(p. 773) bistāra stretching; stretch; tension; extension; extent; expansion; expanse; spread, amplification; width, breadth. বিস্তার করা v. to stretch; to extend; to expand; to spread; to amplify; to widen. বিস্তারিত same as বিস্তৃত । বিস্তারী a. spreading, extending. 53)

(p. 743) bābāḥ denoting: fright, amazement etc. 35)

(p. 741) bāda1 an obstacle, a hindrance; opposition. বাদ সাধা v. to obstruct, to hinder; to get in the way of; to oppose; to foil. 25)

(p. 782) bēgabatī of বেগবান । 60)

(p. 761) bibara a hole, a cave; a cavity (মুখবিবর); a crevice. 84)

(p. 782) bṛthā futile, abortive, ineffectual, fruitless; useless (বৃথা বাক্যব্যয়); purposeless (বৃথা ভ্রমণ). adv. in vain; to no purpose; uselessly. 9)

(p. 782) bṛtti faculty (চিত্তবৃত্তি); nature or propensity (নীচবৃত্তি); conduct (বকবৃত্তি); a calling, a vocation, a profession, a trade (চৌর্যবৃত্তি); a regular money allowance, a stipend, a scholarship; narration; elucidation, explanation (সূত্রের বৃত্তি) recountal. ̃জীবী a. one who lives by engaging oneself in a vocation or profession; engaged in a profession. বৃত্তি দান করা v. to give or award or endow a stipend or scholarship. ̃প্রশিক্ষণ n. vocational training. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. recipient of a scholarship. বৃত্তিপ্রাপ্ত ছাত্র n. a scholar; a scholarship-holder. ̃মূলক a. vocational. ̃শিক্ষা n. vocational education. 6)

(p. 751) bikīrṇa diffused, dispersed. বিকীর্ণ করা same as বিকিরণ করা । বিকীর্ণ তাপ radiated or diffused heat. 24)

(p. 756) bidagdha witty; having the qualification of a connoisseur; learned; cultured; intelligent; skilful; clever. বিদগ্ধা a. fem. of বিদগ্ধ । n. (rhet.) a witty lady-love. বিদগ্ধ-সমাজ n. the intelligentsia; a learned society; a body of connoisseurs. 46)

(p. 786) bēduẏina a bedouin, a beduin. 45)

(p. 717) badbīpa a delta. ̃শীর্ষ n. head of the delta. 37)

(p. 792) baiṣaẏika relating to property or wealth or earthly possessions or personal affairs; material, worldly. 18)

(p. 721) barṣā the rainy season, the rains; rain; rainfall. v. poet. form of বর্ষণ করা (see বর্ষণ). ̃কালীন a. happening during the rainy season; rainy. ̃গম n. the break of the monsoon. ̃তি1 n. an umbrella; a raincoat, a mackintosh, a waterproof. ̃তি2 a. grown in the rainy season. n. a room on the roof. বর্ষাত্যয় n. termination of rain or of the rainy season, autumn. ̃ধৌত a. washed by rain. ̃বসান n. same as বর্ষাত্যয় । 121)

(p. 717) baḍ়āi1 boast, bragging. বড়াই করা v. to boast, to brag. 6)

(p. 715) baṅga, baṅgadēśa Bengal; the ancient name of East Bengal. ̃জ a. born or produced in Bengal. n. a section of kayasthas (কায়স্হ) of Bengal (also বঙ্গজ কায়স্হ). ̃দেশীয় same as বঙ্গীয় । ̃ভাষা n. Bengali. ̃বিভাগ, ̃ভঙ্গ n. the partition of Bengal. বঙ্গাধিপ same as বঙ্গেশ্বর । বঙ্গানুবাদ n. translation or rendering into Bengali. বঙ্গাব্দ n. the Bengali era (counted from 693 A.D.). বঙ্গীয় a. of Bengal; born or produced in Bengal; Bengali. বঙ্গেশ্বর n. a king of Bengal. 23)