(p. 852) māḍ় (liquefied) starch extracted from rice etc. by boiling or used in the laundry as a stiffener. মাড় দেওয়া v. to starch. 43)

(p. 852) māmuli hackneyed, trite, banal, stock; conventional, traditional, traditionally or conventionally fixed (মামুলি স্বত্ব); most ordinary, negligible, paltry (মামুলি ব্যাপার). 145)

(p. 831) manakkā raisin. 59)

(p. 828) magaja brains; intelligence; the intellect or the pate; memory. 23)

(p. 831) manḍita ornamented; embellished; decorated (with). fem. মন্ডিতা । মন্ডিত করা v. to ornament; to embellish; to decorate; to dress; to overlay or stud (with). 16)

(p. 878) mṛdula soft; tender; slow; light, noiseless. fem. মৃদুলা ।

(p. 852) mādhyākarṣaṇa (sc.) gravitation or gravity. মাধ্যাকর্ষণ-সুত্র n. the law of gravitation. 89)

(p. 876) mūlā2 the nineteenth of the twenty-seven stars of Hindu astronomy. 15)

(p. 879) mēgha cloud. মেঘ করা v. to cloud; to look cloudy; to become somewhat cloudy. মেঘ কেটেছে v. clouds have dispersed or lifted. মেঘ জমা v. to cloud. মেঘ হওয়া v. to cloud. অলক-মেঘ n. the cirrus. অলকাস্তর-মেঘ n. the cirro-stratus. আস্তরমেঘ n. the stratus. ঝঞ্ঝামেঘ, (coll.) ঝড়োমেঘ n. the nimbus. পুঞ্জমেঘ n. the cumulus. পুঞ্জালক-মেঘ n. the cirro-cumulus. ভাঙামেঘ scattered clouds. রাঙা মেঘ, সিঁদুরে মেঘ a cirmson-coloured cloud which presages a storm. ̃খণ্ড n. a cloudlet. ̃গর্জন n. the roar or rumble of clouds; a clap of thunder. ̃জাল n. cumulated clouds. ̃ডম্বর n. cumulation of clouds; the roar or rumble of clouds; a clap of thunder. মেঘডম্বর শাড়ি a sari (শাড়ি) having the colour of the nimbus, a dark blue sari. ̃নাদ n. the roar or rumble of clouds; one who roars like rumbling clouds. ̃নির্ঘোষ same as ̃গর্জন । ̃মণ্ডিত a. overcast with clouds. cloudy; cloud-topped, (poet.) cloudcapt. ̃মন্দ্র n. the rumble of clouds. ̃মন্দ্রস্বর n. a voice resembling the rumble of clouds. ̃ময় a. full of clouds, cloudy, clouded. ̃মল্লার n. megh-mallar, an Indian musical mode. ̃মালা n. a string or series of clouds. ̃মেদুর a. rendered cool or pleasantly shadowy for being overcast with clouds. ̃লা a. overcast with clouds, cloudy. মেঘাগম n. the break or advent of the monsoon; the rainy season. মেঘাচ্ছন্ন a. thickly overcast with clouds, thickly clouded. মেঘাড়ম্বর same as ̃ডম্বর । মেঘাত্যয় n. the autumn. মেঘ মেঘে বেলা হওয়া v. (fig.) to become aged; grow old over the years. 8)

(p. 879) mēẏē a daughter; a little girl, a girl; a woman. a. female, she (মেয়েবিড়াল); effeminate. ̃ছেলে (usu. considered ind.) n. same as মেয়েমানুষ । ̃-মর্দ (coll.) ̃-মদ্দ n. pl. men and women; husband and wife. ̃মর্দানি n. a termagant, an Amazon; (cp.) a tomboy. ̃মানুষ n. a woman; womankind. ̃মুখো a. (of men) effeminate or timid in speech (and also in activity). মেয়েলি a. of women, feminine, womanly; effeminate, womanish (মেয়েলি ভাব). ̃লোক n. a woman. 36)

(p. 874) musā Moses. 43)

(p. 863) mālābāri of Malabar in India. n. a native of Malabar. 23)

(p. 852) mādṛśa like me; like myself. fem. মাদৃশী । 79)

(p. 844) maśaka2 the mosquito. ̃দংশন n. mosquito-bite. ̃সংকুল a. mosquito-infested. 27)

(p. 830) maṭakā a coarse variety of tusser; the topmost (and also central) part of the surface of a thatched roof (cp. loft); feigned sleep; a large earthen barrel or cask. মটকা মারা v. to close up or block the opening at the centre of a thatched roof; to pretend sleep, to pretend to be sleeping. 20)