(p. 715) bakhila miserly, parsimonious, stingy, niggardly. 12)

(p. 721) bahirbhāga an outer or external or exterior portion; outskirts (as of a village or town). 214)

(p. 740) bāḍ়ā2 to grow up, to develop (গাছ বাড়া); to increase (লোক বাড়া); to augment (বিপদ বাড়া); to be expanded (রাজ্য বাড়া); to aggravate (রোগ বাড়া); to flourish, to thrive (ধনসম্পদ বাড়া); to mend or sharpen (পেনসিল বাড়া); to grow audacious (বদমাশটা বড় বেড়েছে); to serve on a dinner-plate (ভাত বাড়া). a. mended; served on a dinner-plate; more or greater than ('সে মাটি মায়ের বাড়া'). বাড়ানো v. to develop; to increase; to multiply (বংশ বাড়ানো); to augment; to expand; to aggravate; to cause to mend or sharpen; to stretch; to extend, to crane (হাত বাড়ানো, গলা বাড়ানো); to cause to serve on a dinner-plate; to exalt or extol unduly or give undue importance to (অযোগ্য লোককে বাড়ানো); to exaggerate (বাড়িয়ে লেখা); to over-indulge (ছেলেটাকে সে বাড়িয়েছে); to enhance falsely (বয়স বাড়ানো). ̃বাড়ি n. excess; immoderation; intemperance; overmuchness; aggravation (রোগের বাড়াবাড়ি). বা়ড়াবাড়ি করা v. to go beyond the limit. বাড়াবাড়ি হওয়া v. to be aggravated; to be in excess. বাড়া ভাতে ছাই দেওয়া v. (fig.) to frustrate or foil somebody's hopes or plans almost at the point of success. 9)

(p. 767) bilōla quickly moving (বিলোল কটাক্ষ); greedy or wistful (বিলোল দৃষ্টি); dishevelled (বিলোল বেশবাস). 99)

(p. 741) bātābarta a whirlwind; a cyclone. 10)

(p. 756) bijōḍ় odd, uneven; separated from the partner, unpaired, uncoupled; disjoined. বিজোড় সংখ্যা an odd number. 3)

(p. 800) brāhmikā a female Brahmo. 20)

(p. 758) bidhabā a widow. বিধবা করা v. to bereave of a husband, to widow. ̃বিবাহ n. widow marriage. 25)

(p. 767) bimukha averse, disinclined, disinterested, apathetic (বিষয়বিমুখ, কর্মবিমুখ); turned away from; adverse, unfavourable (ভাগ্য বিমুখ); displeased (দেবতা বিমুখ). বিমুখ করা v. to make one averse or disinclined or disinterested or apathetic (to), to cause to turn away (from); to make one adverse or unfavourable; to displease; to refuse or disappoint; to avert, to ward off (an attack etc.). ̃তা n. aversion, disinclination, lack of interest, apathy, adverseness, hostility; displeasure; disappointment. 31)

(p. 756) biṭaṅka a pigeon-house, a dovecote; a trap for catching brids, a fowling-net. 15)

(p. 737) bācaspati an eloquent speaker; an orator; a learned man.

(p. 721) barṣa a year; (myth.) any one of the nine divisions of Jambu (জম্বু) or Asia; rain; cloud; shower or fall (তুষারবর্ষ). ̃কাল n. a period of one year; a full calendar year. ̃জীবী a. lasting or living for a year only; annual. বর্ষজীবী উদ্ভিদ an annual plant, an annual. ̃প্রবেশ n. New Year's Day (chiefly according to the Bengali calendar). ̃বলয় n. (bot.) the annual ring. ̃মান n. rain-gauge. 119)

(p. 717) batsara a year; an era. বত্সরান্তে adv. at the end of a year; at year-ending. 21)

(p. 747) bālu, bālukā sand; gravel; grit. বালুকাতট n. a sand-band. বালুকাময় a. sandy, full of sand. বালুচর n. a sand-bed. বালুঝড় n. a sand-storm; a simoom, a simoon. বালুশিলা n. sandstone.

(p. 713) bakēẏā1 a kind of hem-stitch which may be undone easily. 43)