(p. 738) bājī the horse; an arrow. 29)

(p. 747) bārtāku, bārtākī the brinjal, eggplant, aubergine. 6)

(p. 786) bēdhaka & n. one who or that which bores or pierces or perforates. 49)

(p. 760) bidhṛta firmly caught or seized or arrested; grasped, realized, preserved; embalmed. 15)

(p. 767) bilīẏamāna in the state of being dissolved; evanescent, fading away, vanishing; in the state of being absorbed or destroyed. 89)

(p. 758) biduṣī learned, erudite. n. fem. a learned woman. 3)

(p. 773) bīci1 a stone or pip or seed (of fruits); a testis (pl. testes), a testicle. 83)

(p. 721) balābala ability and disability; strength and weakness. 146)

(p. 756) bijōḍ় odd, uneven; separated from the partner, unpaired, uncoupled; disjoined. বিজোড় সংখ্যা an odd number. 3)

(p. 782) bēgatika a helpless or unfavourable or awkward situation; a danger or difficulty; a tight corner. a. helpless or unfavourable; critical or difficult; awkward. 57)

(p. 794) byagra eager; earnest; excited; anxious; inquisitive, curious. ̃তা n. eagerness; earnestness; excitement; anxiety; curiosity. 19)

(p. 721) bahana carrying, bearing, conveying (যাত্রীবহন, সংবাদবহন); enduring, suffering (দুঃখবহন); flowing. বহন করা v. to carry, to bear, to convey; to endure or suffer. ̃যোগ্য, বহনীয় a. carriageable; bearable; conveyable; portable. 189)

(p. 721) bān̐kā to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to become reluctant or unfavourable or ungracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinuous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); furtive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cynical or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); reluctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, desire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to. 258)

(p. 748) bāsanā1 a dried bark or spathe of the banana and other plants. 15)

(p. 794) byāpta extending or spreading over; pervaded; diffused; covered or beset or filled (with). ব্যাপ্তি n. extension, spread; extent; pervasion, diffusion; covering or besetment, filling. ব্যাপ্তিশীল a. expansive; pervasive; diffusive. 89)