(p. 927) lu a very hot wave of summer wind that blows sometimes in a tropical region or in a desert; simoom. 50)

(p. 933) lōhā iron. লোহার কারখানা an iron foundry; a smithy. লোহার জিনিস hardware. আকরিক লোহা iron-ore. ঢালাই লোহা cast iron. নরম লোহা soft iron, pig-iron. পেটা লোহা wrought iron. ̃চুর n. iron filings; pulverized iron, iron dust; iron rust. ̃র n. a blacksmith. ̃লক্কড় n. iron and wood and similar substances and things made of them. 14)

(p. 922) lalita beautitful, pleasant, charming; (of speech) suave, bland. n. dance or artistic gestures of women; pleasure and enjoyment; an Indian musical mode. ̃কলা n. (collec.) fine arts; (distr.) any branch of fine arts. fem. a. ললিতা । 68)

(p. 927) lōkāẏata secular (লোকায়ত সরকার). 110)

(p. 927) lālana act of bringing up carefully; carefully rearing or tending; fond cherishing (আশা-লালন). লালন করা v. to bring up carefully; to rear or tend carefully; to cherish fondly. লালন-পালন করা v. to nourish and bring up; to rear. 22)

(p. 922) lāina a line; a system (কাজের লাইন). লাইন দেওয়া, লাইন বাঁধা v. to line up, to stand in a queue, to queue up. লাইন-বাঁধা a. lined-up. 80)

(p. 927) lēkhā to write; to compose (as a book); to write; to draw or describe or trace. n. same as লিখন a. written; composed; drawn or traced. ̃জোখা n. accounts. ̃নো v. to cause to write or compose or write to or draw or trace; to teach one how to write. ̃পড়া n. reading and writing; education; studies; an agreement in black and white; a legally registered agreement. লেখাপড়া করা v. to read and write; to receive education; to study; to enter into or draw up a written agreement; to execute a legally registered agreement. লেখালিখি করা v. to write (repeatedly) to one another; to send in repeated correspondence; to do some writing; to make repeated representation in writing. 74)

(p. 922) lasikā lymph. ̃তন্তুবৃদ্ধি n. lymphatic growth. ̃য়নী a. lymphatic. 71)

(p. 927) lāṭa1 a parcel of land (chiefly agricultural) marked out for administrative purpose or a set of things offered together for sale, a lot. ̃বন্দি a. divided into lots. 5)

(p. 922) lajjhaḍ় good-for-nothing (লজ্ঝড় লোক); worthless, trashy (লজ্ঝড় জিনিস); broken and unserviceable; unwieldy, unmanageable, troublesome (লজ্ঝড় বোঝা বা কাজ). 22)

(p. 927) lāṭhi a stick, a staff. ̃খেলা n. an exhibition fight with sticks. লাঠি খেলা v. to fight with sticks as an exhibition; to practise fighting with sticks. ̃পেটা করা v. to beat or belabour with a stick. ̃বাজি করা v. to fight or persecute with sticks. ̃য়াল n. a (skilled) figther with sticks. ̃য়ালি n. skill in, or the profession of, fighting with sticks. 12)

(p. 927) lēkhikā of লেখক । 75)

(p. 921) l the twenty-eighth consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 927) lōkācāra a popular practice, a custom, a usage; customs and usages collectively. লোকাচারের বিরুদ্ধে a. contrary to popular practice, opposed to prevailing custom or usage. 105)

(p. 933) lyāṇḍ়ā1 an excellent species of mango. 22)