(p. 879) mēdura plesantly soft or smooth; glib, unctuous; verdant, green. 28)

(p. 862) mārkina the United States of America, (contr.) U.S.A.; America; a citizen of the U.S.A.; an American; a coarse white fabric. a. of the U.S.A. or relating to the American. 12)

(p. 885) mauṭusi a very tiny bird sucking the honey of flowers, the sunbird. 7)

(p. 847) mahīruha a tree (esp. a big one); a plant. 40)

(p. 863) mālika a proprietor (fem. a proprietress, a proprietrix), an owner; a master (fem. mistress), a lord. ̃হীন a. ownerless; derelict.

(p. 831) matō like, as, similar to (ফুলের মতো); according to or in keeping with (কথামতো); suiting or satisfying (মনের মতো); becoming or befitting (রাজার মতো আচরণ). prep. for (আজকের মতো, জন্মের মতো). 28)

(p. 847) mahīdhara a mountain; a hill. 36)

(p. 829) maṅgōla, maṅgōlīẏa a Mongol. a. Mongol, Mongolian, Mongoloid. মঙ্গোলয়েড n. a Mongoloid. a. Mongoloid. 3)

(p. 847) mahāphēja a record-keeper (esp. a government record-keeper). ̃খানা n. a record-room, archive. জাতীয় মহাফেজখানা the National Archive. 26)

(p. 867) misibābā (used by domestic servants) missy. 24)

(p. 864) māsika monthly. n. monthly obsequies; a monthly journal, a monthly; the menses, monthlies, periods. 25)

(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. 828) makamaka denoting: the croaking of the frog. n. the croak. মকমক করা v. to croak. 8)

(p. 872) mucakānō to sprain or cause to sprain, to be wricked or to wrick (পা মুচকেছে) 19)

(p. 879) mērudaṇḍa the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column; (fig.) strength or firmness of character. ̃হীন a. having no backbone, spineless, invertebrate; (fig.) lacking in strength of character. মেরুদণ্ডহীন প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Invertebrata. মেরুদণ্ডী a. having a backbone or spine, vertebrate. মেরুদণ্ডী প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Vertebrata. 41)