(p. 742) bādāmi almond-coloured, brown; almond-shaped; almond-like. 11)

(p. 786) bēdhaka & n. one who or that which bores or pierces or perforates. 49)

(p. 767) bilasita enjoyed; sported; dallied; beautified; adorned. 80)

(p. 792) bōdā distasteful, tasteless, insipid; (loos.) rather offensive (বোদা গন্ধ); (fig.) uninteresting, dull (বোদা লেখা), witless (বোদা লোক). 38)

(p. 747) bālārka the newly-risen sun. 25)

(p. 765) bibhābita deliberated, felt, perceived; absorbed in a feeling ('গোরাভাবে বিভাবিত'). 44)

(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. 746) bāraẏitā a prohibiter, a prohibitor; a preventer. fem. বারয়িত্রী । 15)

(p. 767) bilasā (poet.) to enjoy, to sport, to exist or be present gracefully ('দ্যুল্যকে ভূলোকে বিলসিছ'). 79)

(p. 767) biśīrṇa extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered, wizened. fem. বিশীর্ণা । ̃তা n. state of being extremely shrivelled or lean and thin or withered or wizened. ̃বদন a. wizen-faced. 109)

(p. 751) bikalpa an alternative concept; an alternative; a substitute; doubt; (gr.) a variant or a doublet; (phil.) fancy. বিকল্প প্রমাণ alternative proof. বিকল্পে adv. alternatively; as a substitute. 15)

(p. 786) bētara indisposed বেতর শরীর; fuddled, sottish, besotted (নেশায় বেতর); embarrassed, off one's guard (জেরায় বেতর); dissimilar. 4)

(p. 786) bēda any one of the four Vedas, a Veda. 16)

(p. 743) bāpu a term for addressing a child or a junior person (in affection or disgust), my boy, my girl; an expression emphasizing disgust, amazement, interrogation etc. (একি জ্বালা বাপু, বাপুরে, কী হল বাপু). 28)

(p. 765) bibhāba (rhet.) that element in the reading matter, which excites magnanimity, sorrow, surprise, resentment, terror, love, mirth, disgust or quietism; an excitant or determinant; a person in whom any of the aforesaid emotions resides. 40)