(p. 484) damaka2 a sudden blast or flash or burst, a gust; a spell. 15)

(p. 522) draupadī the name of the heroine of the Mahabharata as she was the daughter of the King Drupada (দ্রুপদ). রন্ধনে দ্রৌপদী a female cook of incomparable efficiency. 117)

(p. 517) daitya a mythological demon hostile to gods; a giant, a monster, an ogre; a gigantic man. ̃কুল n. the race of demons. দৈত্যকুলে প্রহ্লাদ (fig.) a saint born in the race of sinners, a Christ amongst Jews. ̃গুরু n. (myth.) Shukracharya the guru or preceptor of demons. ̃নিসূদন n. a slayer of demons. ̃পতি n. a king of demons. ̃মাতা n. (myth.) Diti (দিতি) the first mother of demons. দৈত্যারি n. an enemy of demons; a god; an appellation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু), Shiva (শিব), Indra (ইন্দ্র), or Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). 45)

(p. 522) druta quick, swift, speedy, fast. adv. quickly, swiftly, speedily, fast. ̃ক্রিয় a. quick in action, prompt; nimble, agile. ̃গতি a. swift-moving, quick-paced, swift, speedy; fast. adv. moving swiftly, with a quick pace; swiftly, speedily, fleetingly; fast. ̃গামী a. fastmoving; fast, fleet; swift. ̃তা n. quickness, swiftness, speediness, fastness, celerity, nimbleness. ̃পদে adv. at a brisk pace; swiftly. ̃বিলম্বিত n. a Sanskrit metre or musical measure alternatingly quick and slow. ̃বেগে adv. speedily; swiftly, rapidly. দ্রুতি n. (chiefly in mech.) speed; quickness, swiftness, fastness, speediness, celerity. দ্রুতিগণক, দ্রুতিমাপক n. a speedometer, a speed-counter. দ্রুতিজ্ঞাপক, দ্রুতিসূচক n. a speed-indicator. দ্রুতিলিখ n. a speed-recorder. 111)

(p. 484) daphā an instalment, a time; an item; a section, a paragraph, a clause, a division; condition, state, affair (তার দফা রফা). দফায় দফায় by instalments; again and again. ̃রফা (or নিকেশ or শেষ) করা v. to kill; (vul.) to do for; to undo or ruin or discomfit utterly. দফারফা হওয়া v. to be ruined or undone. 6)

(p. 508) durlabha difficult to obtain or procure or attain; rare, scarce; extremely costly or dear. 46)

(p. 495) dābābōḍ়ē (the game of) chess; a chessboard and chessmen. 16)

(p. 508) duṣkula a base or dishonest or humble or lowly family or line. 65)

(p. 517) dēśōẏāli a rustic; a co-villager; an upcountryman. দেশোয়ালি ভাই (ridi.) a country cousin; a person hailing from the same country or region. 30)

(p. 492) dān̐ta a tooth; a tusk (as of an elephant or a hog); a fang (as of a serpent); (fig.) strength or pride (এ পরাজয়ে শত্রুদের দাঁত ভেঙে গেছে). দাঁত ওঠা v. to cut teeth, to teethe. দাঁত ওঠানো v. to have a tooth extracted; to extract a tooth. দাঁত কনকন করা v. to be afflicted with toothache. দাঁত কিড়মিড় করা v. to gnash or grind one's teeth (esp. in anger). দাঁত খিঁচানো v. to scold bawlingly and with grimaces, to show one's teeth. দাঁত তোলা v. to extract a tooth. দাঁত তোলানো v. to have a tooth extracted. দাঁত নড়া v. to have a tooth loosened. দাঁত পড়া v. to have a tooth fallen away. দাঁত ফেলা same as দাঁত ওঠানো । দাঁত ফোটানো v. (lit.) to pierce with teeth, to bite; (fig.) to be able to understand or comprehend. দাঁত বাঁধানো v. to make or have artificial teeth (or tooth); to fit with denture. দাঁত বিঁধানো same as দাঁত ফোটানো । দাঁত ভাঙা v. (fig.) to humble one's pride or weaken one's strength. দাঁত মাজা v. to brush or cleanse one's teeth. দাঁতে কুটো করা (fig.) to eat dirt, to eat the humble pie. দাঁতের গোড়া the root of a tooth, the gum. দাঁতের পাথরি chalk-like substance deposited on the teeth, tarter. দাঁতের পোকা caries. দাঁতে দাঁতে লাগা same as দাঁত কপাটি লাগা । আক্কেল দাঁত a wisdom tooth. কুকুরের দাঁত a canine tooth (of man), an incisor. গজ দাঁত an additional or extra tooth growing out of the root of another tooth, a subsidiary tooth. দুধে দাঁত a milk-tooth; milk dentition; a stomach-tooth. পোকাদাঁত n. a carious tooth. বাঁধানো দাঁত an artificial tooth, a false tooth. মাড়ির দাঁত a cheek-tooth, a molar tooth, a molar. শুয়োরের দাঁত a tusk. সাপের দাঁত a fang. হাতির দাঁত a tusk. দাঁত কনকনানি n. toothache. দাঁত-কপাটি n. state of having one's teeth clenched (esp. in fear or convulsive fits), lockjaw, trismus. দাঁতকপাটি লাগা v. to have one's teeth clenched, to be affected with lockjaw or trismus. দাঁত-ভাঙা a. difficult to pronounce or understand, break-jaw. দাঁতের মাজন n. dentifrice, a tooth-powder or toothpaste. দাঁত থাকতে দাঁতের মর্যাদা না বোঝা not to value blessings till they are gone. 5)

(p. 495) dāpādāpi bragging or fretting repeatedly; bustling or fussing or bullying with a show of authority; romping noisily. দাপাদাপি করা same as দাপানো । 2)

(p. 497) diggaja (myth.) any one of the eight celestial elephants guarding the quarters of the globe; (chiefly iron.) a very erudite or prominent or capable man; a portentous idiot. a. (chiefly iron.) very erudite or vastly learned or prominent or capable (দিগ্গজ পন্ডিত, দিগ্গজ উকিল, দিগ্গজ ছেলে). 18)

(p. 492) dātā one who or that which gives away in charity or gives or pays or contributes or donates; munificent, charitable. n. a giver, a payer, a contributor, a donor; a charitable or munificent man. ̃কর্ণ n. (fig.) a person as boundlessly charitable or bountiful as Karna of the Mahabharata. 24)

(p. 505) duna (mus.) double quick measure; act of playing a musical instrument or singing doubly quick. 5)

(p. 492) dāpaṭa force or power; terrible authority or influence. 52)