(p. 203) kamānō to shorten, to curtail, to reduce; to cause to decrease or abate or diminish, to abate, to diminish. n. act of shortening or cutting down, curtailment, reduction; act of decreasing or abating or diminishing. a. shortened, cut down., curtailed, reduced; decreased, abated; diminished. 22)

(p. 220) kāṭākāṭi mutual killing or slaughter; a skirmish; a fight; a quarrel; act of disfiguring with corrections. কাটাকাটি করা v. to kill or slay one another; to take part in a skirmish; to fight one another; to quarrel; to make corrections, to disfigure with corrections. 28)

(p. 234) kila a fist; a blow with the fist esp. with the side of the fist, কিল খেয়ে কিল চুরি করা to take a beating or insult silently and without retaliation, to endure humiliation or affront without protest, to pocket an insult. কিল মারা v. to strike with the fist, to fist. কিলাকিলি n. fighting with fists; fisticuffs, blows and counterblows. কিলানো same as কিল মারা । কিলিয়ে কাঁঠাল পাকানো to make a futile attempt at correcting or subduing a person by overmuch beating or chastisement; to spoil a person or hinder his natural development by excessive interference; to try to do the impossible by injudicious or rash means. কিল মারার গোঁসাই an over-assertive person or master who has no competence to maintain his dependents. 47)

(p. 261) kkacit at any place, anywhere; at any time, ever; rarely, seldom. ক্কচিত্ কখনো adv. rarely, seldom; sometimes. ক্কচিত্ ক্কচিত্ few and far between; sometimes. 11)

(p. 253) kēmana how, of or in what sort or manner. a. of a sort (কেমন বোকের মতো); anxious, perturbed (মন কেমন করা); excellent, fine (কেমন মজা). কেমন করে how. কেমন-কেমন a. suspicious; (of health or mind) inexplicable; dubious; doubtful. কেমন-কেমন করা v. not to feel well or all right, to feel sick (শরীর কেমন-কেমন করা); to be in an alarming or dying condition (রোগী কেমন-কেমন করছে); to become anxious or perturbed (মন কেমন-কেমন করছে). কেমনকেমন ঠেকা v. to appear as suspicious or dubious or doubtful; to smell of something sinister. ̃তরো a. peculiar; of what sort. কেমন যেন a. not appearing to be quite well; suspicious, dubious, doubtful; to some extent, somewhat. কেমনে (poet.) adv. how. 25)

(p. 220) kātā coir. 54)

(p. 262) klōrina a poisonous gaseous element of greenish yellow colour (used for purifying water), chlorine.

(p. 232) kāhāra1 (genit.) whose. 54)

(p. 256) kōm̐stā a scrubbing brush. 16)

(p. 192) kaṅgrēsa an assembly of delegates, specialists etc. for discussion or settlement of problems; a congress; the legislature of the United States and some other American-type republics, the Congress; the Indian National Congress party, the Congress. কংগ্রেসি a. of or belonging to or following the Indian National Congress. n. a Congressman, a Congress worker. 7)

(p. 208) karmadhāraẏa (gr.) a system of forming a compound word with an adjective and a noun. 16)

(p. 194) kapani a small piece of loincloth worn after the fashion of a suspensor by Indian ascetics; a very small and cheap loincloth. 140)

(p. 261) kyān̐ṭa expressing peevishness. ক্যাঁটক্যাঁট করা v. to be given to peevish rebuking, to constantly express peevishness, to carp or nag (at); to look over bright or gaudy. ক্যাঁটক্যাঁট করে বলা v. to say with harsh outspokeness. ক্যাঁটকেঁটে a. harsh; peevish; carping; gaudy. 19)

(p. 253) kērāñci a kind of covered bullock cart for carrying passengers, a hackery; an inferior kind of horse-carriage for passengers. 38)

(p. 226) kāmaḍ় a bite; act of seizing with the teeth; grip, seizure (মরণকামড়); exorbitant or merciless demand (মহাজনের সুদের কামড়); pain (পেটের কামড়); strong desire (কামের কামড়). কামড় দেওয়া same as কামড়ানো । কামড়া v. (poet.) to bite, to seize with the teeth, to gripe, to seize. কামড়ানি n. biting; griping pain; strong desire. কামড়ানো v. to bite; to seize with the teeth, to gripe, to seize; to demand exorbitantly or mercilessly; to pain; to feel pain; to stick firmly to (মাটি কামড়ে পড়ে থাকা); to be stricken with strong desire. কামড়াকামড়ি n. mutual biting; mutual biting at or scrambling. 11)