(p. 758) bidhātā a director, a controller, a regulator (ভাগ্যবিধাতা); God; Providence; Brahma (ব্রহ্ম). ̃পুরুষ n. Providence personified (who is believed to write down the future of a newborn baby on its forehead).

(p. 779) buṭi diaper. বুটি তোলা v. to diaper. ̃দার a. diapered. 23)

(p. 715) baṅka, baṅkā (poet. & obs.) bent, curved, hunchbacked. 21)

(p. 717) bada bad; evil, wicked; offensive (বদ গন্ধ); peevish (বদমেজাজ); infected, contaminated, defiled (বদরক্ত). ̃খদ a. ugly; troublesome or unmanageable or unwieldy. ̃খেয়াল a. wicked inclination or desire; evil intention or design; perverse propensity. ̃জবান n. abusive or filthy language. বদজবান করা v. to use abusive or filthy language. ̃জাত same as বজ্জাত । ̃নাম n. discredit; bad reputation; infamy; calumny. বদনাম করা v. to calumniate; to slander; to speak ill of. ̃বু, ̃বো n. bad or foul smell, stink. ̃ভ্যাস n. bad or evil habit; indecent habit. ̃মতলব n. evil design, evil purpose. ̃মেজাজ n. illhumour, bad temper; petulance, peevishness. ̃মেজাজি a. ill-humoured, bad-tempered; petulant, peevish, cross-grained. ̃রসিকতা n. base or unrefined or indecent or vulgar humour or joke. ̃রাগী a. short-tempered, choleric. ̃হজম n. indigestion; dyspepsia. 28)

(p. 785) bēṇi, bēṇī a braid, a plait; pigtail; a tress; a stream (ত্রিবেণী). বেণি বাঁধা v. to tress; to braid, to plait. ̃বদ্ধ a. tressed. ̃সংহার n. braiding or plaiting the hair; tressing the hair into a plait. 29)

(p. 761) bināẏaka a leader of the people; Ganesha (গণেশ) the god of the people; a teacher; a disciplinarian. 16)

(p. 782) bēābaru (of a woman) not keeping to the inner apartments; shamefully or indecorously exposed to public view; disgraced; (of a woman) having one's modesty outraged. 37)

(p. 781) bulabula, bulabuli a bird of the Pycnonotus genus, the bulbul. 14)

(p. 767) bibhrānta stricken with illusion or delusion; distracted; nonplussed; doubting, doubtful; blundering; stricken with erotic folly or distraction. বিভ্রান্ত করা v. to blur with illusion; to delude; to distract; to nonplus; to fill with doubt; to cause to blunder; to strike with erotic folly or distraction. বিভ্রান্তি n. illusion; confusion; delusion; distraction; nonplus; doubt; a blunder, an error; erotic folly or distraction. বিভ্রান্তিকর a. confusing; distracting; illusive. 17)

(p. 717) bandi imprisoned; confined; captivated. n. a prisoner; a captive. বন্দি করা v. to imprison; to capture, to take one prisoner. 63)

(p. 721) -barṣiṇī of -বর্ষী । 122)

(p. 767) bilaẏa dissolution; extinction. ̃বিন্দু n. (phys.) a vanishing point. 78)

(p. 713) bam̐ici a kind of small juicy berry, (cp.) gooseberry or bramble. 22)

(p. 721) barṣaṇa rainfall; rain (বর্ষণহীন মেঘ); raining; act of falling down in a stream; showering; a shower; act of scattering or sprinkling or dispersing upon (আতরবর্ষণ কিরণবর্ষণ); (fig.) gracious bestowal (আশীর্বাদবর্ষণ, ধন্যবাদবর্ষণ, উপহারবর্ষণ). বর্ষণ করা v. to rain upon, to shower, to scatter or sprinkle or disperse upon; to bestow graciously (upon). ̃মুখর a. vibrant with the patter of rain. ̃শীল a. disposed to rain; raining. বর্ষণোন্মুখ a. on the point of coming down as rain; on the point of raining; (fig.) on the point of weeping, tearful (বর্ষণোন্মুখ আঁখি). 120)

(p. 721) barga a class, a tribe, a genus, a species (প্রাণীবর্গ); a collection, an aggregate (বন্ধুবর্গ); (math.) the product of a quantity multiplied by itself, square (বর্গমূল); (gr.) any one of the five groups into which Bengali consonantal stops (that is, the letters from ক্ to ম্) are classified (ক্-বর্গ, চ্-বর্গ, ট্-বর্গ, ত্বর্গ, প্-বর্গ); a chapter or section of a book; (theol.) any one of the four principal pursuits of life (see চতুর্বর্গ). ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a square area, a square. ̃ঘন n. (math.) the square of a cube. ̃ফল n. square. ̃মূল n. (math.) the square root. বর্গমূল নির্ণয় করা বা বার করা v. to find the square root of. 81)