(p. 721) balē says; speaks; talks. adv. & conj. because, as, on the plea of, owing to (মা বকেছেন বলে খাবে না?). □ adv. shortly, presently (বৃষ্টি এল বলে). 159)

(p. 721) bā2 or adv. possibly, perhaps (হবেও বা); alternatively (তুমিই বা গেলে); used to emphasize a question (হবেই বা না কেন ?). 232)

(p. 765) bibarṇa discoloured; pale; wan; glum. fem. বিবর্ণা । ̃তা n. discoloration; paleness; wanness; glumness. 2)

(p. 721) bāi1 a title affixed to the names of Marathi or Rajput women. 233)

(p. 794) byārāma a disease, an ailment, a malady. 98)

(p. 765) bibudha a learned man; a deity. 19)

(p. 721) bāi2 neurosis; a mania (শুচিবাই); a strong hobby, a crotchet, a craze (খেলা দেখার বাই). 234)

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

(p. 747) bārdhaka superannuation. 8)

(p. 767) birūpa ugly-looking, ugly; adverse, unfavourable; displeased. বিরূপ প্রণালী (log.) the method of difference. ̃তা n. ugliness; adverseness, disfavour; displeasure. 65)

(p. 761) biplaba a radical and very quick change, a revolution; a revolt, a rebellion, an insurrection; an upheaval, an uprising; a terrible disturbance. অন্তর্বিপ্লব n. an internal strife; a civil war. প্রতিবিপ্লব n. a counter-revolution. বিপ্লব ঘটানো v. to cause or bring about a revolution; to revolutionize (বিজ্ঞানজগতে বিপ্লব ঘটানো). ̃পন্হী a. revolutionary. n. a revolutionary. ̃বাদ n. revolutionism. ̃বাদী a. revolutionary. n. a revolutionist. বিপ্লবাত্মক a. revolutionary. বিপ্লবী a. revolutionary. n. a revolutionary, a revolutionist. 75)

(p. 761) bibarjana abandonment, renunciation, rejection; quitting. 87)

(p. 794) bōmbāi Bombay. a. grown or produced in Bombay (বোম্বাই ছিট); largeshaped (বোম্বাই আখ); of a superior quality (বোম্বাই আম). 2)

(p. 792) bōḍ়ā a kind of venomous snake; the viper. 34)

(p. 743) bāẏanā2 earnest money. বায়না করা v. to deposit or advance earnest money. 50)