(p. 721) bardhita increased, augmented, multiplied, enhanced; grown; developed, expanded; accelerated (বর্ধিত বেগ). বর্ধিত করা same as বর্ধন করা (see বর্ধন). 112)

(p. 786) bēnō produced or borne by flood. বেনো জল floodwater. 60)

(p. 782) bēgārē available for or rendering corvee service. 68)

(p. 721) baraṇa2 devotional or respectful or cordial (and esp. ceremonial) reception or acceptance or nomination or election, welcome (প্রতিমাবরণ, গুরুবরণ, বধূবরণ, সভপতিপদে বরণ); submissive or deliberate acceptance (দুর্ভাগ্যবরণ); appointment, employment. বরণ করা v. to receive or accept or nominate or elect devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), to welcome; to accept submissively or voluntarily; to appoint, to employ. ̃ডালা n. a wicker-tray holding articles with which one is received ceremonially. ̃পত্র n. a warrant. বরণীয় a. fit to be received or accepted or nominated or elected devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), fit to be welcomed; fit to be accepted submissively or voluntarily; adorable; venerable; acceptable. fem. বরণীয়া । 53)

(p. 740) bāḍ়i2 a house; a building; a dwelling-house, an abode; a residence; a home. ̃ওয়ালা n. the owner of a house (esp. of tenanted one), (cp.) a landlord (fem. a landlady). fem. বাড়িওয়ালি, (coll.) বাড়িউলি । ̃ঘর n. homestead; houses and buildings; habitations. ̃ভাড়া n. house-rent; rent of a dwelling house. ̃মুখো a. & adv. homeward; homebound. যমের বাড়ি (fig.) death's door. 11)

(p. 741) bāda2 an utterance (সাধুবাদ); an argument (বাদপ্রতিবাদ); a complaint or charge (বাদী); a dispute or brawl (বাদবিসংবাদ); (log.) correct judgment; a doctrine, an ism, a theory (সাম্যবাদ). ̃প্রতিবাদ n. argument, dispute, verbal dispute; altercation. ̃বিতন্ডা n. wrangling, altercation; dispute; quarrel. 26)

(p. 792) bōtala a bottle. বোতলে ভরা, বোতলে পোরা v. to bottle. 35)

(p. 717) banabana1 bonbon. 44)

(p. 756) bidagdha witty; having the qualification of a connoisseur; learned; cultured; intelligent; skilful; clever. বিদগ্ধা a. fem. of বিদগ্ধ । n. (rhet.) a witty lady-love. বিদগ্ধ-সমাজ n. the intelligentsia; a learned society; a body of connoisseurs. 46)

(p. 747) bālu, bālukā sand; gravel; grit. বালুকাতট n. a sand-band. বালুকাময় a. sandy, full of sand. বালুচর n. a sand-bed. বালুঝড় n. a sand-storm; a simoom, a simoon. বালুশিলা n. sandstone.

(p. 738) bāṭāli a chisel. 46)

(p. 756) biḍ়āla the cat. fem. বিড়ালী the she-cat. বিড়ালের ভাগ্যে শিকে ছেঁড়া (fig.) an undeserving person comes in for a windfall; unexpected success. ̃ছানা n. a kitten, a catling. ̃জাতীয় a. feline. ̃তপস্বী n. (fig.) a rogue feigning piety, a sanctimonious rogue, a hypocrite. ̃তুল্য a cat-like, feline. বিড়ালাক্ষী a. cat-eyed. 26)

(p. 751) bikalā a measure of time (= 1/6 কলা), a second. 12)

(p. 713) baka a species of long-necked white bird, the stork; (cp.) the egret, the heron, the crane; a kind of heronshaped flower. বক দেখানো v. to taunt by cupping one's palms almost in the shape of a heron. ̃ঠুঁটো n. a species of river fish with a long and slender beak. ̃ধার্মিক a. feigning or simulating virtuousness or piety, sanctimonious; hypocritical. ̃বৃত্তি n. feigned virtuousness or piety, sanctimony; hypocrisy, dissimulation. ̃যন্ত্র n. a flask with a long bentback neck used in distillation, a retort, a still; stethoscope. 25)

(p. 751) bikrētā a seller; a vender, a vendor, a salesman. fem. বিক্রেত্রী । 34)