(p. 99) ākārika a summons bailiff. 14)

(p. 126) ālāpacāri conversation, talk, discussion; a friendly chat. 57)

(p. 102) āgrāsana aggresssion, aggressive or imperialistic policy; aggrandizement; invasion. আগ্রাসী a. aggressive; aggrandizing. 11)

(p. 107) ādhōẏā unwashed; unbleached. 112)

(p. 126) ālamba a support, a prop; a shelter; (mech.) fulcrum. ̃ন n. a prop, a shelter; (rhet.) the person that is the object of a sentiment. আলম্বিত a. held; propped, supported; suspended, hung. আলম্বী a. supported; sheltered; hanging, pendant. 44)

(p. 95) ā1 the second vowel of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 118) ābēdaka one who submits an application. n. an applicant; a petitioner; a plaintiff. 41)

(p. 104) āchāḍ়i-pichāḍ়i writhing or wriggling violently (in pain or grief); flouncing. 12)

(p. 107) ādyanta beginning and end. adv. from beginning to end; from first to last. 84)

(p. 99) ākrāmaka same as আক্রমণকারী । 38)

(p. 118) ābiṣṭa thoroughly engrossed or absorbed (in) (পাঠাবিষ্ট); rapt in (মোহাবিষ্ট); possessed (by) (ভূতাবিষ্ট); overwhelmed (with) (বিস্ময়াবিষ্ট); begone (শোকাবিষ্ট); overcast or pervaded with (মেঘাবিষ্ট); nonplussed, confounded; (phy.) induced. 37)

(p. 121) āmaraṇa till death; all through one's life. ̃স্হায়ী a. lasting till death, continuing till the end of one's life. 17)

(p. 97) ān̐ṭi1 a bundle. বোঝার উপর শাকের আঁটি the last straw that breaks the camel's back. 13)

(p. 107) ādiṣṭa ordered, commanded; decreed; directed; ordained. 73)

(p. 106) āṭhārō eighteen. ̃ই n. the eighteenth day of a month. a. (of the days of a month) eighteenth. আঠারো মাসে বছর intolerable procrastination. 7)