(p. 121) ābhyudaẏika pertaining to progress or promotion in life; pertaining to or causing well-being; causing prosperity. n. a ceremony performed on the eve of wedding etc. praying to the spirits of one's forefathers to bless the present occasion. 2)

(p. 114) ānamra gentle, courteous, polite; slightly bent or stooping. 12)

(p. 126) āla1 the sting of insects etc.; an antenna; sharp point of anything such as the barb of an arrow; an awl; (fig.) prick (কথার আল). 20)

(p. 107) ādālata a court of justice. আদালতি a. pertaining or relating to a court of justice; judicial. 65)

(p. 104) āṭakānō to confine; to obstruct, to impede; to restrain, to check; to prevent; to detain; to imprison; to fix (দেওয়ালে পেরেক আটকানো). a. confined; obstructed; impeded; restrained, checked; prevented; detained; affixed. 46)

(p. 99) ākāra-parimāpa contour survey. 10)

(p. 104) āchi (sing.) am; (pl.) are. 13)

(p. 106) āṭāttara seventy-eight. 2)

(p. 118) ābṛtta read or studied over and over again; repeated; recited; that which has returned or recurred; revolved; (esp. in arith.) recurring. ̃চক্ষু a. one who has turned one's eyes inwards; introspective. আবৃত্ত দশমিক (airth.) recurring decimal. আবৃত্তি n. reading or studying over and over again; repetition; recital, recitation; return, recurrence; revolving or being revolved, revolution. আবৃত্তি করা v. to read or study over and over again; to repeat; to recite; to return; to recur; to revolve. 39)

(p. 126) āśrama a hermitage; a residence (usu. a small one), a cottage (পুণ্যাশ্রম); an asylum or refuge (আতুরাশ্রম, অনাথাশ্রম); a residential institution (esp. an educational or religious one) (বিদ্যাশ্রম); a stage of life (গার্হস্হ্যাশ্রম). ̃ধর্ম n. duties or rites to be performed by inmates of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; duties to be performed in each of the stages of life. ̃বাসী a. & n. one who lives in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution. fem. ˜বাসিনী । ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. fallen from one's religious order. আশ্রমিক, আশ্রমী a. of or living in a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution, or pertaining to the life in it; adopting any of the stages of life. n. an inmate of a hermitage or asylum or refuge or residential institution; one in any of the stages of life. 126)

(p. 126) ālajihbā, ālajibha, ālajiba the uvula, the epiglottis. 30)

(p. 126) ālaṭākarā the uvula, the epiglottis. 32)

(p. 126) ālō-chāẏā a mixture of light and shade, chiaroscuro. আলো-ছায়ার খেলা light-and-shade play. 93)

(p. 102) ācarita practised, observed, followed, obeyed; treated; habitual. 31)

(p. 107) āḍḍā a dwelling-place, a habitat; a haunt; a (fixed or permanent) meetingplace, a rendezvous; a place or institution for practising anything (গানের আ়ড্ডা); a club; a company of informal and friendly talkers, their meetingplace or talk; a place for assemblage, a station or stand (গাড়ির আ়ড্ডা). আড্ডা গাড়া v. to take up abode (usu. permanently) to settle. আড্ডা দেওয়া, আড্ডা মারা v. to join in an assembly of idle talkers; to indulge in informal and friendly talk with others. ̃ধারী n. the keeper or the chief person of a club; a regular clubgoer. ̃বাজ a. fond of indulging in idle talk with others or of haunting clubs where such talk is indulged in. 3)