(p. 118) ābēśa confounded state of mind; mental confusion, perplexity; tremendous excitement of passion ('আবেশে হিয়ার মাঝারে লই'); attachment, love ('আবেশে অবশ তনু'); entrance; infiltration, taking possession (ভূতাবেশ); rapt attention; trance; engrossment; rapture; obsession. 43)

(p. 95) āiẏō a woman whose husband is alive. 10)

(p. 106) āḍ়ā3 a rive-bank; a crossbeam; a horizontal pole suspended from the ceiling etc. of a room for hanging clothes and other things. 21)

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

(p. 115) āpēkṣika comparative; (esp. in science) relative. ̃তা n. comparativeness; relativity. আপেক্ষিক আর্দ্রতা n. relative humidity. আপেক্ষিক গুরুত্ব n. specific gravity. আপেক্ষিক ঘনত্ব n. relative density. ̃তত্ত্ব n. the theory of relativity. আপেক্ষিক বেগ n. relative velocity. 58)

(p. 96) ān̐kaśi a pole with a hook fixed to one of its ends, used for plucking fruits, flowers etc. or for other purposes. 20)

(p. 133) āsiddha half-boiled; not thoroughly or properly boiled, parboiled; unboiled. 10)

(p. 126) ālabata, ālabāta of course, certainly, (coll.) definitely. 40)

(p. 122) āmāśā (coll.) dysentery. 13)

(p. 97) ān̐daru-pēn̐daru (facet. & derog.) an Indian Christian ludicrously imitating the Europeans in his daily life. 24)

(p. 99) ākulibikuli restlessness owing to worry or anxiety; extreme distress or anxiety or worry; ardency, fervidity; eagerness. adv. very anxiously or worriedly; ardently, fervently, eagerly. 28)

(p. 96) āōtā (rare) shade, sunshade; care; guardianship, custody; control; reach; jurisdiction; purview. (কারও) আওতায় under one's power or tutelage or guardianship. 3)

(p. 104) ā-chaḍ়ā unflayed; unscratched. 6)

(p. 98) ām̐śaphala a kind of small fruit having similarity to litchi; longan, Euphoria longana. 4)

(p. 133) āstika having faith in God and in life beyond death and in the scriptures, theistic. n. a person having such faith, a theist. ̃তা, আস্তিক্য n. theism. 21)