(p. 126) ālō-ān̐dhāri a mixture of light and shade; chiaroscuro. আলো-আঁধারের খেলা interplay of light-and-shade. 82)

(p. 98) ākabari, ākabbari of Emperor Akbar or his reign. 17)

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

(p. 107) ādhunika of present times, modern, current; new. fem. আধুনিকী । (inc. but current) আধুনিকা । ̃তা n. modernism, modernity. 105)

(p. 102) ācchā well; yes; fine; that's right. a. good, excellent; (iron.) fine (আচ্ছা বুদ্ধি); perfect (আচ্ছা সাধু) adv. thoroughly (usu. আচ্ছামতো). আচ্ছা ঘা কতক দেওয়া to give a good or sound drubbing, to give a good licking, to beat soundly.

(p. 97) ān̐tuḍ় a lying-in room, a labour-room (আঁতুড় ঘর); confinement of a woman at childbirth. 23)

(p. 107) ādhi anxiety; worry. ̃ক্লিষ়্ট a. suffering from worries and anxieties, mentally distressed or afflicted. ̃ব্যাধি n. mental and physical ailments. 96)

(p. 114) ānāḍ়i inexpert, unskilled, inefficient; inexperienced; untrained; ignorant; foolish. ̃পনা n. inefficiency; lack of experience or skill; awkward behaviour. 20)

(p. 107) ādhāna placing or depositing; installation; infusion, instillation; (phy.) charge; receiving or taking; putting on. বদ্ধ আধান bound charge. মুক্ত আধান free charge. 93)

(p. 125) ārōha height, altitude; ascent; boarding (a ship, railway train etc.) entrainment, embarkation; buttock esp. of a woman (বরারোহা); grade; (log.) induction. ̃ণ n. mounting or climbing or riding or placing oneself upon; ascent, ascension, boarding a carriage. আরোহণ করা v. to mount, to climb, to scale; to ascend; to ride; to place oneself upon; to board (a ship, railway train etc.) to embark, to entrain. ̃ণী n. a flight of steps, a stair, a stair-case; a ladder; an escalator. ̃পত্র n. an embarkation permit. ̃প্রণালী n. inductive method. ̃স্হান n. a remount depot. আরোহী a. mounting; climbing; scaling; riding; boarding, embarking; mounted; emplaced; boarded; ascended; (log.) inductive; (mus. of notes) gradually increasing in pitch. n. a climber; a rider; a passenger; (mus.) a note which increases gradually in pitch. fem. আরোহিণী । 16)

(p. 98) ām̐śānō to harden by boiling in liquefied sugar, molasses, treacle, etc. a. thus boiled. 5)

(p. 126) ālakāṭā barbed; grooved. 23)

(p. 126) āsā1 a stick (usu. a thick one), a staff; a mace; a sceptre. 152)

(p. 96) ān̐kābān̐kā zigzag, winding, meandering; tortuous. 23)

(p. 126) āryā2 a kind of metre used in Sanskrit verse; any of the rhymed arithmetical formulae. 16)