(p. 126) āśaka a lover, a suitor, a sweetheart. 105)

(p. 99) ākṛṣṭa attracted; charmed, enticed; drawn, pulled; (rare) ploughed, tilled. 31)

(p. 99) āgantuka a visitor; a guest; a caller; a newcomer, a stranger. a. adventitious. 61)

(p. 121) āma1 mucus; cyst; dysentery. ̃বাত n. nettlerash, urticaria. ̃রক্ত n. blood coming out with the stool of a dysentery patient. ̃রোগ n. dysentery. 3)

(p. 102) āṅiẏā, āṅgiẏā a woman's bodice, a bra. 17)

(p. 115) āba an excrescence (usu. spherical) on the skin, a tumour. 74)

(p. 107) ādēkhalā, ādēkhalē inordinately covetous about some object as if he or she has not seen anything like it before; inordinately greedy. ̃পনা n. greediness; indecently or indecorously greedy. 78)

(p. 126) ārṭa art; (loos.) an artistic posture or affectation. 2)

(p. 115) ānbīkṣikī the science and art of reasoning, logic. 19)

(p. 99) ākāra-prakāra appearance and bearing. 11)

(p. 118) ābanṭana allotment. 2)

(p. 118) ābāra again, once more; moreover, and also (গরিব আবার বদখেয়ালি). int. expressing uncertainty or distrust or negation (কালো মেয়ের আবার বিয়ে, গরীবের আবার সুখ, নিত্য-ভিখারিকে কী আবার দেবে). 26)

(p. 123) āraba2 an Arab, an Arabian; the Arabian nation, the Arabs. আরবি a. Arabian. n. the language of Arabia, Arabic; an Arabian; an Arab; the Arabs. আরবি গঁদ gum arabic. 37)

(p. 126) ālōka light; a beam, a ray; effulgence; lustre, splendour; a flash of light. ̃গৃহ n. a lighthouse. ̃চিত্র n. a photograph; photography. ̃চিত্রকর n. a photographer. ̃চিত্রবিদ্যা n. photography. ̃চ্ছটা n. a flash of light. ̃তড়িত্ n. photo-electricity. ̃তাড়িত a. photo-electric. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা n. optics. ̃বিহীন a. lightless; dark; gloomy. ̃ময় a. full of light; flooded with light; lightsome. ̃লতা n. a parasitic creeper. ̃শক্তি n. light as an energy. ̃শূন্য same as আলোকবিহীন । ̃সংকেত n. a beacon. ̃সজ্জা n. decoration of a stage etc. with light; illumination. ̃স্তম্ভ n. a lighthouse. আলোকিত a. lighted, illuminated. আলোকোজ্জ্বল a. illuminated; bright with light; lighted. 83)

(p. 126) ālēẏā ignus fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp; (fig.) delusion. আলেয়ার আলো the light of will-o'-the-wisp; (fig.) a ray of false hope or delusion, golden dreams; insubstantial thing, optical illusion. 80)