(p. 756) biḍ়mbanā deception, (loos.) mockery or irony (ভাগ্যবিড়ম্বনা); unnecessary trouble or harassment (চাকরির জন্য চেষ্টা বিড়ম্বনা মাত্র). 23)

(p. 717) bandi imprisoned; confined; captivated. n. a prisoner; a captive. বন্দি করা v. to imprison; to capture, to take one prisoner. 63)

(p. 786) bēdhana boring, piercing; perforation. বেধনী, বেধনিকা n. an instrument for boring; a drill, an auger; an awl. 51)

(p. 748) -bāha denoting: carrying, bearing, conveying (ভারবাহ). 39)

(p. 790) bēhum̐śa unmindful; heedless; careless; senseless; not in one's proper senses; fainted, swooned. 17)

(p. 721) balī2 full of strength, powerful, strong; heroic, valorous. 156)

(p. 738) bācāla talkative, garrulous; voluble. বাচালতা n. talkativeness, garrulity; volubility. 3)

(p. 717) bandimukti release or liberation of prisoners. 67)

(p. 786) bērasika devoid of sense of humour; devoid of appreciative power; witless; (loos.) prosaic. 81)

(p. 721) barṣōpala hail-stone. 128)

(p. 743) bābu a title affixed to the name of a gentleman, Mr (হরিবাবু); a clerk (হেড অফিসের বড়বাবু); a Baboo, a babu; a male member of a family (ঘোষেদের মেজোবাবু); a proprietor; a master, an employer; an officer; a landlord; (in endearment) a husband, a father, a son, a junior person; a gentleman; a fop, a dandy. a. given to luxury; dainty, fastidious; foppish; lazy. বাবু চাকর a dandy of a servant; a dainty servant; a lazy servant. ̃গিরি, ̃য়ানা n. indulgence in luxury; daintiness, fastidiousness, foppishness, foppery, dandyism. ̃জি, ̃মশাই n. a respectful term for addressing a man. 36)

(p. 789) bēlā4 a time of day (and not of night) (বেলা বারোটা); daytime (বেলাশেষ); advance of the morning (বেলা বাড়া); delay (esp. made in the morning) (বালা করা); length, duration (জীবনের বেলা); time, specified time (খাওয়ার বেলা); turn (তোমার বেলা); an opportunity, an advantageous point of time (এইবেলা). 4)

(p. 794) bōmbēṭē a pirate, a buccaneer; a daredevil; a terrible person. ̃গিরি n. piracy, buccaneering; indulgence in dare-devil activities. 3)

(p. 767) bilamba delay; lateness; procrastination; lingering. বিলম্ব করা v. to delay; to be late; to procrastinate; to linger, to tarry. বিলম্ব করানো v. to delay; to retard. বিলম্বন n. delaying; lingering; procrastination; retardation; act of hanging, suspension. ̃শুল্ক n. demurrage. বিলম্বিত a. delayed; late; retarded; hanging, suspended. বিলম্বিত লয় (Ind. mus.) slow measure (as opp. to দ্রুতলয় = fast measure). বিলম্বী a. delaying; making late; lingering; procrastinating; hanging, suspending. বিলম্বে adv. late. অতি বিলম্বে very late, after the fair. 77)

(p. 742) bādya instrumental music; a musical instrument. ̃কর n. an instrumentalist. ̃করদল n. a musical band; a concert party. ̃ধ্বনি n. sound of instrumental music. ̃ভাণ়্ড n. musical instruments collectively; a set of musical instruments. ̃যন্ত্র n. a musical instrument. 21)