(p. 208) kaśēru the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column. কশেরুক a. vertebrate. n. vertebral bone, the backbone. কশেরুকা n. the vertebral bone, the backbone; a vertebra. 101)

(p. 239) kucaritra bad or vile character or conduct; immorality. a. possessing bad or vile character or conduct, wicked; immoral. fem. কুচরিত্রা । 9)

(p. 262) kratu a holy sacrifice or oblation at which a fire is enkindled or a burnt-offering is given; the name of a Vedic sage or rishi (ঋষি) supposed to have been transformed into one of the group of stars forming the Great Bear of Ursa Major. ̃পুরুষ n. an appellation of Vishnu; the Kratu appellation of Vishnu. 4)

(p. 208) kaṣita tried on a streak-plate; tried on a streak-plate and found perfectly pure (কষিত কাঞ্চন). 109)

(p. 215) kasya a (used chiefly as a legal term) whose. 11)

(p. 259) kōṣādhyakṣa a treasurer; a cashier. 13)

(p. 194) kapōta the pigeon. fem. কপোতী, ̃পালী, ̃পালিকা n. a pigeonry, a pigeon-house; a dovecot. ̃বৃত্তি n. behaviour of or like a pigeon; a livelihood in which there is no means of providing for the future. a. behaving like a pigeon or dove; living from hand to mouth without any means to provide for the future. কপোতাভ a. of the colour of a pigeon; grey. কপোতারি n. the hawk, the falcon. কপোতেশ্বর n. an appellation of Shiva (শিব). 155)

(p. 240) kuḍ়āla, kuḍ়āli an axe. 30)

(p. 208) kaṣā2 astringent; tight; strict, severe; niggardly, close-fisted; constipative (কষা ধাত); (of meat, fish etc.) signed in oil or fat and with spices. v. to try (gold etc.) on a streak-plate; to work out (a mathematical sum); to calculate (price etc.); to singe (meat, fish etc.) in oil or fat and with spices; to tighten; to bind tightly; to tan (hides); to make astringent. ̃কষি n. unswerving enforcement of rule, law etc; rigour, strictness; act of tightening; tugging and counter-tugging; higgling (দরকষাকষি); strained state, estrangement (মনকষাকষি). কষাকষি করা v. to enforce strictness or rigour; to tighten; to contest or try laboriously. দর কষাকষি করা v. to higgle, to chaffer. মন কষাকষি করা v. to estrange oneself (from); to quarrel (with). কষানো v. to singe meat; to tan (hides). কষাটে a. slightly astringent; (fig.) divested of taste or flavour; (fig.) loathsome, disgusting. কষা মাংস n. singed meat; meat cooked with oil and spices. 106)

(p. 256) kōṭanā2 (masc. of কুটনী) a procurer, a pander. ̃গিরি, ̃মি n. the profession of a pander, procuring; act of whispering malicious reports against a person. 30)

(p. 225) kāpa1 a cup. 4)

(p. 208) kalapa a dye for grey hair; starch. 51)

(p. 234) kināra border, edge (চোখের কিনার); a bank or shore; outskirts (গ্রামের কিনার, শহরের কিনার, বাড়ির কিনার). নদীর কিনার riverside, river-bank. পথের কিনার roadside. সমুদ্রের কিনার seaside, sea-shore, coast. 23)

(p. 234) kisē, kīsē (in Eng. adv.) from what; what for, why; by what or which; in which way or manner, how; by what or which means; in what or which. কীসে আর কীসে what a comparison to draw or make; comparing things opposed in character. 57)

(p. 234) kiñjala, kiñjalaka the stamen or the filament of a flower; pollen. 15)