(p. 747) bārtā news, information; a message; a report; a dispatch. ̃জীবী n. a journalist. 5)

(p. 785) bēḍ়ājāla a kind of fishing net that brings the fish within an enclosure. 23)

(p. 721) balana2 growth; increase; (bot.) nutation. 134)

(p. 765) bibhāga division; partition: apportionment; distribution; a division (of a country etc.); a part, a portion, a section; department (বিচারবিভাগ). বিভাগ করা v. to divide; to partition; to apportion; to distribute. বিভাগী a. fissile. বিভাগী-ছত্রাক n. a fission fungus. বিভাগীশৈবাল n. a fission alga. বিভাগীয় a. divisional, sectional; departmental (বিভাগীয় কর্তা = the departmental head, বিভাগীয় বিপণি = a departmental store). 35)

(p. 715) bakra bent, curved, tortuous; oblique; squint: crooked; (chiefly astrol.) antipatheitc. n. a bend, a turn. ̃গতি a. having a curved or sinuous or tortuous motion. ̃গামী a. curvedly or sinuously or tortuously moving crooked. ̃চ্ছেদ n. (geom.) an oblique section. ̃তা n. curvedness; sinuosity; obliqueness; squintness; curvature; crookedness. (chiefly astrol.) antipathy. বক্রতাকেন্দ্র n. (phys.) a centre of curvature. ̃দৃষ্টি a. squint-eyed, cock-eyed; looking askance; squinting. ̃নাস a. having a curved or aquiline nose. ̃পৃষ্ঠ a. convex; arch-backed. ̃রেখা n. curved line, a curve. ̃শিরাল a. (bot.) curviveined. ̃সংঘাত n. (mech.) an oblique impact. বক্রাংশুরেখা n. (phys.) a caustic curve. বক্রাংশুস্পর্শ n. (phys.) causticity. 5)

(p. 743) bābu a title affixed to the name of a gentleman, Mr (হরিবাবু); a clerk (হেড অফিসের বড়বাবু); a Baboo, a babu; a male member of a family (ঘোষেদের মেজোবাবু); a proprietor; a master, an employer; an officer; a landlord; (in endearment) a husband, a father, a son, a junior person; a gentleman; a fop, a dandy. a. given to luxury; dainty, fastidious; foppish; lazy. বাবু চাকর a dandy of a servant; a dainty servant; a lazy servant. ̃গিরি, ̃য়ানা n. indulgence in luxury; daintiness, fastidiousness, foppishness, foppery, dandyism. ̃জি, ̃মশাই n. a respectful term for addressing a man. 36)

(p. 761) binōda act of making pleasant; pleasure; pleasant sport or diversion. a. pleasant; beautiful; good-looking. বিনোদন n. making pleasant; act of giving pleasure, entertainment or gratification (চিত্তবিনোদন); removal, relaxation (শ্রমবিনেদন). বিনোদনমূলক a. entertaining, relating to entertainment. বিনোদিত a. made pleasant; entertained or gratified. বিনোদিয়া a. (obs. & poet.) pleasant, charming, beautiful. বিনোদী a. making pleasant; pleasurable, pleasant; entertaining or gratifying. বিনোদিনী a. fem. of বিনোদী beautiful, pleasant; n. Shriradhika. 40)

(p. 761) bipatti a danger, a hazard; a trouble; a disaster; a mishap; adversity; a sharp turn in one's affairs. ̃কর a. causing danger or trouble or disaster or adversity. ̃নাশন a. remedying or counteracting dangers or troubles or disaster or adversity. 52)

(p. 790) baikṛta perverted. ̃কাম n. a sex pervert; (psy.) a pervert. 24)

(p. 721) bāisikala, bāisikēla, bāisāikēla a bicyle, a cycle. বাইসিকলে চড়া v. to ride a bicycle. বাইসিকলে চড়ে যাওয়া v. to cycle. বাইসিকল-আরোহী n. a cyclist. 243)

(p. 755) bijali, bijalī lightning; electricity. ̃তার n. electric wire. ̃পাখা n. an electric fan. ̃বাতি n. an electric light or lamp. 15)

(p. 748) bāsanā2 desire, longing; wish; intention. বাসনা করা বা হওয়া v. to desire, to long (for); to wish; to intend. ̃কুল a. seized or overwhelmed with passion or desire. 16)

(p. 742) bādā an extensive marsh or fen; a wooded region. 7)

(p. 785) bējita worried, anxious (cp. উদ্বেজিত). 13)

(p. 794) byāsa a diameter or its measure; width, breadth; expanse; Vyasa, the author of the Mahabharata. ̃কুট n. any one of the obscure passages of Vyasa's (ব্যাস) writings; an obscure composition. ̃বাক্য n. (gr.) formal words used in expounding a compound word. ব্যাসার্ধ n. a radius (pl.: radii). 103)