(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. 794) bōlaṭu a bolt. বোলটু পরানো, বোলটু লাগানো v. to fit with a bolt. 12)

(p. 721) bara rather, in preference. 46)

(p. 721) bahuḍ়i (obs.) a newly married woman, a childwife. 225)

(p. 756) biṭā beta. বিটা-কণা n. beta-particles. বিটা-রশ্মি n. beta-rays. 20)

(p. 767) biẏōjaka (gr.) a disjunctive. 46)

(p. 789) bēśumāra innumerable, countless. 23)

(p. 790) baijñānika scientific (বৈজ্ঞানিক গবেষণা); versed in science. n. (loos.) a scientist. 30)

(p. 721) bāurā mad, insane. 246)

(p. 765) bibiẏānā the style of living in ease and foppishness (as of a European lady); adoption of this style by a non-European woman. 18)

(p. 737) bāgāḍ়mbara grandiloquence; tall talk; verbiage. বাগাড়ম্বর করা v. to speak grandiloquently; to talk big; to brag; to speak verbosely. 6)

(p. 743) bānacāla having the bottom ripped open (নৌকো বানচাল হওয়া); foiled, capsized, bungled (ফন্দি বানচাল হওয়া). বানচাল হওয়া v. to have the bottom ripped open; to fail, to be bungled, to miscarry, to end in a fiasco. 6)

(p. 782) bṛścika the scorpion; (astrol.) the Scorpio (usu. বৃশ্চিকরাশি). ̃দংশন n. the sting of a scorpion; (fig.) utter mortification. 17)

(p. 721) barakhāsta removed from service, dismissed; cashiered. বরখাস্ত করা v. to remove from service, to dismiss; to cashier. 48)

(p. 786) bēdāṅga any one of the six branches of the Vedas (namely শিক্ষা, কল্প, ব্যাকরণ, নিরুক্ত, ছন্দ, জ্যোতিষ). 37)