(p. 789) bēśyā a prostitute, a harlot, a whore. ̃গিরি, ̃বৃত্তি n. prostitution, harlotry. বেশ্যালয় n. a brothel, a whore-house, a house of ill-fame. ̃সক্ত a. habitually visiting or given to visiting prostitutes. বেশ্যাসক্ত ব্যাক্তি a whore-monger. 24)

(p. 721) baradāsta bearing or enduring, act of brooking; toleration; patience. a. endured, tolerated, borne (বরদাস্ত হয় না). বরদাস্ত করা v. to bear, to bear with; to endure, to brook; to tolerate. 55)

(p. 721) bāgdēbī Saraswati, the goddess of speech. 298)

(p. 743) bāpī2 (in endearment) father; son. 25)

(p. 773) bīja a stone or pip (of fruits); seed (for sowing); germ (of disease); semen, seed; a cause; a root-cause (কলহের বীজ). অসস্যল-বীজ (bot.) albuminous seed. বীজ-অন্তস্ত্বক n. (bot.) tegumen. ̃কোষ n. a seed-vessel, the ovary of a flower. ̃কোষধারী a. leguminous. ̃গুটি n. (bot.) a spore. ̃ঘ্ন a. disinfectant. বীজঘ্ন পদার্থ a disinfectant. ̃তলা n. a piece of nursery ground, a seed-bed, a seed-plot. বীজত্বক n. (bot.) a seed-coat. ̃দূষণ n. sepsis. ̃দূষিত a. septic. ̃ধান n. seed-paddy. ̃বপন n. sowing seeds. বীজবপন করা v. to sow seeds. ̃বহিস্ত্বক n. (bot.) testa. ̃বারক a. antiseptic. বীজবারক পদার্থ an antiseptic. ̃মন্ত্র n. a mystic word or words to be recited silently by a devotee. ̃হীন a. seedless; (bot.) aspermous. বীজাঙ্কুর n. a seedplant, a seedling. 84)

(p. 721) bān̐daralāṭhi the drumstick tree, Cassia fistula. 270)

(p. 773) bismṛta one who has forgotten; forgotten, off one's chump, unremembered. fem. বিস্মৃতা । বিস্মৃত হওয়া v. to fall into oblivion; to forget. বিস্মৃতি n. forgetfulness, forgetting; loss of memory; oblivion. বিস্মৃতির অতলে, বিস্মৃতির অতল তলে in the abyss of oblivion. 67)

(p. 737) bāgānō to bring under control; to break (বদমেজাজি ঘোড়াকে বাগানো); to manage, to obtain (চাকরি বাগানো, টাকা বাগানো); to manage to have performed or executed or done (কাজ বাগানো); to wangle (ছুটি বাগানো); to flourish (তেড়ি বাগানো); to defalcate or misappropriate (তবিল থেকে বাগানো). 8)

(p. 737) bāṅāla a native of East Bengal; (iron.) an unrefined rustic. a. of East Bengal (বাঙাল প্রথা); born in East Bengal. fem. n. বাঙালিনি, বাঙালনি । 18)

(p. 756) bitta wealth, riches; property. ̃বান, ̃শালী a. wealthy, rich. fem. ̃শলিনী । বিত্ত সঞ্চয় করা v. to amass wealth or riches. ̃হীন a. poor, indigent. n. (pol.) a have-not. 42)

(p. 721) bapaka a sower; a planter. 16)

(p. 786) bēdhana boring, piercing; perforation. বেধনী, বেধনিকা n. an instrument for boring; a drill, an auger; an awl. 51)

(p. 746) bāri water. ̃দ n. cloud. ̃ধারা n. a shower or stream or torrent of rain. ̃ধি, ̃নিধি n. the sea; the ocean. ̃পাত n. rainfall; a shower of rain. ̃প্রবাহ n. a stream or current of water. ̃বাহ n. cloud. ̃মণ্ডল n. the hydrosphere. ̃রাশি n. a mass of water (esp. of a sea or a river). 21)

(p. 765) bibarta rotation, revolution; change; transformation; a changed or developed state; presence or existence in a particular manner; (phil.) illusory existence; illusion, maya. বিবর্তন n. rotation, revolution; act of moving back, return; change, transformation; evolution. বিবর্তনবাদ n. the theory of evolution. ̃বাদ n. (phil.) the doctrine of illusion or maya. বিবর্তিত a. rotated, revolved; moved back, returned; changed, transformed. 3)

(p. 794) byājōkti deceitful utterance; (rhet.) a figure of speech consisting of an attempt to conceal something by means of a pretence. 66)