(p. 721) balē says; speaks; talks. adv. & conj. because, as, on the plea of, owing to (মা বকেছেন বলে খাবে না?). □ adv. shortly, presently (বৃষ্টি এল বলে). 159)

(p. 786) bēnā verbena. বেনার মূল vertiver, cuscus. বেনাবনে মুক্তো ছড়ানো (fig.) to cast pearls before swine, to scatter seed amidst thorns. 55)

(p. 765) bibācaka censor. বিবাচক-পর্ষদ n. board of censors. বিবাচন n. censorship. 11)

(p. 751) bikṣōbha offended state, mortification, grief; agitation; (pol.) movement provoked by discontent, unrest (গণবিক্ষোভ = popular unrest). ̃কারী a. & n. an agitator, one who agitates; a demonstrator, one who demonstrates. ̃প্রদর্শন n. demonstration, agitation. বিক্ষোভ প্রদর্শন করা v. (pol.) to demonstrate; to agitate; to organize demonstration. 40)

(p. 755) bijitēndrīẏa (of one) who has mastered passions, having control over desires and passions, self-controlled. 22)

(p. 765) bibasbāna the sun or the sungod (cp. Sol.) 9)

(p. 773) bisarga a Bengali spirant or the letter resembling it (ঃ). বিসর্গ-সন্ধি see সন্ধি । 43)

(p. 761) binā except, without, save, but; excluding. 13)

(p. 737) bāgāḍ়mbara grandiloquence; tall talk; verbiage. বাগাড়ম্বর করা v. to speak grandiloquently; to talk big; to brag; to speak verbosely. 6)

(p. 765) bibi a Musalman or European lady; (Mus.) a wife; a foppish and ease-loving woman; (of playing-cards) the queen. a. fem. foppish and easeloving (বিবি বউ). 14)

(p. 721) balgā, balgā the mouthpiece of a bridle, bit; rein. বল্গা আঁটা v. (lit. & fig.) to bit. বল্গা-হরিণ n. the reindeer. ˜হীন a. reinless. 161)

(p. 794) byāpā to spread or extend far and wide; to pervade; to prevail over. 81)

(p. 713) bakāṇḍapratyāśā a hope as vain as the expectation of a heron to obtain an egg of a bull, a vain hope. 39)

(p. 713) baka a species of long-necked white bird, the stork; (cp.) the egret, the heron, the crane; a kind of heronshaped flower. বক দেখানো v. to taunt by cupping one's palms almost in the shape of a heron. ̃ঠুঁটো n. a species of river fish with a long and slender beak. ̃ধার্মিক a. feigning or simulating virtuousness or piety, sanctimonious; hypocritical. ̃বৃত্তি n. feigned virtuousness or piety, sanctimony; hypocrisy, dissimulation. ̃যন্ত্র n. a flask with a long bentback neck used in distillation, a retort, a still; stethoscope. 25)

(p. 738) bāccā, bācchā a young child, an infant; (sl.) a kid; offspring (লোকটা মানুষের বাচ্চা নয়); the young of a beast. a. young, infant (বাচ্চা ছেলে, বাচ্চা কুকুর). বাচ্চাকাচ্চা n. pl. young or infant children, little ones; kiddies. 4)