(p. 782) bṛttānta an account or details, facts (of an incident); news, tidings, information; a tale, a story. 5)

(p. 794) bōrakā, bōrakhā a yashmak. 5)

(p. 773) bihāra sport or frolic; dalliance; amorous frolic; promenading; a pleasure trip; a promenade; a pleasure ground; a Buddhist or Jaina monastery or convent. বিহার করা v. to sport or frolic; to indulge in amorous frolic, to dally; to promenade. 73)

(p. 721) barṇāli, barṇālī (phys.) a spectrum. শুদ্ধ বর্ণলি a pure spectrum. শোষণবর্ণালি n. spectrum absorption. সৌরবর্ণালি n. a solar spectrum. বর্ণালিগত, বর্ণালিবিষয়ক a. spectroscopic. বর্ণালিবিশ্লেষণ n. spectrum analysis. বর্ণালিবীক্ষণ n. a spectroscope. সমক্ষবর্ণালিবীক্ষণ a. direct vision spectroscope. বর্ণালিমাপক n. a spectrometer. বর্ণালি-লিখন n. spectrography. বর্ণালি-লেখ n. a spectrograph. বর্ণালি-লেখী a. spectrographic. 93)

(p. 790) baikallika alternative, variant. 21)

(p. 721) baẏōjyēṣṭha older, elder; elderly. 40)

(p. 773) bihbala overwhelmed; beside oneself; bewildered. fem. বিহ্বলা । বিহ্বল করা v. to overwhelm; to make one beside oneself; to bewilder. ̃তা n. overwhelmed state; state of being beside oneself; daze; bewilderment. 78)

(p. 743) bāẏaba, bāẏabīẏa, bāẏabya aerial, atmospheric; ethereal; etherial; aerobic; airy; pneumatic; gaseous; aerological; relating to the wind. বায়ব অবরোহ, বায়ব মূল (bot.) an aerial root. বায়ব প্রতিসরণ (astr.) atmospheric refraction. বায়বীয়াকার a. aeriform. 53)

(p. 800) blāuja blouse. 34)

(p. 767) biśāla very large, huge; vast, extensive; magnanimous. ̃তা n. hugeness; vastness; magnanimity; expanse. ̃হৃদয় a. large-hearted, magnanimous. বিশালাক্ষ a. large-eyed. বিশালাক্ষী a. fem. of বিশালাক্ষ n. Goddess Durga (দুর্গা). 106)

(p. 721) bām̐śa the bamboo. বাঁশ দেওয়া (sl.) to take the wind out of one's sails; to ruin. বুকে বাঁশ দেওয়া to make a person lie at full length in between two bamboo-poles and then roll the poles oppressively as a punishment; (fig.) to torment severely. বাঁশের চেয়ে কঞ্চি দড় (fig.) the chip is harder than the old block, the greenhorn is tougher than the veteran. বাঁশ বনে ডোম কানা (fig.) one cannot see the wood for the trees. ̃গাড়ি n. (law) planting a bamboo-pole in the ground of an estate as a sign of taking possession of it. ̃ঝাড় n. a bamboo-clump. 278)

(p. 782) bēkhēẏāla without attention or intent, inattentive; absent-minded. n. inattention; absent-mindedness. 54)

(p. 721) baẏḥ age; longevity or lifetime; youth or majority. ̃ক্রম n. age. ̃প্রাপ্ত, ̃স্হ a. one who has attained youth or (loos.) marriageable age; of age, grown-up. fem. ̃প্রাপ্তা, ̃স্হা । বয়ঃপ্রাপ্ত পুরুষ বা স্ত্রীলোক an adult, a major. ̃সন্ধি n. adolescence. ̃সীমা n. age-limit. 25)

(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. 767) bimṛśyakārī given to acting after careful deliberation; prudently or discreetly acting. বিমৃশ্যকারিতা n. practice of acting after careful deliberation; practice of acting prudently or discreetly. 35)