(p. 872) mukhānō to wait in eager expectation, to crane one's neck in eagerness or expectation. a. having craned one's neck in eagerness or expectation. 5)

(p. 838) manōbṛtti the faculty of the mind; mentality (গোলামি মনোবৃত্তি) 21)

(p. 839) mamatā, mamatba considering a person or thing as one's own; attachment; affection; love; feeling of kinship; (loos.) compassion, pity. ̃পূর্ণ, ̃ময় a. full of attachment; affectionate; loving; (loos.) compassionate, kind. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃হীন a. devoid of attachment or affection, without or deviod of pity or compassion, unkind. fem. ̃হীনা । 41)

(p. 872) muci1 a crucible; a tiny saucer-shaped earthen vessel; a green coconut (recently grown) within which there is no water and no kernel). 23)

(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. 874) musā Moses. 43)

(p. 885) mautāta extreme craving for liquor or drugs at routine hours as felt by inveterate drunkards and drug-addicts; act of drinking wine or taking drugs at routine hours; pleasant stupor caused by drugging or drinking. মৌতাত করা v. to drink wine or take drugs at the fixed hour. মৌতাত ছুটে যাওয়া v. to have one's pleasant drugstupor or besottedness disturbed. মৌতাতের সময় a fixed hour for taking drugs or drinking wine. 8)

(p. 867) mukula a bud, a blossom. মুকুলা v. (poet.) to bud, to blossom, to effloresce, to flower; (of flowers) to bloom, to blow; (fig.) to become manifest, to be in bloom. মুকুলাবরণ n. (bot.) a bud-scale. মুকুলিত a. budded, blossoming, efforescent, flowering; blooming; (fig.) manifested, in bloom. fem. মুকুলিতা । মুকুলোদগম n. blossoming, budding. 39)

(p. 874) muniśa, muniṣa a farm-hand. 14)

(p. 878) mṛdula soft; tender; slow; light, noiseless. fem. মৃদুলা ।

(p. 865) miṭhāi sweetmeat. ̃ওয়ালা n. a confectioner. মিঠাইয়ের দোকান a sweetmeatshop, a confectionary. 15)

(p. 879) mēlā2 a fair (রথের মেলা); a temporary exhibition (স্বদেশী শিল্পমেলা); an assemblage, a concourse (লোকের মেলা); a society (পণ্ডিতের মেলা). 46)

(p. 852) mātrika (used as a sfx.) (gr. & pros.) measured as long or short (দীর্ঘমাত্রিক, লঘুমাত্রিক); (mus.) consisting of a particular number of units of musical measure (ত্রিমাত্রিক তাল). 66)

(p. 879) mēhanata physical or manual labour, toil; (fig.) laborious effort or endeavour. মেহনত করা v. to labour, to toil; (fig.) to work or endeavour laboriously. মেহনতি a. engaged in manual labouring, toiling. 58)

(p. 844) malamala a fine cotton fabric. 14)