(p. 789) bēśi excess (কমবেশি). a. in excess (বেশি হওয়া); many (বেশি লোক); much (বেশি দুধ). adv. excessively, much (বেশি হাসা). বেশির ভাগ the greater part or portion or number (বেশির ভাগ খাবার বা টাকা); for the most part. বেশির ভাগ লোক the majority; most people. 21)

(p. 715) baca the sweet-flag. 24)

(p. 773) bistāra stretching; stretch; tension; extension; extent; expansion; expanse; spread, amplification; width, breadth. বিস্তার করা v. to stretch; to extend; to expand; to spread; to amplify; to widen. বিস্তারিত same as বিস্তৃত । বিস্তারী a. spreading, extending. 53)

(p. 786) bētana pay, a salary, wages. ̃ক্রম n. a scale of pay. ̃দেয়ক n. a pay-bill, an acquittance-roll. ̃ভুক, ̃ভোগী a. salaried. 2)

(p. 747) bālāi an evil, a harm; a pest. int. an utterance to revoke a former utterance or to counteract a possible harm. (cp.) God forbid (বালাই, তুমি কেন মরবে?). বালাই নিয়ে মরা to die taking away with oneself all harm that may occur to another. বালাই ষাট same as বালাই (int.). 21)

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

(p. 782) bēga2 speedy gait, rapidity, swiftness; speed, velocity (esp. in phys.) momentum, impetus; current, flow; desire to evacuate bowels or urinate; trouble or toil (টাকা আদায় করতে বেগ পেতে হয়েছে); severity, virulence (জ্বরের বেগ). বেগ দেওয়া v. to give trouble, to put to difficulty or inconvenience. 56)

(p. 781) buddhi understanding; discernment, judgment; gumption; sagacity; intelligence; intellect; talent; counsel, advice; a device or scheme; propensity, tendency (পাপবুদ্ধি). বুদ্ধি করা v. to plan, to scheme; to consult or confer with. বুদ্ধি খাটানো v. to apply tact and ingenuity, to have recourse to a contrivance. বুদ্ধি দেওয়া v. to advise, to counsel. বুদ্ধি নেওয়া v. to take counsel or advice of. বুদ্ধি হারানো v. to be at one's wit's end; to lose one's senses; to become rash or injudicious. বুদ্ধির ঢেঁকি (fig.) an utterly foolish or stupid person, a dunce. ̃গম্য a. comprehensible; intelligible; conceivable. ̃জীবী a. earning one's livelihood by means of one's intellect; (loos.) intellectual. n. an intellectual. বুদ্ধিজীবী সম্প্রদায় the intelligentsia. ̃দাতা n. an adviser, a counsellor. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃নাশ same as ̃ভ্রংশ ̃বিকাশ n. growth of intelligence or understanding. ̃বৃত্তি n. the faculty of understanding, intellect; sense, wit; reasoning, discernmeat, judgment. ̃বৃত্তিমূলক a. intellectual; rational. ̃ভ্রংশ n. loss or impairment of intellect, mental unhingement; folly; bewilderment; mental distraction; loss or corruption of senses. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. mentally unhinged; one with intellect impaired; bewildered; mentally distracted; out of one's senses; foolish, stupid. ̃মতী fem. of বুদ্ধিমান । ̃মত্তা n. intellectuality; intelligence; talent; sagacity. ̃মান a. intelligent; talented; sagacious; shrewd; intellectual. ̃হীন a. unintelligent; stupid, foolish. fem. ̃হীনা । ̃হীনতা n. stupidity, foolishness; a folly. বুদ্ধীন্দ্রিয় n. the organ of cognition, the mind, a sense-organ. 3)

(p. 738) bājabairi, bājabahari a species or variety of large falcons; the eagle (?). 18)

(p. 794) byabhicāra contrary or unlawful conduct or action; transgression; (rare) exception; unlawful sexual intercourse, adultery or fornication or incest. ব্যভিচার করা v. to behave or act contrarily or unlawfully: to transgress; to commit adultery or incest. ব্যভিচারী a. behaving or acting contrarily or unlawfully; transgressing; adulterous or incestuous. n. one who behaves or acts contrarily or unlawfully; a transgressor; an adulterer (fem. ব্যভিচারিণী = adulteress) or fornicator. 45)

(p. 779) buka2 reservation in advance, booking (থিয়েটারের সিট বুক করা); railway-booking (মাল বুক করা). বুক করা v. to book (seats etc.); to book (goods) by rail. ̃কিপিং n. book-keeping. ̃পোস্ট n. book-post. বুকপোস্ট করা v. to send by book-post. ̃শেফল n. a book-shelf. 13)

(p. 743) bābui the weaver bird, the widow bird. বাবুই তুলসী n. a kind of wild basil. 37)

(p. 748) bāhumūla the armpit. 55)

(p. 756) bidāraka splitting, rending; cleaving; piercing; causing to burst. হৃদয়-বিদারক a. heart-rending. 55)

(p. 800) brāśa a brush. ব্রাশ করা v. to brush. 17)