(p. 115) āpādamastaka from head to foot, cap-apie; from top to bottom. 48)

(p. 98) ākarṣa attraction; pull; any object by which something is drawn or pulled; magnet; a tendril. আকর্ষক, আকর্ষিক, আকর্ষী a. that which attracts or draws or pulls. n. lodestone. 22)

(p. 99) āgali2 (obs.) a house, a store, a repertory ('বুদ্ধির আগলি'). 71)

(p. 106) āḍ়āla a device or a thing that intercepts the view; a screen, a cover; a position or place intercepted from the view, hiding, concealment. আড়াল করা v. to put out of view; to hide, to conceal. আড়াল হওয়া v. to go out of view; to go behind the screen; to go in hiding, to hide. আড়াল আবডাল n. secrecy; cover; hiding. আড়ালে আবডালে adv. secretly, confidentially, in camera; in a hidden place, in concealment.

(p. 104) ājya ghee as offered in religious sacrifice. 35)

(p. 126) ālō-chāẏā a mixture of light and shade, chiaroscuro. আলো-ছায়ার খেলা light-and-shade play. 93)

(p. 118) ābhāsita indicated, suggested. 59)

(p. 126) ālaguci first efforts of a child to stand on its feet (আলগুচি দেওয়া). 28)

(p. 107) āthāla a cowshed, a cowhouse. 47)

(p. 133) āsābaradāra a mace-bearer, a beadle. 5)

(p. 121) āmaḍ়ā the hog-plum. ̃গাছি n. flattering with some end in view, coaxing, cajolement. আমড়াগাছি করা v. to flatter with some motive or design, to coax, to cajole. 7)

(p. 118) ābāsa a dwelling-place, a habitation, a home, an abode; a residence; a house. আবাসিক n. a caretaker (chiefly of a Buddhist monastery). a. resident (আবাসিক শল্য-চিকিত্সক); (of a student) living in a students' hostel. আবাসিক বিদ্যালয় residential school. 29)

(p. 115) āpā a medicinal plant, Achyranthus aspera. 44)

(p. 126) āsaṅga sexual intercourse; company, fellowship, social intercourse; union; desire to enjoy; love, attachment; profound attention. ̃লিপ্সা n. desire for sexual intercourse; desire for company or union. ̃লিপ্সু a. desirous of sexual intercourse or of company or union. 139)

(p. 102) āgunē fiery. আগুনে বোমা an incendiary bomb. 6)