(p. 879) mēdura plesantly soft or smooth; glib, unctuous; verdant, green. 28)

(p. 879) mēlānō2 (pron. ম্যালানো) to cause to open or spread out. 49)

(p. 874) muṣṭi cupped palm of the hand; a handful; a fist; a handle, a haft, a hilt; firm hold, grip. ̃গত a. gripped; firmly held or controlled; clenched. ̃প্রহার same as মুষ্ট্যাঘাত । ̃বদ্ধ a. having a hand or hands closed or clenched; (of a hand) closed or clenched. ̃ভিক্ষা n. a handful of rice or other cereals given in charity. ̃মেয় a. only a handful of, a little or a few. ̃যুদ্ধ n. boxing; buffeting. মুষ্টিযুদ্ধ করা v. to engage in a boxing contest. ̃যোগ n. a quack remedy or medicine. ̃যোদ্ধা n. a boxer, a pugilist. মুষ্ট্যাঘাত n. a fisticuff, a box, a buffet. মুষ্ট্যাঘাত করা v. to box, to buffet. 40)

(p. 878) mṛt earth, clay. ̃কাণ্ডজ n. (bot.) a radical leaf. মৃত্ক্ষয় রোধ n. prevention of soil erosion. ̃পাত্র n. an earthen pot or vessel, an earthenware. ̃পিণ্ড n. a lump of clay or earth, a clod of earth. ̃শিল্প n. the potter's art, pottery; clay-modelling. ̃সংরক্ষণ n. soil-conservation. 4)

(p. 831) mathana churning; stirring; trampling; routing; crushing. মথন করা v. to churn, to stir; to trample; to rout, to crush. 30)

(p. 866) mithyā a lie; falsehood, untruth. a. untrue, false; imaginary, fanciful; got-up (মিথ্যা মামলা); baseless, unsubstantial (মিথ্যা ভয়); causeless, unprovoked (মিথ্যা রাগ); affected or feigned (মিথ্যা ঘুম); futile, vain (মিথ্যা চেষ্টা); useless, bootless (মিথ্যা কাজ). adv. for nothing; in vain. মিথ্যা কথা a lie. মিথ্যা কথা বলা to tell a lie. ̃চরণ, ̃চার n. treacherous behaviour, false play, falsehood; treachery, pretension, dissimulation, hypocrisy. ̃চারী a. behaving treacherously, given to false play; pretentious, dissimulating, hypocritical. fem. ̃চারিণী । ̃জ্ঞান, মিথ্যা ধারণা n. a false or wrong notion or impression or idea. মিথ্যাপবাদ n. false blame or aspersion or calumny; a scandal. ̃বর্ণন n. misrepresentation; a false account. ̃বাক্য n. a lie. ̃বাদ, ̃ভাষণ n. a lie; untruthfulness. ̃বাদিতা, ̃ভাষিতা n. untruthfulness. ̃বাদী, ̃ভাষী a. untruthful, lying. n. a liar. fem. ̃বাদিনী, ̃ভাষিণী । ̃সাক্ষী n. a false witness; a tutored witness; a perjurer. ̃সাক্ষ্য n. false witness; tutored witness; perjury. মিথ্যাসাক্ষ্য দেওয়া v. to give false evidence; to bear false witness to; to perjure. মিথ্যার জাহাজ বা ঝুড়ি a ship (or ship-load) or basket of lies; (fig.) one given to telling innumerable lies unscrupulously. মিথ্যার তোড় বা স্রোত a spate of lies. 10)

(p. 831) mata2 an opinion, a view; consent; a theory; a doctrine, an ism; a tenet; a creed, a religion; a method, a principle; a mode or means. মত করা v. to agree (to); to intend. মতো করানো v. to persuade. মত দেওয়া v. to consent to, to agree to; to give one's consent; to acquiesce; to pass one's opinion, to opine. মত নেওয়া v. to take or invite one's consent or opinion. মত পাওয়া v. to obtain one's consent or approval. নানা মুনির নানা মত (fig.) many minds many views; no two wise men agree. যত মত তত পথ as many tenets, as many ways to salvation. ̃দান n. giving one's opinion or consent; expressing one's views; casting one's vote. ̃দ্বৈধ same as ̃বিরোধ । ̃পরিবর্তন n. change of opinion. ̃পার্থক্য n. difference of opinion or views. ̃বাদ n. a theory; a doctrine; a tenet. ̃বাদী a. adhering to a particular theory or doctrine or tenet. ̃বিরোধ, ̃ভেদ, মতানৈক্য n. difference of opinion; disagreement; dissension. মতান্তর n. difference of opinion, dissension; a different or contrary opinion or view or doctrine or theory. মতান্তরে adv. in or according to another view. মতাবলম্বন করা v. to accept or adhere to or profess an opinion or view or doctrine or theory or tenet or religion. মতাবলম্বী a. & n. one who accepts or adheres to or follows or professes a particular opinion or view or doctrine or theory or religion. fem. মতাবলম্বিনী । মতামত n. views for and against. 18)

(p. 838) manōnibēśa (earnest) application of the mind; (close) attention. মনোনিবেশ করা v. to apply one's mind (earnestly or closely) to; to pay close attention to; to employ oneself intently or diligently in. 15)

(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. 830) mañjuṣā a box, a chest, a casket. 18)

(p. 831) manamarā down-hearted, morose, lowspirited, vapoury, (sl.) browned off; dejected, melancholy. 66)

(p. 844) mardita trampled; thrashed; pounded, ground; kneaded; massaged; subdued. মর্দিত করা same as মর্দন করা । 2)

(p. 852) mākhā to smear, to dab, to daub, to coat -(রং মাখা); to knead (ময়দা মাখা); to mix with spices etc. in order to make something ready for cooking, to lard মাংস মাখা; to mix with curry etc. to make something ready for eating, (cp.) to sauce (ভাত মাখা). মাখানো v. to cause to smear or dab or coat or knead or lard. ̃মাখি n. mutual or repeated smearing রং মাখামাখি; frequent social communication, intimacy, act of mixing freely with, close association (পুলিশের সঙ্গে মাখামাখি). মাখামাখি করা v. to smear mutually or repeatedly, to indulge in frequent social communication with, to form an intimacy with, to mix freely with. 6)

(p. 879) mēlā3 to open (চোখ মেলা); to spread out (রোদে কাপড় মেলা). 47)

(p. 843) marāmāsa dandruff, scurf. 6)