(p. 846) mastaka (high. & for.) the head; the cranium, the skull, the brain; the top, the summit, the crest (হিমালয়ের মস্তক); the topmost or foremost position (মন্ত্রিসভার মস্তকে ছিলেন জওহরলাল). মস্তক ছেদন করা v. to decapitate, to behead; to truncate. ̃চ্যুত a. fallen from or slipped off the head or top. ̃বিশিষ্ট a. having a head, cephalous; headed (বহুমস্তকবিশিষ্ট = hydraheaded). ̃ব্যবচ্ছেদ n. cephalotomy. ̃সংক্রান্ত a. cephalic. ̃হীন, ̃শূন্য a. headless; acephalous; truncated. ̃শূল n. headache, migraine. মস্তকাবরণ n. a covering for the head; a head-dress; a turban; a helmet; a cap; a veil. মস্তকাভরণ n. an ornament for the head. মস্তকোপরি adv. on or over the head. মস্তকোর্ধ্বে adv. over the head, overhead.

(p. 864) māluma feeling, perception, sensation. মালুম করা বা পাওয়া v. to feel, to perceive, to sense. মালুম হওয়া v. to be felt or perceived or sensed. 6)

(p. 865) miṭāra2 a unit of measuring length, a metre. 11)

(p. 885) mauli a crown, diadem; the head or forehead; hair done in a bun on the crown of the head. 19)

(p. 863) mālañca a flower-garden. 8)

(p. 828) makhamala velvet. মখমলি a. made of velvet; velvety (মখমলি আকাশ) 20)

(p. 846) masūrikā, masūrī small-pox, variola. 17)

(p. 864) māsamāinē monthly wages; a monthly salary. 20)

(p. 830) maṭakā a coarse variety of tusser; the topmost (and also central) part of the surface of a thatched roof (cp. loft); feigned sleep; a large earthen barrel or cask. মটকা মারা v. to close up or block the opening at the centre of a thatched roof; to pretend sleep, to pretend to be sleeping. 20)

(p. 867) mukula a bud, a blossom. মুকুলা v. (poet.) to bud, to blossom, to effloresce, to flower; (of flowers) to bloom, to blow; (fig.) to become manifest, to be in bloom. মুকুলাবরণ n. (bot.) a bud-scale. মুকুলিত a. budded, blossoming, efforescent, flowering; blooming; (fig.) manifested, in bloom. fem. মুকুলিতা । মুকুলোদগম n. blossoming, budding. 39)

(p. 874) muni a sage practising ascetical meditation (usu. in solitude), a hermit; a sage or an ascetic. মুনির আশ্রম a hermitage. ̃বাক্য n. saying or utterance of a sage. নানা মুনির নানা মত many men many minds, sages differ. 11)

(p. 852) māna2 honour, respect; cordial reception; fame; dignity; pride; (dero.) vanity. মান দেওয়া v. to treat with honour or deference. মান রাখা v. to do honour to, to respect, to heed; to do the honours (to); to save one's face. 93)

(p. 874) muṣala a mallet, a club; a rammer; a pestle (esp. of a husking-tree which is operated in the seesaw manner or of a mortar). ̃ধারা n. torrential downpour. মুষলধারে বৃষ্টি পড়া to rain cats and dogs, to rain in torrents. 38)

(p. 844) malāṭa a cover of a book, a back (cp. paper-back); a jacket of a book. 19)

(p. 851) mahauṣadhi any phosphorescent shrub or creeper; the common grass, (cp.) the bent grass; any plant having high medicinal quality. 12)