(p. 102) ācamana washing one's mouth and hands (esp. after meals); formal purification of one's body with water before religious worship as prescribed in the Hindu scriptures. আচমন করা v. to rinse and wash. আচমনীয় n. water for such washing or purification. 28)

(p. 126) āśruta promised; heard. 131)

(p. 115) āntrika intestinal; duodenal; enteric. n. (loos.) gastro-enteritis. আন্ত্রিক জ্বর n. enteric fever, typhoid (fever). 14)

(p. 122) āmāni the water in which cooked rice has been soaked overnight. 9)

(p. 107) ādhāra1 container; a receptacle; a vessel, a case; a store; a haunt, a dwellingplace, a source; a cause. 94)

(p. 115) āpajātya privation or lack or absence of national or racial or familial good qualities; degeneration, degeneracy. 26)

(p. 106) āḍ়āi two and a half times. 23)

(p. 104) āṭaghāṭa all sides; ins and outs. আটঘাট বাঁধা v. to arrange for safeguarding all sides. 48)

(p. 126) ālōcāla rice obtained by sunning paddy and not by boiling it, sunned rice. 89)

(p. 95) ā3 denoting: a little, slight (আকম্প); thorough (আক্ষিপ্ত); starting from (আজন্ম, আসমুদ্র); up to (আকন্ঠ, আমরণ); during the whole of, throughout (আজীবন); including (আচণ্ডাল) contrary to (আগমন); implying negation up-, non-(আকাটা); perverted, vile (আকথা); bad, disagreeable, unsuitable, difficult, hard (আঘাট, আকাল) etc. 4)

(p. 96) āṃrākhā a jacket; a coat; a cloak. 13)

(p. 121) āma3 uncooked, raw (আমমাংস); unburnt, unbaked (আমসরা, আমহাঁড়ি) ̃গন্ধি a. (of food) cooked but somewhat raw. 5)

(p. 107) ātā custard-apple. 17)

(p. 107) ādarśa a pattern of excellence, a person or thing to be copied, an ideal; an imitation of something usu. on a smaller scale, a model, a role model, a specimen; a prototype. a. ideal. ̃চরিত্র a. having an exemplary character. আদর্শ পুরুষ an ideal man. আদর্শ পুস্তক a model book. আদর্শ বিদ্যালয় a model school. ̃লিপি n. a copy-book. ̃স্হানীয় exemplary, ideal. ̃স্বভাব a. of an ideal character. ̃স্বরূপ a. of the nature of a model, model; ideal, exemplary. 58)

(p. 107) ādama (according to the Bible and the Quran) the name of the first man, Adam. 52)