed or anxious or worried or uneasy; ardent, fervent, eager; nonplussed; overflowing. ̃কুন্তল unarranged or dishevelled or tousled hair. ̃তা n. extreme distress or anxiety or worry; ardency, fervidity, eagerness; nonplus; perplexity; restlessness; overflow. 23)

(p. 122) āmēja subtle presence or slight trace, a touch; a touch of similarity; the ultimate part of anything passing away, after-image, after-taste (সুরের আমেজ, নেশার আমেজ); pleasant drowsiness or rapt attention (গানের আমেজ আসা). 22)

(p. 104) ācchādaka that which or one who covers or roofs or conceals. 2)

(p. 126) ālapanā painting on the floors or walls of a house or temple usu. with liquefied pigment of rice-powder, zinc oxide etc. 37)

(p. 126) ālaṅkārika figurative; rhetorical; relating to ornament; decorative. n. a rhetorician; an author of a treatise on rhetoric or poetics. 22)

(p. 107) ādēṣṭā & n. one who orders or commands or decrees or enjoins or directs or permits. 81)

(p. 126) āśruta promised; heard. 131)

(p. 118) ābira a kind of perfumed and coloured powder that the Hindus sprinkle over one another esp. during the Holi (হোলি) festival. 31)

(p. 107) ātmāhuti self-immolation, self-sacrifice. 39)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭubān̐ṭu effort in spite of incapability, fumbling. adv. fumblingly. 16)

(p. 126) ālāi-bālāi all sorts of misfortune or harm; evils. 51)

(p. 126) āsanna imminent, approaching, impending, coming; proximate; last, final; (esp. in math.) approximate. আসন্ন কাল n. the time of death; the time of danger, critical time; the eleventh hour, the last moment. ̃প্রসবা a. fem. parturient; in an advanced stage of pregnancy, nearing delivery. আসন্ন বিপদ n. impending or imminent danger. আসন্ন মান n. approximate value or standard. ̃মৃত্যু a. about to die, dying. 145)

(p. 107) ādha, ādhā & a. half. আধকপালি, আধকপালে n. hemicrania, migraine, megrim. আধখেঁচড়া a. half-done; done perfunctorily; disordered; bungled. আধথালা a. half-plate. আধপাকা a. halfripe; partly ripe. আধপাগলা a. crack-brained, cranky, having a screw loose, mentally defective, crazy. n. one with a screw loose, a crack-brain, a crank. আধপেটা a. sufficient to satisfy only half the hunger; half-fed. adv. to the extent of being half-fed. আধপোড়া a. half-burned; half-roasted; halfbaked. আধবয়সী, আধবুড়ো a. middleaged. fem. আধবুড়ি । আধমনি a. containing half a maund (of things). আধমনি কৈলাস a gluttonous person, one who eats too much; one who is capable of eating too much. আধমরা a. half-dead; almost dead, more dead than alive. আধসিদ্ধ a. parboiled. আধসের n. (now obs.) half a seer. আধহাতি a. half a cubit long. 90)