(p. 747) bālāma a superior variety of rice; a boat for carrying this rice. 23)

(p. 790) bēsarakāri non-official, unofficial; not belonging to the government; private, personal. 2)

(p. 789) bēlānila sea-breeze. 5)

(p. 721) basti1 quarters for the poor people (কুলি-বস্তি); a slum esp. one consisting of cutcha huts. ̃বাসী n. a slum-dweller, inhabitant of a slum. 183)

(p. 756) bithārā (poet.) to stretch out. 44)

(p. 737) bāgha the tiger; (loos.) the panther, the leopard. fem. বাঘিনি the tigress. বাঘে গোরুতে এক ঘাটে জল খাওয়া (fig.) a very powerful administration under which even traditional antagonists behave as friends. বাঘের ঘরে ঘোগের বাসা (lit.) a tiger-wolf taking-up its abode in a tiger's lair; (fig.) a weakling settling in the lair of its deadly enemy. বাঘের বাচ্ছা a tiger's cub. বাঘের মাসি the cat. ̃ছড়ি, ̃ছাল n. the skin of a tiger. ̃নখ n. a tiger's nail; an ornamental pendant for the neck; an aromatic substance; (hist.) a nail-like weapon worn by Shivaji as handgloves. ̃বল্দি n. an indoor game akin to fox and geese. বাঘা n. (dero.) the tiger, a tigerling (গোবাঘা); (affec.) a traditional name of a dog. a. very large (বাঘা মাছ); very powerful (বাঘা শাসন); very efficient (বাঘা কেরানি, বাঘা খেলোয়াড়); extremely sour (বাঘা তেঁতুল); commanding submission from others, very imposing (বাঘা লোক). বাঘাম্বর n. a piece of tiger's skin worn as loincloth. 15)

(p. 789) bēlā3 to roll (as chapaties with a roller). a. rolled. 3)

(p. 721) bān̐ṭakula a dumpy, a very short man, a short-statured man; a man of short height. a. short. see also বেঁটে । 265)

(p. 786) bēparadā exposed; using no covering or yashmak (বেপরদা শরীর); not keeping to the inner apartments (বেপরদা মেয়েমানুষ). n. (mus.) a wrong scale. 64)

(p. 721) barṣā the rainy season, the rains; rain; rainfall. v. poet. form of বর্ষণ করা (see বর্ষণ). ̃কালীন a. happening during the rainy season; rainy. ̃গম n. the break of the monsoon. ̃তি1 n. an umbrella; a raincoat, a mackintosh, a waterproof. ̃তি2 a. grown in the rainy season. n. a room on the roof. বর্ষাত্যয় n. termination of rain or of the rainy season, autumn. ̃ধৌত a. washed by rain. ̃বসান n. same as বর্ষাত্যয় । 121)

(p. 715) bakta the mouth. 4)

(p. 713) baṃśōdbhaba same as বংশজ । 21)

(p. 786) bētāla2 (myth.) a dead body possessed by a ghost. ̃সিদ্ধ a. having absolute domination over a ghost possessing a dead body. 10)

(p. 737) bāgmī having eloquence or oratorial power. n. a good or eloquent speaker; an orator. বাগ্মিতা n. eloquence; oratory. 14)

(p. 717) batsala (used as a sfx.) affectionate, loving. fem. বত্সলা । বত্সলতা n. affectionateness, affection, love. 22)