(p. 747) bārdhakyatattba, bārdhakyabidyā the study of the problems of old age; gerontology. 10)

(p. 738) bāñchā a desire, a longing; a wish. বাঞ্ছা করা v. to desire or long or wish (for). ̃কল্পতরু n. (myth.) a wishing-tree of heaven; one who grants all desires of supplicants. 35)

(p. 760) bidhura afflicted (বিরহবিধুর); frightened; bewildered; overwhelmed, redolent of, surcharged with (গন্ধবিধুর); beside oneself with (আনন্দবিধুর). fem. বিধুরা । ̃তা n. affliction; fright; bewilderment; overwhelmed state, state of being beside oneself. 14)

(p. 755) bijaḍ়ita intertwined; entangled; involved in; begone (দুঃখবিজড়িত = woebegone); beset with (মেঘবিজড়িত); embarrassed or encumbered or involved (দেনায় বিজড়িত). বিজড়িত করা n. to intertwine; to entangle; to involve (in); to beset (with); to embarrass or encumber (with.). 10)

(p. 721) barga a class, a tribe, a genus, a species (প্রাণীবর্গ); a collection, an aggregate (বন্ধুবর্গ); (math.) the product of a quantity multiplied by itself, square (বর্গমূল); (gr.) any one of the five groups into which Bengali consonantal stops (that is, the letters from ক্ to ম্) are classified (ক্-বর্গ, চ্-বর্গ, ট্-বর্গ, ত্বর্গ, প্-বর্গ); a chapter or section of a book; (theol.) any one of the four principal pursuits of life (see চতুর্বর্গ). ̃ক্ষেত্র n. a square area, a square. ̃ঘন n. (math.) the square of a cube. ̃ফল n. square. ̃মূল n. (math.) the square root. বর্গমূল নির্ণয় করা বা বার করা v. to find the square root of. 81)

(p. 792) bōkā stupid, foolish, silly. n. a stupid or silly person, a dunce, a fool, a simpleton. ̃চন্ডী, ̃রাম a. grossly stupid. n. a grossly stupid person. ̃পাঁঠা n. an over-grown billygoat; (fig.) an utter-fool. ̃মি n. stupidity, foolishness; a folly. 26)

(p. 751) bicāli paddy-straw, paddy-hay. 67)

(p. 748) bāstu a dwelling-place; a dwelling; a dwelling-house; a piece of land on which a dwelling-house stands, a homestead; (also বাস্তুভিটা); a permanent and usually ancestral homestead (also বাস্তুগৃহ); buildings. ̃কর্ম n. building-construction; public works. ̃কার n. a civil engineer. ̃কৃত্যক n. the engineering service. ̃ঘুঘু n. (fig.) a vile person who resides irremovably in a family and brings it to ruin. ̃দেবতা ̃পুরুষ n. the guardian or tutelar deity of a homestead or family. ̃ভিটা n. homestead. ̃সংস্হান n. provision for dwelling. ̃সাপ n. a snake living in a house for a long time and without harming anybody. ̃হারা a. displaced from a homestead. n. a displaced person. 38)

(p. 756) bijñapti a notice, a circular; a bill; a placard; an advertisement or a notification. 5)

(p. 786) bēpathu, bēpana trembling; tremour; quake, shake; shiver; thrill. 62)

(p. 794) byāhata obstructed, prevented; frustrated, foiled. ব্যাহত করা v. to obstruct; to thwart; to prevent; to frustrate; to foil. 106)

(p. 721) barmā Burmah. a. Burmese (বর্মা চুরুট). 116)

(p. 742) bādē except, without (সে বাদে সবাই); after (দুদিন বাদে). adv. afterwards, later on (বাদে এসো = come later). 20)

(p. 782) bēādaba unmannerly; impudent. বেআদবি n. unmannerlines; impudence. 35)

(p. 737) bāṅniṣṭha true to one's word, one who keeps his word or promise. 16)