(p. 251) kēṭhō1 a large species of the tortoise.

(p. 192) kaṃsa, kaṃśa bell metal—an alloy of copper and tin, pewter; a vessel of bell metal. 8)

(p. 243) kuruci bad or perverted taste. ̃পূর্ণ a. in bad taste; gross, indecent, vulgar. ̃সম্পন্ন a. having bad or perverted taste. 56)

(p. 257) kōẏēla (poet.) the cuckoo. fem. কেয়েলা । 28)

(p. 220) kāṭha wood; timber; firewood; (fig.) skeleton (রোগে দেহের কাঠ বেরিয়ে পড়েছে). a. motionless like a log (ভয়ে কাঠ হওয়া); stiffened (মরে কাঠ হওয়া); juiceless, sapless (শুকিয়ে কাঠ); dumbfounded. ̃কয়লা n. charcoal. কাঠ কাঠ a. hard and dry and rough. ̃কুড়ানি n. an extremely poor woman who lives by collecting twigs and leaves of trees to be burnt as firewood. ̃খোলা n. a frying pot in which sand is not used. ̃গড়া n. a small wooden enclosure, a box, a dock (সাক্ষীর বা আসামির কাঠগড়া). ̃গোলা n. a timberyard. ̃গোলাপ n. a variety of scentless wild rose, the sweet-brier, the eglantine. ̃ঠোকরা n. the woodpecker. ̃পিঁপড়ে n. a variety of large and black ant living on trees. ̃ফড়িং n. a variety of very thin grasshopper. ̃ফাটা a. scorching, blazing, burning. কাঠফাটা রোদ scorching rays of the sun. ̃বমি n. dry vomit. ̃বিড়াল, (coll.) ̃বেড়াল, (coll.) ̃বেরাল n. the squirrel. fem. ̃বিড়ালী, (coll.) ̃বেড়ালী । ̃মল্লিকা n. a variety of very sweet-scented wild flower belonging to the species of the jasmine. ̃রা var. of কাটরা । ̃রিয়া var. of কাঠুরিয়া । কাঠে কাঠে adv. & a. exactly fitting to all grooves or points (কাঠে কাঠে মেলা); exactly coinciding; evenly matched; diamond cuts diamond, when Greek meets Greek (কাঠে কাঠে লড়াই). কাঠের a. of wood, made of wood, wooden. অনেক কাঠখড় পোড়ানো to work laboriously (for), to toil hard, to make every endeavour. কাঠের মিস্তিরি n. a carpenter. 37)

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

(p. 232) kālī an awe-inspiring manifestation of Goddess Durga (দুর্গা); (sarcas.) an extremely dark-skinned girl or woman. ̃তলা n. a place of worshipping Goddess Kali (কালী) esp. in congregation. ̃বাড়ি n. the temple of Goddess Kali. 25)

(p. 203) kama1 lovely, graceful; pleasant; charming; desirable. 3)

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

(p. 256) kōkō cocoa. 21)

(p. 194) kathaka a professional narrator of scriptural and mythological stories (usu. কথকঠাকুর); a speaker. ̃তা n. professional practice of narrating scriptural and mythological stories. 86)

(p. 248) kusuma2 a flower; menstruation, menses; a disease of the eye, the yolk of an egg. ̃কলি, ̃কলিকা, ̃কোরক n. a flower-bud. ̃কার্মুক, ̃চাপ, ̃ধনু, ̃ধন্বা n. appellation of Madana (মদন) the Hindu god of love whose bow is made of flowers. ̃কোমল ̃পেলব a. as soft as a flower. ̃দাম n. a flower-wreath, a garland of flowers. ̃বাস n. the scent or perfume of a flower. ̃মালিকা n. a small flower-wreath, a chaplet or small garland of flowers. ̃শয়ন, ̃শয্যা n. a bed of flowers; a very soft bed; (fig.) ease and comfort. ̃স্তবক n. a bunch of flowers, a bouquet, a nosegay. কুসুমাকর, কুসুমাগম n. the season of flowers, the spring, the vernal season. কুসুমায়ুধ same as কুসুমকার্মুক । কুসুমাসব n. the juice or honey of flowers, the nectar of flowers. কুসুমাস্তীর্ণ a. strewn with flowers; (fig.) (of life) easy going, smooth. 8)

(p. 208) kalpana act of inventing or imagining or fancying or ascribing or resolving or thinking or supposing. কল্পনা n. invention; imagination; fancy; ascription; resolve; thought; supposition. কল্পনা করা v. to invent; to devise; to imagine; to fancy; to ascribe; to resolve; to think; to suppose. কল্পনাকারী a. inventing or devising; imagining; fancying; ascribing; resolving; thinking; supposing. n. an inventor, a deviser; one who imagines; a fancier; one who ascribes; one who resolves, a thinker; one who supposes. কল্পনাচিত্র n. picturesque imagination; an imaginary portrait. কল্পনাত্মক a. actuated by or existing in imagination, imaginative, imaginary. কল্পনাপ্রবণ a. given to imagination. কল্পণাপ্রবণ ব্যক্তি an imaginative person. কল্পনাপ্রসূত a. imaginary; fancied. কল্পনাবিলাসী a. overindulging in imagination; vapoury. কল্পনাশক্তি n. imaginative power, faculty of imagination. কল্পনীয় a. devisable; imaginable; that which can be fancied; ascribable; thinkable; supposable. 89)

(p. 208) kaṣē bān̐dhā to fasten or fastening very tightly. 111)

(p. 240) kuṭila bent, curved; tortuous, zigzag; crooked; insincere, hypocritical, deceitful, dissimulating (কুটিলচরিত্র, কুটিলচিত্ত, কুটিলস্বভাব); complicated (কুটিল প্রশ্ন). fem. কুটিলা । ̃গামী a. going tortuously or in a zigzag manner; following a crooked path. ̃তা n. the bent state, curvedness, tortuosity, tortuousness; crookedness; angularity (চরিত্রের কুটিলতা); insincerity, hypocrisy, deceitfulness, dissimulation. ̃রেখা n. a curved line, a curve. কুটিলান্তঃকরণ a. crooked at heart, having a crooked heart. 13)