(p. 922) lāu the bottle-gourd. লাউয়ের খোলা calabash. ডগা n. the tender upper end of the bottle-gourd plant; a kind of very slender and non-venomous green snake. ̃মাচা n. a scaffold or trellis made of bamboo and twigs along which a bottle-gourd plant creeps up. 86)

(p. 927) lāśa a human carcass, a corpse, a dead body. 28)

(p. 927) lipsā eager desire to obtain; yearning; avidity. লিপ্সা করা v. to yearn or long for. 42)

(p. 927) luci a kind of small and thin saucershaped bread fried in ghee. 56)

(p. 927) lēlānō to incite (as a dog) to attack, to set on, to set upon. 96)

(p. 922) laguḍ় a heavy stick, a cudgel, a mallet, a club. লগুড়াঘাত করা v. to beat with a club or a cudgel. লগুড়াহত a. cudgelled, beaten with a stick, bastinadoed. 4)

(p. 922) lambā tall; lofty; long; long-continued; lengthy; (fig.) prostrate; (fig.) boastful or grandiloquent. n. length. লম্বা করা v. to lengthen; to expand; (fig.) to lay prostrate on the ground by beating. লম্বা দেওয়া v. to decamp; to run away, to flee, to take to one's heels. লম্বা হওয়া v. to lie prostrate; to grow in length, to become long. লম্বা কথা boastful or grandiloquent talk, tall talk, big talk. লম্বা চাল excessive pomp or eclat esp. that which is displayed beyond one's means. ̃ই n. length; the measure of length. লম্বাইচওড়াই n. length and breadth; the measure of length and breadth; bragging, boastful or grandiloquent talk (লম্বাইচওড়াই মারা). লম্বাংশ n. polar distance. ̃টে slightly tall, tallish; longish. লম্বায় adv. in length, lengthwise. ̃লম্বি adv. lengthwise, lengthways. 60)

(p. 922) laṅkā2 Ceylon; modern Sri Lanka. ̃কান্ড n. a canto of the Ramayana narrating the capture of Lanka (লঙ্কা) by Rama (রাম); (fig.) a tumultuous affray or brawl. ̃দাহন n. the burning of Lanka (লঙ্কা) by Hanuman (হনুমান). ̃ধিপতি, ̃পতি n. the king of Lanka (লঙ্কা). 16)

(p. 922) lākhērāja rent-free. লাখেরাজ জমি a freehold.

(p. 927) lukōcuri hide-and-seek; (fig.) an attempt to conceal, dodging. লুকোচুরি খেলা v. to play at hide-and-seek; (fig.) to try to conceal, to dodge. 53)

(p. 927) lēsa an ornamental fabric, a lace. লেস পরানো n. to decorate with a lace, to lace, to enlace. 99)

(p. 927) lēkacāra a lecture; (sarcas.) a harangue. লেকচার দেওয়া v. to lecture; (sarcas.) to harangue. লেকচার শোনা v. to attend a lecture. 70)

(p. 927) lēpaka one who applies a coating or wash; one who smears. 87)

(p. 927) lāba a kind of small brid of the quail family. 14)

(p. 921) laṅkā capsicum, chillies, red pepper. ̃বাটা n. paste of chillies prepared by pounding them with water. ̃মরিচ same as লংকা । 3)