(p. 767) birōdha enmity, hostility; a quarrel, a dispute, a contention, a difference; a war; strife; disagreement; disharmony; mutual opposition or contradiction; antipathy; incongruity, dissimilarity. বিরোধ করা v. to quarrel; to oppose. ̃মূলক a. opposing; antagonistic. বিরোধাভাস n. (rhet.) a figure of speech in which things apparently contradictory exist side by side (cp. oxymoron, epigram). বিরোধিতা n. hostility, enmity; rivalry; opposition; antagonism; disagreement; antipathy. বিরোধী a. hostile, inimical; contending; rival; opposing; opponent; antagonistic; disagreeing; adverse. বিরোধী পক্ষ an opposite or hostile or rival party; an opponent; (in legislature) the opposition. 70)

(p. 738) bājana the state of being played or beaten or sounded or rung (as a musical instrument, bell, coin etc.); the sound of beating or playing on a musical instrument, a bell etc. ̃দার, বাজনাদার, বাজনাওয়ালা n. an instrumentalist (esp. a professional one). বাজনা n. act or sound of playing on a musical instrument; music; a musical instrument. 17)

(p. 721) bān̐daralāṭhi the drumstick tree, Cassia fistula. 270)

(p. 785) bēcā to sell. a. sold. ̃কেনা n. buying and selling; traffic, trade. বেচাকেনা করা v. to trade or traffic (in), to buy and sell. বেচানো v. to cause to sell. 4)

(p. 779) bujaruka pretentious, pretending, charlatanic; quackish. n. a charlatan, a quack; an impostor. বুজরুকি n. pretension, charlatanism, quackery. 17)

(p. 779) buṭi diaper. বুটি তোলা v. to diaper. ̃দার a. diapered. 23)

(p. 773) bistāra stretching; stretch; tension; extension; extent; expansion; expanse; spread, amplification; width, breadth. বিস্তার করা v. to stretch; to extend; to expand; to spread; to amplify; to widen. বিস্তারিত same as বিস্তৃত । বিস্তারী a. spreading, extending. 53)

(p. 751) bikaca2 blooming; gleaming ('করুণাকিরণে বিকচ নয়ান'). 5)

(p. 785) bēḍaula ill-shaped, misshaped (বেডৌল পোশাক); ugly (বেডৌল মূর্তি). 19)

(p. 786) bēdya to be learnt; knowable. 47)

(p. 800) brāhma relating to Brahma (ব্রহ্ম) or God; endowed with knowledge about God. n. a Brahmo, a Brahmoist. ̃ধর্ম n. Brahmoism. ̃বিবাহ n. act of inviting a bridegroom versed in scriptures and marrying him to a bride with due obeisance; marriage (by registration) in accordance with the rules of the Brahmo Samaj. ̃সমাজ n. the Brahmo Samaj ̃মূহুর্ত n. the period of forty-eighth minute immediately preceding sunrise. 18)

(p. 751) bighna an obstacle or impediment; a hindrance; a hitch; harm, woe. বিঘ্ন উত্পাদন বা সৃষ্টি করা v. to create a hitch or impediment. ̃কর a. obstructive, hindering, impeding; creating a hitch. ̃কারী a. & n. one who impedes or creates a hitch or trouble. ˜নাশক, ̃নাশন, ̃বিনাশন, ̃হর, ̃হারী a. removing obstacles or impediments or harms or woes. ̃পূর্ণ, ̃ময় a. full of obstacles or impediments; with so many obstacles or hitches. বিঘ্নিত a. hindered, impeded, obstructed. 58)

(p. 721) bān̐kā to bend, to curve (রেখাটি বেঁকেছে); to turn (পথটি এখানে বেঁকেছে); to become reluctant or unfavourable or ungracious or antipathetic (কর্তা বেঁকেছেন). a. bent, curved (বাঁকা বাঁশ); stopping, hunched (বাঁকা পিঠ); slanting, aslant (খুটিখানা বাঁকা); winding, tortuous, sinuous, spiral, roundabout (বাঁকা পথ); furtive, squint, oblique (বাঁকা চাহনি); cynical or unfriendly (বাঁকা দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি); crooked (বাঁকা মন); rude, harsh (বাঁকা কথা); insinuating; sly (বাঁকা উক্তি); reluctant, unfavourable, antipathetic. ̃চোরা a. having many curves and twists; not straightforward, crooked (বাঁকাচোরা কথা). বাঁকানো. v. to bend; to make reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic. বেঁকে বসা v. to be placed or fixed slantingly; to become reluctant or unfavourable or antipathetic; to revise or retract one's previous opinion, desire, resolve etc., to refuse to fall in with or accede to. 258)

(p. 738) bāchā2 to choose, to select; to pick and choose; to sort out or separate (ভালোমন্দ বাছা, খুদ বাছা); to eliminate unwanted elements from (চাল বাছা); to pick and eliminate or kill (উকুন বাছা). a. chosen, selected; sorted; freed from unwanted elements; choice, select (বাছা বাছা লোক = chosen or selected persons). 9)

(p. 767) bilakṣaṇa (obs.) different; (rare) uncommon, unusual; great, large, enormous (বিলক্ষণ ভিড়); much; considerable. adv. thoroughly (বিলক্ষণ জানি); to a great extent (বিলক্ষণ খাওয়া, বিলক্ষণ বড়). int. excellent, fine, all right, surely, of course. 74)