(p. 717) badara1 the full moon; a Muslim saint (whose name is uttered by boatsmen to ensure a safe voyage). 32)

(p. 721) baraphaṭṭāi bragging, tall talk; ostentatious display or show. বরফট্টাই করা v. to brag; to make an ostentatious show. 58)

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

(p. 786) bēẏāri sent by post with postage unpaid or underpaid. 78)

(p. 792) bōna a sister. ̃ঝি n. a sister's daughter, a niece. ̃পো n. a sister's son, a nephew. 41)

(p. 794) byārōmiṭāra a barometer. 100)

(p. 761) binōda act of making pleasant; pleasure; pleasant sport or diversion. a. pleasant; beautiful; good-looking. বিনোদন n. making pleasant; act of giving pleasure, entertainment or gratification (চিত্তবিনোদন); removal, relaxation (শ্রমবিনেদন). বিনোদনমূলক a. entertaining, relating to entertainment. বিনোদিত a. made pleasant; entertained or gratified. বিনোদিয়া a. (obs. & poet.) pleasant, charming, beautiful. বিনোদী a. making pleasant; pleasurable, pleasant; entertaining or gratifying. বিনোদিনী a. fem. of বিনোদী beautiful, pleasant; n. Shriradhika. 40)

(p. 790) bēhudā unjust; unnecessary, useless. adv. unjustly; unnecessarily, uselessly, for nothing. 18)

(p. 786) bēdanindaka a disparager or rejector of the teachings of the Vedas; an atheist. 24)

(p. 715) bakta the mouth. 4)

(p. 790) baiguṇya lack of good quality; defect; hostility (গ্রহবৈগুণ্য). 26)

(p. 721) -barṣīẏa (used as a sfx.) of the age of, aged (ষোড়শবর্ষীয়). fem. -বর্ষীয়া । 125)

(p. 737) bāṅālē (usu. dero.) like a Bengali of the East, like or about an East Bengali. 20)

(p. 773) biṣākta smeared with or containing poison, poisonous; venomous (বিষাক্ত সাপ); malignantly septic (বিষাক্ত ঘা); malignant (বিষাক্ত ফোড়া); spiteful or acrimonious (বিষাক্ত বচন); bitter (বিষাক্ত লম্পর্ক). বিষাক্ত করা v. (of a wound etc.) to cause sepsis, to make malignant or septic; (of relation, mind etc.) to embitter. 30)

(p. 721) bākya speech, language; (gr.) a sentence; an expression; a saying. ̃জ্বালা n. tormenting language, a talking-to. বাক্যদান করা v. to give one's word, to promise. ̃বাগীশ a. having the gift of the gab; eloquent; voluble, glib, talkative, garrulous; excelling in words but incapable of action. ̃বাণ n. (lit.) a shaft of words; piercing words. ̃বিন্যাস n. (gr.) syntax; (loos.) skilful use of words, praiseworthy oration. ̃বিশারদ same as বাক্যবাগীশ । ̃ব্যয় n. speaking, talking. বাক্যব্যয় করা v. to speak, to talk. বৃথা বাক্যব্যয় করা v. to talk in vain; to throw away words. বিনা বাক্যব্যয়ে adv. without using a word, without speaking a word. ̃স্ফূর্তি n. utterance of words. ̃হারা, ̃হীন a. speechless; dumb; mum. বাক্যার্থ n. the meaning of a sentence. বাক্যালাপ n. conversation (বাক্যালাপে মগ্ন); speaking terms (তাদের বাক্যলাপ নেই = they are not on speaking terms). বাক্যালাপ করা v. to converse; to talk together (usu. familiarly); to speak with. 283)