(p. 738) bāñchita desired, longed-for, wished-for. fem. বাঞ্ছিতা । 36)

(p. 721) bān̐ka curvature; a curve; a bend, a turn (as of a road or river); a piece of long and bent pole borne on one's shoulder for carrying loads fastened to its ends. ̃নল n. a blowpipe; a u-tube; (bot.) a bent tube. ̃মল n. a kind of twisted bangle for the ankle. 257)

(p. 721) baẏasa age; agedness (বয়স ঢাকা পড়া); youth or majority. বয়স হওয়া v. to come of age; to grow old, to become aged. বয়সের গাছ পাথর নেই (fig.) hoary with age. বয়সের ধর্ম the natural property or tendency of age. ̃কাল n. youth; majority, adulthood; one's greener days. ̃-ফোঁড়া n. an acne. বয়সা n. breaking or cracking of voice on attaining adolescence. বয়সী a. of a particular age (বালকবয়সী); equal in age (আমার বয়সী); advanced in age, aged, old. বয়সোচিত a. right and proper for one's age, befitting one's age, natural to a particular age. 31)

(p. 717) banṭaka a distributor, one who apportions or divides. 15)

(p. 746) bāruṇī a variety of wine; wine; the west; a bathing festival held on the eve of the fourteenth lunar day of the darkfortnight of Chaitra (চৈত্র); the wife of the sea god (cp. Tethys). 25)

(p. 743) bāphatā taffeta, taffety. 30)

(p. 738) bāji2 magic, jugglery, legerdemain (ভোজবাজি); a feat (দড়াবাজি, মুখবাজি); a game, a turn, a spell, a bout (এক বাজি তাস বা দাবা); fireworks; a wager; a stake; (fig.) one's existence and activities in this world ('এবার বাজি ভোর'). বাজি জেতা v. to win a stake. বাজি ধরা v. to lay a wager; to stake. বাজি পোড়ানো v. to make a display of fire-works. বাজি রাখা v. to bet. বাজি হারা v. to lose a stake. 25)

(p. 782) bṛṣōtsarga an obsequial ceremony in which four bulls are set free to move at liberty for the rest of their lives. 20)

(p. 751) bighaṭana separation into different component parts, analysis; dissolution; destruction; (loos.) a mishap. 51)

(p. 756) biṭa1 a round or course (as of postman or watchman); a beat. 12)

(p. 767) biśiṣṭa especial (বিশিষ্ট আসন); conspicuous, remarkable (বিশিষ্ট ভদ্রলোক); important or distinguished (বিশিষ্ট ব্যক্তি); prominent (বিশিষ্ট কবি); specific, peculiar, characteristic (বিশিষ্ট লক্ষণ); possessing (লেজবিশিষ্ট); containing (মগজবিশিষ্ট). fem. বিশিষ্টা । ̃তা n. speciality; conspicuousness or remarkability; importance; distinction; prominence; peculiarity, a characteristic; possession. 108)

(p. 761) bipāka a bad or ugly consequence (কর্মবিপাক); a trouble, a danger (দৈববিপাক); digestion; (bio.) metabolism. বিপাকীয় a. metabolic. বিপাকে পড়া v. to fall or run into a trouble or danger, to be in a predicament. বিপাকে ফেলা v. to throw or put somebody into trouble or danger, to cause trouble or danger; to put someone into a scrape. 64)

(p. 765) bibhajyamāna that which is being divided or partitioned or apportioned. 31)

(p. 786) bēmakkā unbecoming; irrelevant; inappropriate; sudden (বেমক্কা মার). adv. suddenly or unreasonably (বেমক্কা মেরে বসল). 72)

(p. 782) bēōkta untimely. 42)