(p. 665) pēṭō3 (coll.) a hand-bomb; a handgrenade. 3)

(p. 681) pratyabēkṣaṇa enquiry; scrutiny; research; supervision. 2)

(p. 687) prayōktā an employer; an applier; a performer. 12)

(p. 633) pāṭala brick-red, pale and pink-coloured. 81)

(p. 680) pratīkṣamāṇa waiting for, awaiting; expecting, expectant. fem. প্রতীক্ষমাণা । 3)

(p. 650) pipīlikā the ant. 22)

(p. 665) pētani a female spirit; (sarcas.) an extremely ugly or dirty woman, a hag or a slut. পেতনির আলো will-o'-the-wisp. 7)

(p. 619) parāga pollen, farina. ̃কেশর n. a stamen. ̃কোষ n. anther. ̃ধানী same as পরাগকোষ । ̃মিলন, ̃যোগ n. pollination. ইতর পরাগযোগ n. cross-pollination. স্বপরাগযোগ n. self-pollination. ̃স্হালী n. a pollen-sac. পরাগিত a. pollinated. পরাগিত করা v. to pollinate. 3)

(p. 619) paribāhakṣētra (geog.) a basin, a catchment area. 136)

(p. 601) paṅkhī (vul.) a bird; (vul.) a ganjasmoker and teller of cock-and-bull stories (পঙ্খীর দল). a. shaped like a bird (ময়ূরপঙ্খী). 40)

(p. 650) piṇḍībhūta conglomerate. 2)

(p. 601) pagāra a ditch or drain marking the boundary of tract or land. পগার পার হওয়া v. (lit.) to leap over or cross a ditch; (fig.) to scamper off or to run away beyond reach. 36)

(p. 625) parisahanīẏa laughable, ridiculous; fit to be derided or mocked. 49)

(p. 606) paṇaba a kind of ancient tomtom. 18)

(p. 666) paiśuna, paiśunya scandal-mongering, talebearing; malice, cruelty; villainy. 5)