(p. 863) mālabhūmi plateau, a table-land. 11)

(p. 885) maurbī a bowstring (esp. one made of the bowstring hemp). 14)

(p. 844) mala2 filth; soil; liquid filth or soil; any morbid secretion from the body; faeces, excrement, stool, (of inferior creatures) dung; a stain, a sullying mark, tarnish; a stigma; gloom, melancholy, angularity, crookedness (চিত্তমল); rust; verdigris; a sin, a vice. মলত্যাগ করা v. (of human beings) to ease oneself, to evacuate the bowel, to defecate, to pass stool, to stool; (of inferior creatures) to void excrement, to dung. ̃দূষিত a. fouled, filthy, foul. ̃দ্বার n. the anus. মলনালী n. the rectum. ̃বাহী a. carrying filth and soil (মলবাহী নালা); carrying stool or excrement (মলবাহী অন্ত্র). ̃ভান্ড n. the large intestine, the colon. ̃ময় a. full of dirt and filth. ̃যুক্ত a. soiled, dirty. ̃শোধনাশয় n. a septic tank. মলাধার n. the colon, the large intestine; the container for faeces or excrement. মলাশয় n. the colon; the large intestine. 11)

(p. 851) mahōtsaba a solemn of grand festival; a grand gala; a great communion of Vaishnavas singing kirtan (কীর্তন) songs and eating together. 5)

(p. 882) mōcaḍ় a contortion; a wring, a twist, a wriggle; a wrench; (fig.) constraint, pressure. মোচড় দেওয়া v. to contort; to wring, to twist, to wriggle; to wrench; (fig.) to constrain, to put (undue) pressure. মোচড়ানো v. to twist; to contort; to wring; to wriggle. মোচড়া-মুচড়ি n. repeated contortion or wringing or twisting or wriggling or wrenching; (fig.) persistent solicitation or higgling. মোচড়ামুচড়ি করা v. to contort or wring or twist or wriggle or wrench; (fig.) to solicit or higgle persistently. 9)

(p. 872) mudi a grocer. ̃খানা n. a grocer's shop. 45)

(p. 831) manasbī endowed with mental calm or peace; magnanimous, large-minded, large-hearted; great-hearted; (loos.) possessing sharp intellect. fem. মনস্বিনী । মনস্বিতা n. possession of mental calm or peace; magnanimity, large-mindedness; (loos.) possession of sharp intellect; sharpwittedness. 75)

(p. 874) muni a sage practising ascetical meditation (usu. in solitude), a hermit; a sage or an ascetic. মুনির আশ্রম a hermitage. ̃বাক্য n. saying or utterance of a sage. নানা মুনির নানা মত many men many minds, sages differ. 11)

(p. 886) mlēccha a non-Aryan tribe of ancient India; a member of this tribe; a Greek settler of India; (loos. but pop.) a non-Hindu; the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). a. nonHindu or anti-Hindu; wicked, sinful, given to unscriptural practices. ̃দেশ n. the part of India inhabited by the ancient Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ). ম্লেচ্ছাচার n. the customs and practices of Mlechchhas (ম্লেচ্ছ); non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil customs and practices. ম্লেচ্ছাচারী a. adopting the customs and practices of Mlechchhas; given to non-Hindu or unscriptural or evil practices.

(p. 885) maulika pertaining to or originating from the root, radical; primitive, aboriginal; fundamental, basic, primary (মৌলিক নীতি বা শিক্ষা); prime (মৌলিক সংখ্যা); original (মৌলিক রচনা বা চিন্তা); (sc.) elementary; a Hindu surname. মৌলিক পদার্থ (sc.) an element. মৌলিক সংখ্যা (math.) a prime number. ̃তা n. originality. 20)

(p. 830) majjā marrow, bone-marrow; pith; (physio.) core. ̃গত a. pertaining to marrow; inherent or inveterate. ̃গহ্বর n. a pith cavity. 6)

(p. 874) murida (Mus.) a devout person. 28)

(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. 874) muhuri2 a clerk or scrivener. ̃গিরি n. clerkship. 48)

(p. 831) madāndha blind with vanity. 36)