(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. 721) bahistbaka epidermis, cuticle. 222)

(p. 773) bisphurita trembling; trembled, shaken, flickering or sparkling; (of lips) pouting or pouted. বিস্ফুরিতাধর a. having trembling lips. 58)

(p. 761) binaṣṭi destruction; ruin; extinction; (pop. & coll.) misuse, waste. 12)

(p. 790) baikallika alternative, variant. 21)

(p. 792) baiẏākaraṇa grammatical; versed in grammar. n. a grammarian. বৈয়াকরণিক n. a grammarian. 3)

(p. 715) baca the sweet-flag. 24)

(p. 792) bōṭakā resembling the body odour of a billy-goat, goatish. 32)

(p. 758) bidyut lightning; electricity. ̃গর্ভ a. impregnated with electricity; charged with electricity. ̃প্রবাহ n. an electric current. ̃প্রভ a. as dazzlingly bright as a flash of lightning. fem. ̃প্রভা । ̃স্পন্দন, ̃স্ফুরণ n. electric vibration. ̃স্পৃষ্ট a. struck by lightning. ̃স্ফুলিঙ্গ n. an electric spark. বিদ্যুদ্দাম n. a flash of lightning; a garland-like series of lightning flashes. বিদ্যুদ্বর্ষী a. discharging electricity. বিদ্যুদ্বেগ n. lightning speed. বিদ্যুদ্বেগে adv. as speedily as lightning. বিদ্যুন্মালা same as বিদ্যুদ্দাম । বিদ্যুল্লতা n. a streak of lightning. 18)

(p. 748) bāṣpa vapour; steam; smoke; tears (বাষ্পপূর্ণ নয়ন); (fig.) faintest knowledge or appearance, ghost (সম্ভাবনার বাষ্পও নেই = there is not the ghost of a chance). বাষ্প হওয়া v. to be vaporized; to evaporate. ̃চালিত a. steam-driven. ̃টান n. (phys.) vapour-tension. ̃দাহ n. scald. ̃পোত n. a steam-vessel, a steamship, a steamer. ̃মান n. a hygrometer; a gasometer. ̃মোচন n. weeping; (bot.) transpiration. ̃যান, ̃শকট n. a stream-driven vehicle; a railway train. ̃স্নান n. a vapour bath. বাষ্পাকার a. in the form of vapour, vaporous. বাষ্পাকুল a. filled with or steaming with tears. বাষ্পাকুল নয়ন tearful eyes, steaming eyes; (sl.) piping eyes. বাষ্পীকরণ, বাষ্পীভবন n. vaporization; evaporation. বাষ্পীকৃত, বাষ্পীভূত, a. vaporized; evaporated: বাষ্পীয় a. relating to steam or vapour; vapoury; vaporous; steam-driven. বাষ্পীয়যান, বাষ্পীয়শকট same as বাষ্পযান । 6)

(p. 715) bakhila miserly, parsimonious, stingy, niggardly. 12)

(p. 751) bikrīta sold. 33)

(p. 767) bibhinna of different kinds; diverse, various; of a different kind, different (বিভিন্ন লোকের). বিভিন্ন পথে যাওয়া v. to go severally. ̃তা n. diversity, variety; difference. বিভিন্নার্থ n. various or different meanings. বিভিন্নার্থক a. having or bearing various meanings. 4)

(p. 740) bāḍ়nta inclined to grow or develop, growing (বাড়ন্ত গড়ন); flourishing (বাড়ন্ত অবস্হা); (iron.) exhausted, deficit (ঘরে চাল বাড়ন্ত). 5)

(p. 765) bibēka conscience; judgment, discretion; knowledge about reality, spiritual or metaphysical knowledge. ̃চালিত, ̃তাড়িত a. impelled or goaded by conscience. ̃দংশন n. the sting of conscience. ̃পীড়িত a. conscience-smitten. ̃বুদ্ধি n. conscientiousness; (loos.) conscience; (loos.) judgment, discretion. ̃বুদ্ধিসম্পন্ন a. conscientious. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. lacking in conscience or conscientiousness; unscrupulous; devoid of judgment or discretionary power. বিবেকী a. conscientious. 22)