(p. 715) baktṛtā a speech, a lecture; a prattling; cloquence; (facet.) a rigmarole. বক্তৃতা করা, বক্তৃতা দেওয়া v. to deliver a speech. to speak. to lecture; to prattle; to indulge in a rigmarole. বক্তৃতা থামাও, বক্তৃতা রাখো stop talking, stop your harangue or garrulity. ̃শক্তি n. speaking power. 3)

(p. 715) bagala the armpit; the flank; neighbourhood, proximity. বগলদাবা করা v. to carry or conceal under one's armpit; (fig.) to appropriate secretly to oneself; (fig.) to take possession of or to bring under one's control. বগল বাজানো v. to rap one's armpit by putting a palm in it as a mark of mad delight; (fig.) to rejoice madly. বগলে adv. in the armpit; near, beside. 14)

(p. 741) bādana act of playing on a musical instrument. 29)

(p. 760) bidhura afflicted (বিরহবিধুর); frightened; bewildered; overwhelmed, redolent of, surcharged with (গন্ধবিধুর); beside oneself with (আনন্দবিধুর). fem. বিধুরা । ̃তা n. affliction; fright; bewilderment; overwhelmed state, state of being beside oneself. 14)

(p. 717) batriśa thirty-two. 27)

(p. 781) bulānō to pass one's hand or a brush or a pen etc. lightly over something. চোখ বুলানো v. to eye cursorily. তুলি বুলানো v. to touch lightly with a paint-brush, to brush. 15)

(p. 765) bibhakta divided; parted; partitioned; apportioned. বিভক্ত করা v. to divide; to part; to partition; to apportion. 28)

(p. 717) banabana1 bonbon. 44)

(p. 785) bējāẏagā a bad or wrong place; an improper place. 10)

(p. 767) bimarṣa (rare) discontent. a. sad, morose, glum; melancholy. ̃তা n. sadness, moroseness, glumness; melancholy. ̃ণ n. displeasure; sadness. 23)

(p. 721) baraṇa2 devotional or respectful or cordial (and esp. ceremonial) reception or acceptance or nomination or election, welcome (প্রতিমাবরণ, গুরুবরণ, বধূবরণ, সভপতিপদে বরণ); submissive or deliberate acceptance (দুর্ভাগ্যবরণ); appointment, employment. বরণ করা v. to receive or accept or nominate or elect devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), to welcome; to accept submissively or voluntarily; to appoint, to employ. ̃ডালা n. a wicker-tray holding articles with which one is received ceremonially. ̃পত্র n. a warrant. বরণীয় a. fit to be received or accepted or nominated or elected devotionally or respectfully or cordially (and esp. ceremonially), fit to be welcomed; fit to be accepted submissively or voluntarily; adorable; venerable; acceptable. fem. বরণীয়া । 53)

(p. 765) bibidha of many and different kinds, sundry, diverse, various; miscellaneous. ̃পত্রী a. (bot.) heterophily. 17)

(p. 761) binimaẏa exchange; barter; return; requital, recompense; substitution. বিনিময় করা v. to exchange; to barter. বিনিময়ে দেওয়া v. to give in exchange (for) or in lieu (of); to give in return (for), to requite, to recompense. বিনিময়-নিয়ম n. (alg.) the commutative law. বিনিময়-হার n. the rate of exchange. 23)

(p. 765) bibhāga division; partition: apportionment; distribution; a division (of a country etc.); a part, a portion, a section; department (বিচারবিভাগ). বিভাগ করা v. to divide; to partition; to apportion; to distribute. বিভাগী a. fissile. বিভাগী-ছত্রাক n. a fission fungus. বিভাগীশৈবাল n. a fission alga. বিভাগীয় a. divisional, sectional; departmental (বিভাগীয় কর্তা = the departmental head, বিভাগীয় বিপণি = a departmental store). 35)

(p. 761) binirṇaẏa ascertainment; award (of arbitration etc.) 32)