কাঁটা : (p. 216) kān̐ṭā a thorn, a prickle; any longish thing or instrument with a pointed end or ends (চুলের কাঁটা); a pointer (কম্পাসের কাঁটা, দাঁড়িপাল্লার কাঁটা); a fork (used in eating meals); a hand (ঘড়ির কাঁটা); a fishbone; gooseflesh (শীতে বা ভয়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া). কাঁটা দিয়ে কাঁটা তোলা v. (fig.) to set a thief to catch a thief. গায়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া to have gooseflesh; to have shivering, to shiver. পথের কাঁটা (fig.) an obstacle or snag. পথে কাঁটা দেওয়া (fig.) v. to prevent. ̃তার n. barbed wire. ̃নটে n. a variety of spinach. ̃বন n. a hedge full of prickly shrubs. ̃ময় a. thorny. কাঁটায় কাঁটায় adv. punctually; just at. 13)

(p. 194) kandha the shoulder; the head; the body; the trunk, torso. ̃কাটা a. headless; truncated. n. a headless being or spirit. 133)

(p. 232) kālīna, kālīẏa,1 (used as a sfx.) of a particular time. 26)

(p. 220) kātāna a large knife or bill-hook (esp. for cutting metal-plates), a shearing tool. 55)

(p. 226) kāmāsakta libidinous, lustful, voluptuous; lewd, lecherous, lascivious. কামাসক্তি n. lust, violent or strong desire for sexual pleasure. 33)

(p. 253) kētādurasta, kētādōrasta fashionable; one who is conversant with and observes rules of etiquette and fashion. 9)

(p. 228) kāraṇika pertaining to cause, causal; examining, judging. n. an examiner; a judge; a clerk. 16)

(p. 208) kalagi, kalagā a head-dress, a headgear; a turban; a cock on the top of a headdress. 44)

(p. 262) kyāsṭara aẏēla castor oil. 2)

(p. 262) krōśa a measure of length or distance equal to 8 cubits or a little more than two miles or three kilometres. 46)

(p. 238) kugraha (astrol.) an unfavourable star, an evil star; (fig.) an object of trouble, a pest, a plague. 22)

(p. 253) kēmikēla, kēmikyāla a chemical. a. made of chemicals, chemical. 28)

(p. 238) ku gāōẏā foreboding, presaging an omen or a portent. v. to forebode an evil omen or a portent. 21)

(p. 194) kaḍ়kaḍ় denoting: the sound of munching hard or of a loud rumbling noise (as of a clap of thunder); imaginary sound produced by the stiffening of anything glutinous (ভাত শুকিয়ে কড়কড় করছে). কড়কড়ানি n. any of the aforesaid sounds. কড়কড়ে a. giving out a sound that is caused by the stiffening of anything glutinous; hard and glutinous. 38)

(p. 243) kula2 a religious sect amongst Hindus practising a very severe form of Tantric worship (কুলমার্গ). 67)

(p. 194) kaṇṭhī a one-stringed necklace; the holy basil-necklace of Vaishnavas. 74)