(p. 721) balāka a kind of small goose capable of flying high. fem. বলাকা । বলাকা n. a flight of geese. 138)

(p. 743) bāmana2 a Brahman; a Brahman priest or cook. fem. বামনি । বামন গেল ঘর তো লাঙল তুলে ধর (fig.) when the master is away, servants neglect their work. বামনের গোরু (fig.) a person or a thing that yields maximum benefit at the minimum cost. ̃ঠাকুর n. a Brahman priest or cook. fem. ̃ঠাকরুন a female Brahman cook. বামনাই n. (dero.) practice of a Brahman or an exhibition of this. 41)

(p. 761) binatā2 (myth.) a wife of Kashyap the sage. ̃নন্দন n. a son of Binata (বিনতা); Aruna (অরুণ) the chariotdriver of the Sun-god; Garuda (গরুড়) the prince of birds. 6)

(p. 789) bēśi excess (কমবেশি). a. in excess (বেশি হওয়া); many (বেশি লোক); much (বেশি দুধ). adv. excessively, much (বেশি হাসা). বেশির ভাগ the greater part or portion or number (বেশির ভাগ খাবার বা টাকা); for the most part. বেশির ভাগ লোক the majority; most people. 21)

(p. 756) bitṛṣṇa (ori.) not thirsty; disinterested; callous; averse to, apathetic; disgusted (with). বিতৃষ্ণা n. disinterestedness; callousness; aversion, apathy; disgust. 41)

(p. 782) bṛhat huge, big, large; extensive, vast; tall, high; long, important; complicated, big (বৃহত্ ব্যাপার); magnanimous (বৃহত্ হৃদয়); pompous (বৃহত্ কান্ড). ̃কায় a. big-bodied, gigantic, huge, colossal, bulky. 23)

(p. 794) byāpī (used as a sfx.) extending over, pervading. 87)

(p. 721) bahuḍ়i (obs.) a newly married woman, a childwife. 225)

(p. 792) bōṭē (coll.) a scull. 33)

(p. 781) bṛka the wolf; pancreatin, the pancreatic juice; (loos.) hunger. বৃকোদর n. one with as voracious an appetite as that of a wolf; Bhima of the Mahabharata. 18)

(p. 721) baẏāna2 a narration; a description. 35)

(p. 786) bētāla2 (myth.) a dead body possessed by a ghost. ̃সিদ্ধ a. having absolute domination over a ghost possessing a dead body. 10)

(p. 790) baidyutika electric, electrical; electrically operated. বৈদ্যুতিক বাতি n. an electric lamp or light. 45)

(p. 721) bāgaḍ়ā (coll.) an obstacle, a hindrance, a hitch. বাগড়া দেওয়া v. to create a hitch, to hinder; to make a bottleneck; to take the wind out of one's sails. 292)

(p. 761) bibakṣā desire for saying, intended import. 78)