(p. 713) bakānō to cause to talk overmuch. 40)

(p. 786) bēdabit versed in the Vedas. 27)

(p. 782) bēn̐ḍ়ē dock-tailed; tailless; (facet.) dwarfish (বেঁড়ে শয়তান). 47)

(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. 721) barābhaẏa a particular sign made with fingers indicating grant of desire and assurance of safety. 70)

(p. 743) bāniẏā a trader; a tradesman; a shopkeeper; (dero.) a very commercialminded man, a commercialist; one guided only by profit and loss motive. 13)

(p. 767) birala sparse, thinly scattered or placed (বিরলদন্ত); very thinly frequented or inhabited by (জনবিরল); rare (বিরল ঘটনা). n. a secluded or lonely place, solitude. বিরলকেশ a. thin-haired; baldheaded, almost without hair on one's head. ̃তা n. sparseness: rareness, rarity. ̃বসতি a. thinly populated. বিরলে adv. in seclusion. 54)

(p. 717) banabana2 denoting: a swift whirling motion. বনবন করে ঘোরা v. to rotate or whirl swiftly. 45)

(p. 767) biśēṣa excess or excellence; difference, distinction, discrimination; a sort, a kind, a type (জীববিশেষ); variety or novelty; (phil.) individuality or an individual. a. superior; different; extraordinary, especial (বিশেষ বাধা, বিশেষ ঘটনা); remarkable (বিশেষ উত্সাহ); specific (বিশেষ দর); peculiar or characteristic (বিশেষ লক্ষণ); particular (বিশেষ কাজ); (log.) predicating of part of the class denoted by the subject, particular; (phil.) individual. বিশেষ করা v. to differentiate; to distinguish; to particularize; to specify.

(p. 717) badara1 the full moon; a Muslim saint (whose name is uttered by boatsmen to ensure a safe voyage). 32)

(p. 782) bēgatribhuja a triangle of velocities. 58)

(p. 767) bibhrānta stricken with illusion or delusion; distracted; nonplussed; doubting, doubtful; blundering; stricken with erotic folly or distraction. বিভ্রান্ত করা v. to blur with illusion; to delude; to distract; to nonplus; to fill with doubt; to cause to blunder; to strike with erotic folly or distraction. বিভ্রান্তি n. illusion; confusion; delusion; distraction; nonplus; doubt; a blunder, an error; erotic folly or distraction. বিভ্রান্তিকর a. confusing; distracting; illusive. 17)

(p. 746) bāraphaṭṭāi bragging; ridiculous ostentatiousness, pomposity. বারফট্টাই করা v. to brag; to indulge in pompous display. 10)

(p. 782) bṛhaspati (myth.) the preceptor of gods; (astr.) the Jupiter; Thursday (usu. বৃহস্পতিবার). একাদশে (or একাদশ) বৃহস্পতি (astrol.) a very auspicious conjunction of stars in one's life. বুদ্ধিতে বৃহস্পতি a Brihaspati (বৃহস্পতি) in intelligence, a very intelligent person. বৃহস্পতির বারবেলা (astrol.) a part of Thursday considered utterly inauspicious for any work. 30)

(p. 721) bākhāri a piece of split bamboo, a bamboo-slip. 287)