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

(p. 126) ālāpī given to cultivating acquaintances; sociable; acquainted. 59)

(p. 98) ākāṅkṣita desired; wished for. 30)

(p. 114) ānamana2 unmindful, absentminded. 7)

(p. 126) ālapākā the alpaca; cloth made of its wool. 38)

(p. 115) āphasānō to bluster, to brag; to fret or chafe or express chagrin on account of failure; to tear one's hair. আফসানি n. blustering or bragging; fretting or chafing or an expression of chagrin at failure. 70)

(p. 99) ākāra2 the vowel আ or its sound; addition of the vowel-sound আ or the vowel itself to consonants; the postconsonantal symbol of আ । 8)

(p. 104) āñjā the interim period between the delivery of a child and the next conception. 40)

(p. 107) ātapatra a sunshade; an umbrella; a parasol. 12)

(p. 123) āẏatana area or its measure; volume or its measure; extension; breadth; width; a house, an abode; an institution (অচলায়তন); an altar. ̃স্হাপকতা n. bulkelasticity. আয়তনাঙ্ক n. bulk-modulus. 4)

(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)

(p. 121) āmantraṇa invitation; a call to come; a greeting. আমন্ত্রণ করা v. to invite; to call; to greet. 11)

(p. 115) āpatti objection; dissent; protest, expostulation, remonstrance. ̃কর, ̃জনক a. objectionable, open to exception. আপত্তি করা v. to object; to dissent; to protest, to expostulate, to remonstrate. আপত্তি তোলা v. to raise an objection. 33)

(p. 133) āsura, āsurika of or like the mythological demons, (cp.) Titanic; of or like a demon, demoniac; giant-like, gigantic, titanic; terrible; vile; unholy. fem. আসুরী, আসুরিকী । আসুর বিবাহ, আসুরিক বিবাহ a form of marriage in which the bridegroom purchases the bride from her parents in exchange of money. 12)

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