(p. 721) barēndra, barēndrabhūmi ancient Gauda (গৌড়) or North Bengal. 80)

(p. 773) bisbana an earsplitting noise; sound; (phon.) a variant sound, an allophone. ̃ভেদ (phon.) n. allophonic variation. 62)

(p. 794) byartha futile, abortive, unavailing, vain; useless; unsuccessful. ব্যর্থ করা v. to baffle, to foil. ব্যর্থ হওয়া v. to abort, to be of no avail; to be foiled; to fail. ̃তা n. futility, failure. ̃কাম a. foiled, baffled, frustrated, unsuccessful, of one who has failed to achieve the desired object. ব্যর্থ চেষ্টা n. futile or abortive attempt; unsuccessful attempt. ̃মনোরথ a. foiled or baffled; frustrated; unable or unsuccessful to fulfil one's object. 47)

(p. 748) bāhādura performing a great feat; working wonders; skilful; valorous, brave; creditable, praiseworthy. n. a title of honour (রায়বাহাদুর). বাহাদুরি n. performance of a great feat; an achievement; skilfulness; a display of skill; valour, bravery; praiseworthiness; credit; (dero.) bravado. বাহাদুরি করা v. to brag; to make a display of skill or bravery. বাহাদুরি দেওয়া v. to give credit. বাহাদুরি দেখানো v. to make a show of skill or courage. বাহাদুরি কাঠ n. the trunk of the sal (শাল) and similar large trees; the timber of the aforesaid trunk. 44)

(p. 786) bētāra1 tasteless, insipid; distasteful; (fig.) uninteresting, dull. 7)

(p. 740) bātalānō to suggest; to point out; to devise. a. suggested; devised.

(p. 741) bātila forsaken or disowned; rejected; (law) void, set aside; annulled, rescinded; cancelled. বাতিল করা v. to forsake or disown; to reject; (law) to void, to set aside; to annul, to rescind; to cancel. 19)

(p. 717) baṇigbṛtti trade; traffic; trading; commercial spirit, commercialism. 14)

(p. 738) bāchabicāra discrimination or choice (usu. meticulous or over-cautious one); prejudicial abstinence or avoidance. বাছবিচার করা v. to choose meticulously or over-cautiously; to abstain from, to avoid; to be prejudiced against. বাছাবিচার না করে, বিনা বাছবিচারে without discrimination, indiscriminately. 7)

(p. 721) bastu a thing, a material; subject-matter (usu. বিষয়বস্তু); substance (তোমার শরীরে বস্তু নেই); truth; (phil.) matter; (phys.) mass. ̃গত a. relating to a thing or matter. ̃গত মান intrinsic value. ̃জগত্ n. the material world, the world of matter. বস্তুত adv. in fact, indeed, really. ̃তত্ত্ব n. physics. ̃তত্ত্ববিদ n. a physicist. ̃তন্ত্র n. realism. ̃তন্ত্রী, ̃তন্ত্রীয়, ̃তান্ত্রীক a. realistic, materialistic. ̃নিষ্ঠ a. realistic; objective. ̃নিষ্ঠা n. realism; objectiveness. ̃বাদ n. realism; materialism. ̃বাদী a. & n. realist; materialist. 185)

(p. 756) bidika (rare) a point intermediate between two cardinal ones of the compass; (pop.) an opposite or wrong direction (দিগ্বিদিক). 58)

(p. 773) biśōṣaṇa drying up, absorbing, absorption. বিশোষিত a. absorbed. 12)

(p. 721) bardhita increased, augmented, multiplied, enhanced; grown; developed, expanded; accelerated (বর্ধিত বেগ). বর্ধিত করা same as বর্ধন করা (see বর্ধন). 112)

(p. 786) bēdarakāri unnecessary. 32)

(p. 721) bartamāna the present time, the present; current times, modern times; (gr.) the present tense. a. present (opp. absent); of the present, present; present day, current, modern; now existing or living or alive. বর্তমান থাকা v. to be present; to be existing or living or alive (now). বর্তমান কাল same as বর্তমান (n.). ̃কালীন a. present-day, current; occurring or being done when one is present or alive. বর্তমানতা, বর্তমানত্ব n. presence; existence; state of being alive. বর্তমানে adv. at present; when one is living or alive or present (পিতা বর্তমানে).. 101)