(p. 208) kaṣṭi act of trying or testing (gold etc.) on a touchstone; a touchstone. ̃পাথর n. touchstone. কষ্টিপাথরে যাচাই করা v. to try or test the purity (of gold etc.) by rubbing on a touchstone; to assay (metals). 114)

(p. 220) kāṇḍakāṇḍajñāna power of discriminating between good and bad or between propriety and impropriety. 47)

(p. 204) kara1 a ray or beam (of light.) 19)

(p. 226) kāmāgni fire of lust, burning desire for sexual pleasure or intercourse; fire of love. 23)

(p. 215) kān̐kalāsa the chameleon; (fig.) a person who is reduced to skeleton, a very lean person, one who is only skin and bone. 34)

(p. 208) kartrī of কর্তা । 9)

(p. 262) krikēṭa (the game of) cricket. ক্রিকেট খেলোয়াড় n. a cricketer. 25)

(p. 256) kōṭara a crevice or hollow (বৃক্ষকোটর); a socket (অক্ষিকোটর); a hole; a very small (and usu. dark) room. ̃গত a. hollow, sunken. 31)

(p. 220) kāṭachān̐ṭa (chiefly of garments) cut, shape, alteration; make, make-up; reduction. 16)

(p. 261) kyān̐ka expressing the sound of kicking or striking or of excitement or pain or a surly utterance. ক্যাঁক-ক্যাঁক করা v. to grumble or rebuke (usu. repeatedly) in a surly manner; to whine. 14)

(p. 204) karakaci soft and not yet filled with pulp (করকচি ডাব). n. such a green coconut. 23)

(p. 208) karmōdyama enterprise; enthusiasm; effort, effortfulness. 33)

(p. 202) kabarga ক্ খ্ গ্ ঘ্ ঙ্; these five consonants collectively. 8)

(p. 234) kimbhūta (lit.) of what form or shape, (pop.) queer, strange, odd, grotesque, antic. ̃কিমাকার a. of strange and ugly form or shape, grotesquely shaped or formed, monstrous. ̃কিমাকার প্রাণী বা বস্তু an antic; a monstrosity. 33)

(p. 232) kālō the black colour. a. black. কালো করা v. to make black, to blacken; to make dark, to darken; to pollute; to defame. কালো হওয়া v. to become black; to blacken; to become dark, to darken; to become polluted or to be defamed. কালো পতাকা n. a black flag (usually shown to somebody, as a mark of protest or disapproval). ̃বাজার the black market. ̃বাজারি n. a black marketeer. 30)