(p. 713) bakāṇḍapratyāśā a hope as vain as the expectation of a heron to obtain an egg of a bull, a vain hope. 39)

(p. 767) bilāti of or exported from England or Europe or a foreign country; English; European; foreign. বিলাতি আমড়া the hog-plum. বিলাতি কাপড় English or foreign textile materials or piece goods. বিলাতি কুমড়ো a sweetish variety of pumpkin. বিলাতি বেগুন the tomato, the love-apple. ̃য়ানা (dero.) adoption or imitation of English or European style in daily life and conduct, anglomania, (journ.) Englishness, Europeanism. 83)

(p. 713) b the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 782) bēgāra corvee. বেগার খাটা v. to work without wages, to render service gratis under pressure. ̃ঠেলা a. reluctantly and negligently done under duress. 67)

(p. 761) bipatnīka one whose wife is dead. বিপত্নীক ব্যক্তি a widower. 53)

(p. 721) banya grown or growing or dwelling or roving in the forest, wild; of the forest, silvan; unfit for civilized society; uncivilized; savage. 13)

(p. 761) bidhbasta utterly ruined or destroyed; devastated; demolished; (of an army etc.) routed. বিধ্বস্ত করা v. to ruin or destroy completely; to devastate; to demolish; to rout. 2)

(p. 760) bidhāẏaka, bidhāẏī legislating; enacting; directing, controlling, regulating; issuing a rule; prescribing; making provision or arrangements for; causing to happen, bringing about. n. a member of a legislative assembly, an MLA. fem. বিধায়িকা, বিধায়িনী । 6)

(p. 761) bipaddaśā a crisis, a danger; difficulties; adversity. 56)

(p. 779) buḍ়ōṭē grown old prematurely; oldish; precocious. 28)

(p. 758) bidhā sort, kind, variety, type; manner, mode; arrangement (সুবিধা). 27)

(p. 746) bārē bārē off and on; frequently; time and again. 29)

(p. 713) bula a bud, a blossom. বউল ধরা v. to put forth buds, to bud, to be in blossom. 10)

(p. 767) bibhīṣikā intimidation; threat; terrible fear or panic; horror; a frightful sight (esp. a phantasmal one); a frightful hallucination. ̃ময় a. full of frightful sights or hallucinations; horrible. 7)

(p. 765) bibardhana thorough development, evolution; thorough enlargement or augmentation; (phys.) magnification; amplification. 5)