(p. 721) balkala, balka the rind of a tree, bark. বল্কলধারী a. wearing bark (instead of a loincloth). fem. বল্কলধারিণী । 160)

(p. 748) bāṣpa vapour; steam; smoke; tears (বাষ্পপূর্ণ নয়ন); (fig.) faintest knowledge or appearance, ghost (সম্ভাবনার বাষ্পও নেই = there is not the ghost of a chance). বাষ্প হওয়া v. to be vaporized; to evaporate. ̃চালিত a. steam-driven. ̃টান n. (phys.) vapour-tension. ̃দাহ n. scald. ̃পোত n. a steam-vessel, a steamship, a steamer. ̃মান n. a hygrometer; a gasometer. ̃মোচন n. weeping; (bot.) transpiration. ̃যান, ̃শকট n. a stream-driven vehicle; a railway train. ̃স্নান n. a vapour bath. বাষ্পাকার a. in the form of vapour, vaporous. বাষ্পাকুল a. filled with or steaming with tears. বাষ্পাকুল নয়ন tearful eyes, steaming eyes; (sl.) piping eyes. বাষ্পীকরণ, বাষ্পীভবন n. vaporization; evaporation. বাষ্পীকৃত, বাষ্পীভূত, a. vaporized; evaporated: বাষ্পীয় a. relating to steam or vapour; vapoury; vaporous; steam-driven. বাষ্পীয়যান, বাষ্পীয়শকট same as বাষ্পযান । 6)

(p. 721) baẏakaṭa boycott; (social or political) refusal. বয়কট করা v. to boycott. 26)

(p. 781) bulabula, bulabuli a bird of the Pycnonotus genus, the bulbul. 14)

(p. 794) byutpādaka imparting knowledge; productive of proficiency; (gr.) causing to be derived from oneself, originating. fem. ব্যুত্পাদিকা । ব্যুত্পাদক শব্দ (gr.) a rootword. 111)

(p. 782) bṛṣala a Shudra (শূদ্র); a sinner. fem. বৃষলী a Shudra (শূদ্র) woman; an adulteress or a profligate woman. 19)

(p. 741) bāda2 an utterance (সাধুবাদ); an argument (বাদপ্রতিবাদ); a complaint or charge (বাদী); a dispute or brawl (বাদবিসংবাদ); (log.) correct judgment; a doctrine, an ism, a theory (সাম্যবাদ). ̃প্রতিবাদ n. argument, dispute, verbal dispute; altercation. ̃বিতন্ডা n. wrangling, altercation; dispute; quarrel. 26)

(p. 737) bāṅniṣṭha true to one's word, one who keeps his word or promise. 16)

(p. 746) bārakōśa a large wooden tray. 5)

(p. 782) bēgara without, except. 65)

(p. 746) bārujībī a Hindu caste occupied in growing and selling betel-leaves; one of this caste. 24)

(p. 800) brāhma relating to Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or God; endowed with knowledge about God. n. a Brahmo, a Brahmoist. ̃ধর্ম n. Brahmoism. ̃বিবাহ n. act of inviting a bridegroom versed in scriptures and marrying him to a bride with due obeisance; marriage (by registration) in accordance with the rules of the Brahmo Samaj. ̃সমাজ n. the Brahmo Samaj ̃মূহুর্ত n. the period of forty-eighth minute immediately preceding sunrise. 18)

(p. 794) byāpinī of ব্যাপী । 86)

(p. 794) byājāra2 a badger, a dark-grey furry animal usu, going about at night. 65)

(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)