(p. 721) bān̐ka curvature; a curve; a bend, a turn (as of a road or river); a piece of long and bent pole borne on one's shoulder for carrying loads fastened to its ends. ̃নল n. a blowpipe; a u-tube; (bot.) a bent tube. ̃মল n. a kind of twisted bangle for the ankle. 257)

(p. 721) baha (used as a sfx.) carrying, bearing, conveying (বার্তাবহ, গন্ধবহ); complying with (আজ্ঞাবহ). 187)

(p. 794) byatirēka absence; lack; omission, exclusion; exception; distinction; difference; (rhet.) a figure of speech marked with excess of the subject over the object of comparison. ব্যতিরেকে prep. excluding, without, except, besides, in addition to. 28)

(p. 741) bātika neurosis; a mania; a strong hobby, a crotchet, a craze (খেলা দেখার বাতিক). ̃গ্রস্ত a. neurotic; maniac; crotchety. ̃গ্রস্ত ব্যক্তি a neurotic; a crotchety man. 17)

(p. 761) binuni a queue, a tress, a pigtail; act or manner of interwining into a queue or into a similar shape. 37)

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

(p. 751) bikarṣī pulling in the opposite direction; (sc.) repulsive. 10)

(p. 721) bartamāna the present time, the present; current times, modern times; (gr.) the present tense. a. present (opp. absent); of the present, present; present day, current, modern; now existing or living or alive. বর্তমান থাকা v. to be present; to be existing or living or alive (now). বর্তমান কাল same as বর্তমান (n.). ̃কালীন a. present-day, current; occurring or being done when one is present or alive. বর্তমানতা, বর্তমানত্ব n. presence; existence; state of being alive. বর্তমানে adv. at present; when one is living or alive or present (পিতা বর্তমানে).. 101)

(p. 765) bibasana, bibastra unclothed, undressed, naked. fem. বিবসনা, বিবস্ত্রা । 8)

(p. 761) bipala a measure of time (=1/6 পল = 2/5 second). 63)

(p. 742) bādī2 denoting: speaking or accustomed to speak (সত্যবাদী); obedient to or practising an ism, -ist, -istic (সাম্যবাদী). n. a plaintiff or a complainant. ̃-প্রতিবাদী n. complainant and defendant. 17)

(p. 713) baṃśa1 the bamboo; the backbone, the spine. ̃দন্ড n. a bamboo-staff, a bamboo-stick; (fig.) stinkard. ̃পত্র n. bamboo-leaf. ̃লোচন n. tabasheer, tabashir. ̃শলাকা n. a slender (and often short) slip of bamboo. 12)

(p. 721) ballā (dial.) the wasp. 166)

(p. 721) bargiẏa, bargya of a class, tribal, generic, specific; (math.) relating to a square; (gr.) of or classified into the groups of the Bengali stops. বর্গীয় বর্ণ (gr.) any one of the twenty five consonantal stops of the Bengali alphabet. 83)

(p. 794) byathā pain, ache; affliction, distress (মর্মব্যথা); labour-pain, labour, travail. ব্যথা ওঠা v. to be in travail, to labour. ব্যথা করা v. to pain, to ache. ব্যথা দেওয়া v. to give pain, to pain; to afflict, to distress; to offend. মনে ব্যথা দেওয়া to tread on one's corns. ব্যথা পাওয়া v. to feel pain; to be pained or afflicted or distressed or offended. ̃তুর n. afflicted; distressed. ̃নিবারক n. painkiller, analgesic drug. ব্যথিত a. pained; afflicted, distressed; offended. ব্যথী a. feeling pain (সমব্যথী). fem. ব্যথিনী ।. 32)