(p. 248) kusaṃskāra superstition. ̃গ্রস্ত, কুসংস্কারাচ্ছন্ন a. superstition-ridden, superstitious. ̃মূলক a. caused by superstition, superstitious. 2)

(p. 251) kēka a cake. 34)

(p. 228) kālakṣēpa, kālakṣēpaṇa act of passing time. কালক্ষেপ করা, কালক্ষেপণ করা v. to pass time. 60)

(p. 194) kaṭhōra hard; stern, harsh; firm, steady, unflinching; merciless, cruel, heartless (কঠোর শাসক); strict, severe; difficult; intense; serious (কঠোর ব্যাধি); dull; rough (কঠোর অবয়ব). ̃তা n. hardness; sternness, harshness; firmness, steadiness; mercilessness, cruelty, heartlessness; strictness, severity; difficulty; intensity; seriousness; dullness; roughness. 35)

(p. 220) kānāca outlying part at the back of a house (esp. where refuse and soil are deposited); the space under the eaves at the back of a house. 71)

(p. 253) kēẏābāta bravo. 32)

(p. 194) kaṇṭhya (gr.) guttural. ̃বর্ণ n. (gr.) a guttural letter, a guttural. 76)

(p. 232) kālōjirē black cummin. 33)

(p. 194) kaṭa1 denoting: the sound of cutting or biting a hard thing as a nut. ̃কটানি n. croaking; painful throbbing or drumming; harsh reproaches. কট কট int. denoting: repeated sounds of cutting or biting a hard thing; a croaking sound; repeated painful throbbing or drumming sound (কান কটকট); a harsh or blunt sound (কটকট করে বলা). কট কট করা v. to throb or drum painfully; to reproach harshly; (chiefly of frogs) to croak. ̃কটে a. giving out the sound as of cutting or biting a hard thing; throbbing or drumming painfully; given to reproaching harshly; croaking; heartrending or blunt (কটকটে কথা); frowning or terror-striking (কটকটে চাহনি). ̃মট int. expressing: anger, threat, frown (কটমট করে তাকানো). ̃মটে a. angry, frowning, sinister, terror-striking. 11)

(p. 240) kutarka sophistry; unreasonable or useless argument, false but clever argument (intended mainly to outwit), quibbling. 37)

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

(p. 202) kabōṣṇa lukewarm, tepid. 22)

(p. 208) kalaṅka a spot, a mark; a stain; a sullying mark, tarnish; rust, verdigris; disrepute, disgrace; a taint; a stigma; a disgraceful incident, a scandal. ̃কর, ̃জনক a. disgraceful; scandalous. ̃ভঞ্জন n. act of clearing a person of disrepute, restoration of one's good repute. কলঙ্ক ভঞ্জন করা v. to clear a person of disrepute. ̃ভয় n. fear of scandal or ill fame. কলঙ্ক রটানো v. to traduce. কলঙ্কিত, কলঙ্কী a. sullied, tainted; tarnished; rusted; of illrepute, disreputable, stigmatized; unchaste. fem. কলঙ্কিতা, কলঙ্কিনী । 46)

(p. 253) kēmabrika cambric, a kind of white cotton fabric. 27)

(p. 228) kāra3 trouble, difficulty; a fix. কারে পড়া, কারে আটকানো v. to get into trouble, to be in the soup; to be in a fix. কারে পড়ে সাধুতা দেখানো to make a virtue of necessity. 6)