(p. 851) māipōṣa a sucking-bottle, a feedingbottle. 19)

(p. 882) mōddā chief, main, gross. adv. on the whole, after all, in short (মোদ্দা যাওয়া চাই ।) con. but (যাই করা, মোদ্দা চাকরি ছেড়ো না) । মোদ্দা কথা the long and the short (of it), the sum and substance; the chief thing. 29)

(p. 852) mātana maddened state; act of running amuck; frenzy; madness; (of elephants etc.) must; state of being beside oneself; absorption; feverish enthusiasm; excitement; revelry; a revel-rout; fermentation. 52)

(p. 831) maṭāt same as মট্ । 2)

(p. 852) mādṛśa like me; like myself. fem. মাদৃশী । 79)

(p. 852) māta2 (in chess) checkmating; act of defeating thoroughly (প্রতিপক্ষকে মাত করা); act of winning outright (বাজি মাত করা). a. checkmated; completely defeated. মাত করা v. to checkmate; to defeat thoroughly; to win outright. 49)

(p. 847) mastiṣka the encephalon; matter within the encephalon, brains; intellect, intelligence, brain. মস্তিষ্ক খাটানো v. to apply or tax one's brains. মস্তিষ্ক বিকৃত করা v. to drive crazy, to madden, to run crazy, to go mad; to puzzle or be puzzled; to irritate or fret; to derange one's brains. মস্তিষ্কের কাজ n. the function of the brain; an intellectual work, a brainy job. মস্তিষ্ক আলোড়ন করা v. to rack one's brains. মস্তিষ্ক চালানো same as মস্তিষ্ক খাটানো । ̃প্রদাহ n. brain-fever, cephalitis, cerebritis. ̃বিকৃতি n. mental derangement, insanity; brain-sickness; (pop.) loss of understanding or intelligence, folly, (cp.) brain-storm. মস্তিষ্কবিজ্ঞান n. cerebrology. মস্তিষ্কবিজ্ঞানী n. a cerebrologist. মস্তিষ্কশূন্য, মস্তিষ্কহীন a. lacking in intelligence, slow in understanding, dull-headed; stupid. 3)

(p. 843) marīci a ray, a beam. ̃কা n. a mirage; (fig.) an illusion. ̃মালী n. one wearing a garland of rays; the sun. 12)

(p. 879) mēlā3 to open (চোখ মেলা); to spread out (রোদে কাপড় মেলা). 47)

(p. 831) maḍ়ā a dead body, a corpse. মড়া নিয়ে যাওয়া (contemp.) মড়া ফেলা v. to carry a corpse to the crematorium or graveyard. মড়ার উপর খাঁড়ার ঘা দেওয়া v. to strike a man when he is down; to add insult to injury; (cp.) flog a dead horse. ̃খেকো n. a ghoul, a ghost. 6)

(p. 846) masi, masī ink; soot; a dark stain or spot. ̃কার n. one who inks, an inker, (loos.) an inkman. ̃কৃষ্ণ a. black as ink or soot, deep black. ̃চিহ্নিত a. marked with ink; having a dark stain or spot. ̃তুল্য, ̃বত্ a. inky, black as ink; very black. ̃নিন্দিত a. even blacker than ink or soot. ̃ময় a. sooty, smudgy; smudged; inky; very black; extremely dark. ̃মাখা, ̃লিপ্ত a. smeared with ink or soot; very black or dark. ̃লাঞ্ছিত same as ̃নিন্দিত । 13)

(p. 839) manōyōga attention; heed; intentness. মনোযোগ দেওয়া v. to pay attention to; to pay heed to; to apply one's mind or oneself intently to. ̃হীন a. inattentive; heedless. ̃হীনতা n. inattention; inattentiveness; heedlessness. মনোযোগী a. attentive; heedful; intent. মনোযোগিতা n. attentiveness; attention. 5)

(p. 882) mōhinī enchanting, bewitching; charming; infatuating; possession bewitching personal charm. n. fem. (myth.) an exquisitely bewitching figure of a woman assumed by Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) to delude asuras (অসুর); a woman of bewitching beauty or personal charm; witchcraft or sorcery (usu. মোহিনীবিদ্যা); hypnotism, mesmerism (also মোহিনীবিদ্যা). মোহিনী মায়া n. an enchanting illusion. ̃শক্তি n. the power of enchanting or bewitching; hypnotic power. 46)

(p. 885) mauri fennel; aniseed. মৌরির জল n. aqua anetha. 12)

(p. 863) mālāicāki the knee-pan, the knee-cap, the patella. 18)