(p. 786) bēttā (used as a sfx.) versed in. 13)

(p. 721) bāica, bāicakhēlā a boat-race, a regatta. 236)

(p. 767) bimarda, bimardana pressing; grinding; rubbing; crushing; destroying or killing; routing. বিমর্দন করা v. to press; to grind; to rub; to crush, to destroy, to kill; to rout. বিমর্দিত a. pressed; ground; rubbed; crushed, destroyed, killed; routed. 21)

(p. 743) bāpaka one who causes to sow or weave; a sower; a weaver. 20)

(p. 794) byakti a person (usu. masc.) a man; (phil.) an invidual or individuality; manifestation. ̃ক, ̃গত a. (both masc. & fem.) personal, private; individual. ব্যক্তিগত জামিন personal security. ̃তন্ত্র, ̃বাদ n. (pol.) individualism. ̃তা n. individuality. ̃তান্ত্রিক a. individualistic. ব্যক্তিত্ব n. personality. ব্যক্তিত্বব্যঞ্জক a. expressing or indicating personality. ব্যক্তিত্বশালী a. having personality or individuality. ̃বাদী a. individualistic. n. an individualist. ̃স্বাধীনতা n. individualism. 17)

(p. 721) bandhuli a variety of crimson flower or its plant. 11)

(p. 713) b the twenty-third letter of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 747) bāli sand; gravel; grit. বালি ধরানো v. (in building construction) to plaster. ̃পূর্ণ, ̃ময় a. sandy; full of sand. বালির বাঁধ (fig.) an ineffectual action or measure (বালির বাঁধ দিয়ে দুঃখ ঠেকানো); (fig.) a transitory object, a deceptive foundation ('বড়র পীরিতি বালির বাঁধ').বালির প্রাসাদ (fig.) a house of cards; a very transitory or deceptive foundation. 26)

(p. 738) bājimāta (in chess) checkmate; complete victory or triumph in a game or anything. 27)

(p. 792) bōtala a bottle. বোতলে ভরা, বোতলে পোরা v. to bottle. 35)

(p. 715) bagā (sarcas. or dero.) the egret, the heron, the crane; anything as unshapely as the egret (কাগাবগা) 17)

(p. 790) bēhudā unjust; unnecessary, useless. adv. unjustly; unnecessarily, uselessly, for nothing. 18)

(p. 790) baidēha of Bideha (বিদেহ) or Mithila (মিথিলা), a province of ancient India. বৈদেহী a. fem. of বৈদেহ । n. Sita (সীতা) of the Ramayana. 43)

(p. 781) buddhi understanding; discernment, judgment; gumption; sagacity; intelligence; intellect; talent; counsel, advice; a device or scheme; propensity, tendency (পাপবুদ্ধি). বুদ্ধি করা v. to plan, to scheme; to consult or confer with. বুদ্ধি খাটানো v. to apply tact and ingenuity, to have recourse to a contrivance. বুদ্ধি দেওয়া v. to advise, to counsel. বুদ্ধি নেওয়া v. to take counsel or advice of. বুদ্ধি হারানো v. to be at one's wit's end; to lose one's senses; to become rash or injudicious. বুদ্ধির ঢেঁকি (fig.) an utterly foolish or stupid person, a dunce. ̃গম্য a. comprehensible; intelligible; conceivable. ̃জীবী a. earning one's livelihood by means of one's intellect; (loos.) intellectual. n. an intellectual. বুদ্ধিজীবী সম্প্রদায় the intelligentsia. ̃দাতা n. an adviser, a counsellor. fem. ̃দাত্রী । ̃নাশ same as ̃ভ্রংশ ̃বিকাশ n. growth of intelligence or understanding. ̃বৃত্তি n. the faculty of understanding, intellect; sense, wit; reasoning, discernmeat, judgment. ̃বৃত্তিমূলক a. intellectual; rational. ̃ভ্রংশ n. loss or impairment of intellect, mental unhingement; folly; bewilderment; mental distraction; loss or corruption of senses. ̃ভ্রষ্ট a. mentally unhinged; one with intellect impaired; bewildered; mentally distracted; out of one's senses; foolish, stupid. ̃মতী fem. of বুদ্ধিমান । ̃মত্তা n. intellectuality; intelligence; talent; sagacity. ̃মান a. intelligent; talented; sagacious; shrewd; intellectual. ̃হীন a. unintelligent; stupid, foolish. fem. ̃হীনা । ̃হীনতা n. stupidity, foolishness; a folly. বুদ্ধীন্দ্রিয় n. the organ of cognition, the mind, a sense-organ. 3)

(p. 743) bāẏēna a player on a musical instrument of percussion. 56)