(p. 717) badhū a wife; a newly married woman; a bride; a married woman; a daughter-in-law (usu. বধূমাতা). ̃জন n. a married woman esp. one whose husband is alive. ̃বরণ n. ceremoniously welcoming a bride or a daughter-in-law. ̃মাতা n. the daughter-in law. ̃হত্যা n. killing or murder of a married woman (usu.) in the husband's or father-in-law's house. 40)

(p. 721) bardhaka causing or promoting increase or growth or development or improvement or prosperity or expansion, augmentative, multiplicative. 110)

(p. 782) bēādaba unmannerly; impudent. বেআদবি n. unmannerlines; impudence. 35)

(p. 779) buḍ়ā1 to sink, to be submerged, to be immersed. ̃নো v. to drown, to submerge, to immerse; to dip (জলে পা বুড়ানো). 24)

(p. 773) bīkṣita carefully observed. 81)

(p. 786) bētāra1 tasteless, insipid; distasteful; (fig.) uninteresting, dull. 7)

(p. 773) biṣaẏa an object of sense-perception, a perceptible object; an object; a thing for enjoyment, earthly enjoyment or interests; worldly possessions; a property, an estate; (rare) domain, territory, a district; a topic, subject-matter, a theme; a cause (দুঃখের বিষয়); what relates to or concerns (এ ব্যাপার তারই বিষয়). prep. same as বিষয়ে । বিষয়আশয় n. property and riches. বিষয়ক sfx. denoting: concerning, relating to, about. ̃কর্ম n. earning one's living; management of an estate. ̃তৃষ্ণা n. thirst for property and riches or for worldly pleasures and enjoyments. ̃বাসনা n. desire for property and riches or for worldly pleasures and enjoyments. ̃বিতৃষ্ণ, ̃বিমুখ a. averse to property and riches or to worldly pleasures and enjoyments; stoical. ̃বিতৃষ্ণা ̃বিমুখতা n. aversion to property and riches or to worldly pleasures and enjoyments. ̃বুদ্ধি n. shrewd tact for management of an estate or for maintenance of domestic economy; worldly wisdom. ̃বৈরাগ্য same as ̃বিতৃষ্ণা । ̃লালসা n. greed for property and riches or for worldly pleasures and enjoyments. ̃সূচি,, (rej.) ̃সূচী n. agenda; a table of contents serially arranged. বিষয়ানুরাগ, বিষয়াসক্তি n. attachment to property and riches or to worldly pleasures and enjoyments. বিষয়ানুরাগী, বিষয়াসক্ত a. attached to property and riches or to worldly pleasures and enjoyments. fem. বিষয়ানুরাগিণী । বিষয়ান্তর n. another topic; a different topic. বিষয়ী a. attached to worldly riches and pleasures; possessing property; possessing an estate, landed. বিষয়ীভূত a. included in the domain or jurisdiction of (আইনের বিষয়ীভূত); included in the agenda (আলোচনার বিষয়ীভূত). বিষয়ে prep. concerning, relating to, regarding, about. 29)

(p. 792) bōn̐dē a kind of small globular sweetmeat made of powdered pigeon-pea dipped in liquefied sugar; bundia, bonde. 25)

(p. 785) bēṭā a son; (in affection) an infant boy or a younger man: (dero.) a fellow, a bugger. in comp. (used as a pfx.) male, he-. n. fem. বেটি a daughter; (in affection) an infant girl or a younger woman. বেটাছেলে (vul.) n. a male person, a male. বেটাচ্ছেলে, বেটার ছেলে n. a term of colourless abuse, a bugger. 16)

(p. 773) bisarga a Bengali spirant or the letter resembling it (ঃ). বিসর্গ-সন্ধি see সন্ধি । 43)

(p. 742) bādaśāha (Mus.) a great king or an emperor, badshah a padshah; the king of playing-cards. ̃জাদা n. a son of a badshah. fem. ̃জাদি a daughter of a badshah. বাদশাহি n. the office or reign or dominion of a badshah; a life as full of milk and honey or as pompous as that of a badshah. a. of or like a badshah; princely; imperial; majestic. 5)

(p. 794) byatirēka absence; lack; omission, exclusion; exception; distinction; difference; (rhet.) a figure of speech marked with excess of the subject over the object of comparison. ব্যতিরেকে prep. excluding, without, except, besides, in addition to. 28)

(p. 721) bān̐dhana binding or fastening; a tie, a knot (বাঁধন খুলে দাও); damming; obstruction; stopping or parking (as of a vehicle); restraining or appeasement (as of one's mind); composition; formation; construction, building, setting up; turning, attunement; unification; reduction or rendering; compactness (কথার বাঁধন). ̃হারা a. free, unbridled, unrestrained. বাঁধনি n. binding or fastening; a tie, a knot; due arrangement, methodicalness, order (কাজের বাঁধনি); compactness. 274)

(p. 792) bōdamāṭi a kind of black earth or soil. 37)

(p. 782) bēkāẏadā not amenable to any expedient; unwieldy; disadvantageous, awakward. n. an awakward situation, a tight corner. বেকায়দায় ফেলা v. to bring or throw into an awkward situation or a tight corner. 51)