(p. 715) bacana speech; utterance; a saying, an adage, an apophthegm, a maxim; (gr.) number (একবচন = the singular number; দ্বিবচন = the dual number; বহুবচন = the plural number). ̃বাগীশ a. having the gift of the gab; eloquent, very talkative. ̃বিন্যাস n. art or mode of speaking; eloquence; arrangement of words or speech. বচনসর্বস্ব ব্যাক্তি a person of mere words, a wind-bag. বচনীয় a. speakable; blamable. 25)

(p. 785) bēṭhika erroneous, incorrect, wrong; improper; uncertain. 18)

(p. 713) bakuni scolding, chiding; garrulity, prattling. বকুনি খাওয়া v. to be scolded or chid or rebuked. বকুনি দেওয়া v. to scold, to chide, to rebuke. 42)

(p. 748) -bāsinī of -বাসী2 । 31)

(p. 738) bāja1 thunderbolt, thunder; (loos.) lightning. 13)

(p. 779) buka2 reservation in advance, booking (থিয়েটারের সিট বুক করা); railway-booking (মাল বুক করা). বুক করা v. to book (seats etc.); to book (goods) by rail. ̃কিপিং n. book-keeping. ̃পোস্ট n. book-post. বুকপোস্ট করা v. to send by book-post. ̃শেফল n. a book-shelf. 13)

(p. 786) bēniẏama illegality; irregularity; unlawfulness; violation of the rule. বেনিয়ম করা v. to break the rule, to violate the rule; to perpetrate an irregularity. 58)

(p. 721) bāi2 neurosis; a mania (শুচিবাই); a strong hobby, a crotchet, a craze (খেলা দেখার বাই). 234)

(p. 721) baẏōtīta past youth, past the prime of life. 42)

(p. 767) bibhum̐i a foreign land (বিদেশ-বিভুঁই). 9)

(p. 800) bryākēṭa a small shelf fastened to a wall, a bracket; (loos) a niche or alcove; (in print, & math. -usu. pl.) parentheses (sing. parenthesis), brackets. 30)

(p. 773) biśēṣita attributed; specified, distinguished; (gr.) qualified (as by an adjective). 5)

(p. 721) barbara one of an uncivilised human race; a barbarian; a boorish fellow; a rude or ignorant or stupid or beastly or cruel man. a. uncivilized, barbarous, barbaric; boorish; rude; ignorant, stupid, beastly, atrocious, heinous (বর্বর হত্যা). বর্বরতা n. lack of civilization, barbarity, barbarism; boorishness; rudeness; ignorance, stupidity; beastliness; atrocity. বর্বরোচিত a. barbarous; atrocious; heinous; beastly; uncivilized. 114)

(p. 742) bādulē same as বাদলা2 । 19)

(p. 782) bē- denoting: absence, lack, negation, perversion etc. 31)