(p. 375) chala deception, deceit, fraud; dissimulation; a hoax, a deceptive trick, a stratagem; course (কথাচ্ছলে); form, shape ('বৃষ্টিছলে মেঘ কাঁদে'); a beck ('কথা কয় ছলে'); a pretext, a pretence, a plea (প্রণামের ছলে, ক্রীড়াচ্ছলে); a fault or failing, a defect (ছল ধরা). ছল করা v. to hide one's real feelings, thoughts etc. to give a wrong idea of them, to feign. ছল ধরা v. to find fault with, to cavil. ছল পাতা v. to lay a trap. ̃চাতুরি n. fraud and deceit. ̃গ্রাহী a. fault-finding, cavilling. n. a faultfinder, a caviller. ̃ছুতো n. faults and pretexts, pretexts and pretences; a negligible fault or defect; excuses (to explain or defend one's conduct etc.) ছলেবলে adv. by force or fraud, by hook or by crook. 31)

(p. 380) chidra a hole; a slot; a pore; a perforation; an opening; a fault, a defect, a shortcoming (পরের ছিদ্র খোঁজা); a weak point. (শত্রুর ছিদ্রে ঘা দেওয়া). ̃দর্শী a. fault-finding. n. a fault-finder. ̃যুক্ত a. porous, perforated; leaky. ছিদ্রনুসন্ধান, ছিদ্রান্বেষণ n. act of looking for others' fault. ছিদ্রানুসন্ধায়ী, ছিদ্রান্বেষী a. fault-finding. ছিদ্রিত a. holed; perforated; bored; pierced; having a hole or holes. 9)

(p. 508) dūṣaka one who or that which blames or finds fault with, fault-finding; carping, cavilling. 88)

(p. 508) dūṣaṇa imputation of blame; fault-finding; carping; corruption; defilement; pollution. a. (chiefly used as a sfx.) blaming; fault-finding; carping; defiling; corrupting; polluting. 89)

(p. 522) dōṣa a sin; a vice; a guilt; a crime; an offence; a bad practice or tendency (ওই তার মহা দোষ); a weak point (esp. in one's character); a defect, a demerit; morbidity or derangement or weakness (চোখের দোষ, মাথার দোষ, বুকের দোষ); a blemish, a flaw, a fault, a lapse (দোষে পাওয়া); blame, calumny (দোষ দেওয়া); sinister influence (গ্রহের দোষ); inauspiciousness (যাত্রাকালে হাঁচি বড় দোষের). দোষ করা v. to commit a sin or crime or offence; to be in fault. দোষ খণ্ডানো v. to refute a charge; to free from a charge; (astrol.) to undo the sinister influence of a planet; to counteract inauspiciousness. ̃ক্ষালন n. exculpation; absolution; exoneration. দোষক্ষালন করা v. to exculpate; to absolve; to exonerate. দোষ খোঁজা v. to try to find fault with. দোষ ঘোচানো same as দোষ খন্ডানো । দোষ দেওয়া v. to accuse; to blame, to lay the blame on, to censure. দোষ দেখা, দোষ ধরা v. to notice a defect or fault in; to find fault with, to pick holes in; to take a fault into consideration, to count a fault against. ̃গ্রাহী a. given to faultfinding; captious. ̃জ্ঞ a. able to discern or distinguish merits and demerits. n. an erudite person; a physician. ̃দর্শন n. finding fault with; fault-finding. ̃দর্শী same as দোষগ্রাহী । ̃স্বীকার n. confession. দোষ স্বীকার করা v. to confess a fault or guilt or sin, to admit or acknowledge one's guilt. 8)

(p. 522) dōṣānbēṣaṇa a search for a defect or fault (in); fault-finding. দোষান্বেষণ করা v. to search for a defect or fault (in); to find fault (with). দোষান্বেষী a. searching for a defect or fault (in); given to fault-finding; captious. 12)

(p. 615) paracchidra another's fault or weak point. পরচ্ছিদ্রান্বেষণ n. fault-finding; captiousness. পরচ্ছিদ্রান্বেষণ করা v. to find fault with others, to seek a hole in another's coat. পরচ্ছিদ্রান্বেষী a. fault-finding; captious. fem. পরচ্ছিদ্রান্বেষিণী । 9)