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

(p. 874) muhuri1 a sewer, a gutter, a drain; a strainer covering the mouth of a drain; a nut of a bolt; the measure of the cuff or ankle of garments. 47)

(p. 831) mada vanity, pride; arrogance; intoxication; frenzy; infatuation; great joy or elation; musk; wine; intoxicating juice (মহুয়ার মদ); a watery exudation from the cheeks, temple etc. of an elephant in rut. মদ খাওয়া v. to drink wine, to drink. ̃খোর a. addicted to drinking wine. মদখোর লোক a drunkard. ̃গর্ব n. insane vanity or pride or arrogance. ̃গর্বিত, ̃গর্বী a. mad with vanity or pride or arrogance. fem. ̃গর্বিতা । ̃মত্ত a. raving on account of being drunk; mad with vanity; (of an elephant) in rut. fem. ̃মত্তা । মদমত্ত হাতি an elephant in rut; a must elephant. 33)

(p. 831) maḍ়uñcē stillborn; giving birth to stillborn babies (মড়ুঞ্চে পোয়াতি). 9)

(p. 882) mōdita filled with fragrance; perfumed; delighted; cheerful. 28)

(p. 852) māchi the fly; the sight-hole of a gun. ̃মারা a. fly-killing (মাছিমারা ওষুধ); (contemp.) blindly copying or transcribing without exercising discretion (মাছিমারা কেরানি). মাছিমারা ওষুধ a flybane. 21)

(p. 838) manōgata seated in the mind or at heart, inward. মনোগত ভাব intention. 9)

(p. 831) madhyama middle; second in order of seniority or age (মধ্যমভ্রাতা = the second brother; মধ্যমপুত্র = the second son); (rare) intermediate, medial; middling, mediocre, moderate. n. the waist (সুমধ্যমা); (mus.) the major fourth of the C-scale. ̃পন্হা n. the middle course; (pol.) moderateness, moderatism. ̃পন্হী a. following the middle course; (pol.) moderate. ̃বয়স্ক a. middle-aged. fem. ̃বয়স্কা । মধ্যমা n. the middle finger; (geom.) a median. a. fem. second in order of seniority or age. মধ্যমাঙ্গুলি n. the middle finger. 49)

(p. 852) mātrika (used as a sfx.) (gr. & pros.) measured as long or short (দীর্ঘমাত্রিক, লঘুমাত্রিক); (mus.) consisting of a particular number of units of musical measure (ত্রিমাত্রিক তাল). 66)

(p. 844) marmōdghāṭana, marmōddhāra, marmōdbhēda elicitation or exposition of the underlying truth or (inner) significance or mystery. মর্মোদ্ঘাটন করা v. to elicit or bring out the underlying truth or (inner) significance or mystery (of); to find the sense or meaning of; to reveal the secret of, to puzzle out. 7)

(p. 874) mumūrṣu (ori. but rare) desirous of dying; (pop.) about to die, dying, moribund. মুমূর্ষ দশা dying state. মুমূর্ষাবস্হায় adv. in a dying state; on the point of death. 20)

(p. 852) mātrā amount, measure, degree (শীতের মাত্রা); a dose (ওষুধের মাত্রা); limit (মাত্রাহীন লোভ); a horizontal straight line put over the consonants and some vowels of the Bengali alphabet; either of the measures long and short into which the letters of the alphabet are grouped; (pros.) a unit for measuring syllables (esp. in Sanskrit verses); a unit of division in Indian musical measure; (math.) dimension; (phys.) mass; (phys.) a unit of measure. মাত্রা ছাড়ানো v. to go beyond the limit of (decency etc.) ̃জ্ঞান, ̃বোধ n. sense of proportion. ̃তত্ত্ব n. (med.) posology. ̃বৃত্ত n. (pros.) a system of metrical measure depending on differentiating alphabetical letters into long and short. ̃হীন a. limitless, boundless. 65)

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

(p. 874) muhyamāna stunned; stupefied; benumbed; extremely afflicted (শোকে মুহ্যমান) । 51)

(p. 879) mēru either of the two ends of the earth's axis, a pole; the backbone, the spine; an axis. সুমেরু n. the North Pole. ̃চুম্বকমাত্রা n. (phys.) the pole-strength. ̃জ্যোতি same as ̃প্রভা । ̃প্রদেশ n. a polar region. ̃প্রভা n. the polar lights; aurora polaris (eg. aurora australis, aurora borealis). ̃রেখা n. the earth's axis; an axis. উপাক্ষমেরুরেখা n. the earth's axis minor. পরাক্ষমেরুরেখা n. the earth's axis major. 40)