(p. 522) drāba act of melting, liquefaction, dissolution or solution. দ্রাবক a. solvent; corrosive. n. a solvent; an acid (গন্ধক দ্রাবক = nitric acid, যবক্ষার দ্রাবক = sulphuric acid). দ্রাবণ n. melting, liquefaction, dissolution or solution. দ্রাবিত a. melted, liquefied, dissolved or solved. 108)

(p. 505) duẏāra a door, a gate. দুয়ারি n. a doorkeeper, a gateman. দুয়ারে বাঁধা হাতি (lit.) keeping or owning an elephant; (fig.) exceptionally affluent or wealthy. 15)

(p. 508) dēḍ়ā one and a half times (of). 123)

(p. 485) daśānana a ten-headed being; one of the names of Ravana of the Ramayana. 75)

(p. 495) dābābōḍ়ē (the game of) chess; a chessboard and chessmen. 16)

(p. 522) dbigu (gr.) a system of forming numerative compounds. 53)

(p. 480) da1 the eighteenth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 522) dōhāi meaning: in the name of, by, upon (ইশ্বরের দোহাই = by God. আমার সম্মানের দোহাই = upon my honour); please (দোহাই মহারাজ = please Your Majesty). n. an appeal for justice or support (রাজার দোহাই); an oath (দোহাই পাড়া ভালো নয়); a pretext or plea or excuse (রোগের দোহাই); a cause (বৃষ্টির দোহাই); swearing by a precedent (অতীতের দোহাই). দোহাই দেওয়া. দোহাই পাড়া v. to appeal to (for justice or support); to put forward as a pretext; to swear; to swear by a precedent. 25)

(p. 492) dāpa pride, vanity, haughtiness; authority, power; prowess; rage; passion. 50)

(p. 485) dampati, dampatī a husband and a wife, a male and a female creature, a couple. 10)

(p. 500) dināndha unable to see during daytime or in daylight, day-blind. n. an owl. 3)

(p. 522) dbaipāẏana one who is born in an island; an appellation of Vyasa ব্যাস the author of the Mahabharata. 71)

(p. 497) diganta the horizon. ̃প্রসারী, ̃বিস্তৃত ̃ব্যাপী a. extending or stretching to or as far as the horizon; extending or stretching endlessly. 22)

(p. 522) dbandba a quarrel, a dispute; a conflict; a strife; a fight; a duel; a competition; rivalry; a pair, a couple; a pair of two opposite things; (gr.) a copulative compound joining together two or more words or equal grammatical status (চখাচখী, স্বর্গ-মর্ত্য-পাতাল). দ্বন্দ্ব করা v. to quarrel (with); to fight (with); to compete or rival or vie (with). ̃প্রিয় a. quarrelsome; fond of fighting duels, pugnacious. ̃প্রিয়তা n. quarrelsomeness; pugnacity. ̃যুদ্ধ n. a single combat, a duel. ̃যোদ্ধা n. a duelist. দ্বন্দ্বাতীত a. (phil.) transcending all feelings of conflict or opposition; beyond controversy. দ্বন্দ্বী a. quarrelling; conflicting; fighting (with or against); duelling; competing, vying, rivalling. 39)

(p. 500) dīpālōka lamplight. দীপালোকিত a. illuminated with lamplight. 34)