(p. 879) mērudaṇḍa the backbone, the spine, the vertebral column; (fig.) strength or firmness of character. ̃হীন a. having no backbone, spineless, invertebrate; (fig.) lacking in strength of character. মেরুদণ্ডহীন প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Invertebrata. মেরুদণ্ডী a. having a backbone or spine, vertebrate. মেরুদণ্ডী প্রাণীবর্গ n. pl. the Vertebrata. 41)

(p. 852) māphika like; conforming to (রুচিমাফিক). 138)

(p. 852) māku a shuttle (of weavers). 3)

(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. 862) mārjita scoured or scrubbed; cleansed; rubbed; polished; freed from sin, fault etc., chastened, absolved; refined (মার্জিত আচরণ, মার্জিত রুচি); elegant, chaste (মার্জিত ভাষা); chiselled or polished (রচনা মার্জিত করা); cultured (মার্জিত বুদ্ধি). মার্জিত করা same as মার্জনা করা । 18)

(p. 885) maucāka a beehive, a honeycomb. 4)

(p. 866) minamina denoting: act of mumbling or speaking faintly or hesitatingly; faintness; weakness; timidity. মিনমিনে a. mumbling or speaking faintly or hesitatingly; faint; weak; faint-hearted. 13)

(p. 831) madhūttha beeswax. ̃বর্তিকা n. wax candle. 46)

(p. 874) muśakila a difficulty, a trouble, a fix; a hitch, a rub. মুশকিল বেধেছে there is a difficulty or trouble or fix or hitch. মুশকিলে পড়া v. to run into a difficulty or trouble or fix. মুশকিল আসান removal of difficulty or trouble. 35)

(p. 838) manōmatō to one's liking or choice, after one's own heart. 26)

(p. 839) manḍā2 poet. form of মন্ডিত করা 13)

(p. 872) mudita2 closed, shut. মুদিত করা v. to close, to shut. 47)

(p. 831) mathita churned; stirred; trampled; routed; crushed. মথিত করা same as মথন করা (see মথন). 32)

(p. 865) mijarāba a kind of thimble (made of wire) used by instrumentalists, (cp.) plectrum. 5)

(p. 852) mādura a mat. ̃কাঠি n. dried stalk of a kind of grass used in weaving mats. 77)