(p. 828) m the twenty-fifth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 874) murada, murōda ability; power; strength. 24)

(p. 846) mastaka (high. & for.) the head; the cranium, the skull, the brain; the top, the summit, the crest (হিমালয়ের মস্তক); the topmost or foremost position (মন্ত্রিসভার মস্তকে ছিলেন জওহরলাল). মস্তক ছেদন করা v. to decapitate, to behead; to truncate. ̃চ্যুত a. fallen from or slipped off the head or top. ̃বিশিষ্ট a. having a head, cephalous; headed (বহুমস্তকবিশিষ্ট = hydraheaded). ̃ব্যবচ্ছেদ n. cephalotomy. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. cephalic. ̃হীন, ̃শূন্য a. headless; acephalous; truncated. ̃শূল n. headache, migraine. মস্তকাবরণ n. a covering for the head; a head-dress; a turban; a helmet; a cap; a veil. মস্তকাভরণ n. an ornament for the head. মস্তকোপরি adv. on or over the head. মস্তকোর্ধ্বে adv. over the head, overhead.

(p. 872) mukhāpēkṣī dependent upon, hanging on. fem. মুখাপেক্ষিণী । মুখাপেক্ষী হওয়া v. to depend upon, to hang on. মুখাপেক্ষী ব্যক্তি a dependant, a hanger-on. মুখাপেক্ষিতা n. dependence, act of hanging on. 7)

(p. 852) mānānō1 to cause to honour or revere or believe in or regard or count or acknowledge or own or obey or observe or heed or accept or yield to or call on. 121)

(p. 830) maṭakānō to twist (as a finger) or break (as a twig) with a snapping noise. আঙুল মটকানো v. to snap one's finger. 21)

(p. 831) madhyē in the middle, at the centre; in, into, within, inside; in between (ইতিমধ্যে); before the termination or commencement of, by (সপ্তাহমধ্যে, সন্ধ্যার মধ্যে); amidst, in the midst of, amongst or between. adv. some time back (মধ্যে একবার বলেছিলাম). মধ্যে মধ্যে. adv. from time to time, occasionally, now and then; few and far between; sparsely. 53)

(p. 851) māipōṣa a sucking-bottle, a feedingbottle. 19)

(p. 874) munibara a chief hermit; (hon.) a highly respectable sage. 12)

(p. 867) misēsa Mrs. Mistress. 25)

(p. 863) mālā2 a coconut-shell; a coconut-shell cut into the shape of a tumbler. 15)

(p. 847) -mahalā1 having a particular number of self-contained portions or parts of a building (সাতমহলা বাড়ি). 20)

(p. 872) mucaḍ়ānō to contort; to wring, to twist, to wriggle; to wrench. 21)

(p. 847) mahiṣa the buffalo. ̃ধ্বজ, ̃বাহন n. appellations of Yama (যম), the god of death. ̃মর্দিনী n. fem. (myth.) Goddess Durga (দুর্গা) who slew the demon Mahisa (মহিষ); (fig.) a terrible female warrior, (cp.) an amazon; (facet.) a termagant. 31)

(p. 852) māraṇa killing, slaughter; destroying, destruction; an occult rite performed to cause one's death (মারণমন্ত্র); calcination (of metals). মারণাস্ত্র n. a weapon of destruction. মারিত a. killed; destroyed. 153)