(p. 721) barṇa colour; complexion; a race; a letter of the alphabet (স্বরবর্ণ); any one of the four Hindu castes (চতুর্বর্ণ). ̃চোরা a. (chiefly of mangoes) of a deceptive colour; (fig.) hypocritical. বর্ণচোরা আম see আম4 । ̃জ্ঞান n. knowledge of the alphabet; literacy. ̃জ্ঞানহীন a. illiterate. ̃জ্যেষ্ঠ n. a Brahmin. fem. ̃জ্যেষ্ঠা । ̃দৃক n. a chromoscope. ̃পরিচয় n. same as ̃জ্ঞান । ̃বিদ্বেষ n. hatred towards other (usu. lower) castes. ̃বিপর্যয় n. metathesis. ̃বিশ্লেষণ n. analysis or separation of the letters of a word. বর্ণবিশ্লেষণ করা v. to analyse or separate the letters of a word. ̃বৈচিত্র্য n. variety of colour. ̃মণ্ডল n. the alphabet. ̃রেখাচ্ছটা n. (phys.) line of spectrum. ̃শ্রেষ্ঠ n. a Brahmin. a. belonging to the highest caste. fem. ̃শ্রেষ্ঠা । ̃সঙ্কর a. hybrid, half-bred; mongrel, crossbred. n. a hybrid, a half-caste, a half-breed; a mongrel; a cross-breed. ̃সাম্য n. resemblance or symmetry in colour. ̃হীন a. colourless; pale. 88)

(p. 781) burula a unit of measure, a digit (= 1 inch approx.). 11)

(p. 747) bāliśa a pillow or a bolster. 30)

(p. 773) biṣāda low spirits, dejection; melancholy; sorrow, sadness; grief. ̃গ্রস্ত, বিষাদিত, বিষাদী a. low-spirited, dejected, down-hearted, down in the mouth; melancholy; sorrowful, sad; full of grief. fem. ̃গ্রস্তা, বিষাদিতা, বিষাদিনী । 32)

(p. 761) binimēẏa exchangeable; (esp. of coins) convertible. 24)

(p. 800) brēka a brake (of vehicle or machine). ব্রেক কষা v. to put on the brake (to), to brake, (fig.) to slow down. 28)

(p. 738) bāḍ় growth, development (গাছের বাড়); increase (বেতনের বাড়); aggravation (রোগের বাড়); audacity. বাড় বাড়া to grow audacious, to become intolerably haughty, to be high and mighty.

(p. 717) banaspati a tree that bears fruit apparently without blossoms (such as, the fig tree); a very large tree. 46)

(p. 794) byāghra the tiger; (as a sfx.) the best or strongest specimen (নরব্যাঘ্র). fem. ব্যাঘ্রী the tigress. ̃তুল্য a. tigerish; tigery, tigrine, tigroid. ̃শাবক n. a whelp of a tiger. 61)

(p. 721) bāga1 a garden (গোলাপবাগ). 289)

(p. 756) bitata extended, expanded, spread out, outstretched; tense; pervaded. বিততি n. extent, expanse, stretch; tension; pervasion. 31)

(p. 713) baṃśānukrama a regular line of descent or succession; heredity. বংশানুক্রমিক a. hereditary. বংশানুক্রমে adv. from generation to generation; hereditarily. 15)

(p. 773) biśōṣaṇa drying up, absorbing, absorption. বিশোষিত a. absorbed. 12)

(p. 789) bēśarama shameless, brazen-faced. 20)

(p. 765) bibasbāna the sun or the sungod (cp. Sol.) 9)