Bitted :: Bitted (imp. & p. p.) of Bi.

Bitten :: Bitten (p. p.) of Bit.

Bitten :: Bitten () p. p. of Bite.

Bitten :: Bitten (a.) Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse..

Bitter :: Bitter (n.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.

Bitter :: Bitter (n.) Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) To make bitter.

Bitter Spar :: Bitter spar () A common name of dolomite; -- so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. See Dolomite..

Bitterbump :: Bitterbump (n.) the butterbump or bittern.

Bitterful :: Bitterful (a.) Full of bitterness.

Bittering :: Bittering (n.) A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.

Bitterish :: Bitterish (a.) Somewhat bitter.

Bitterling :: Bitterling (n.) A roachlike European fish (Rhodima amarus).

Bitterly :: Bitterly (adv.) In a bitter manner.

Bittern :: Bittern (n.) A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species..

Bittern :: Bittern (a.) The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains..

Bittern :: Bittern (a.) A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer..

Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind..

Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.

Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy..

Bitternut :: Bitternut (n.) The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.

Bitterroot :: Bitterroot (n.) A plant (Lewisia rediviva) allied to the purslane, but with fleshy, farinaceous roots, growing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, etc. It gives the name to the Bitter Root mountains and river. The Indians call both the plant and the river Spaet'lum..

Bitters :: Bitters (n. pl.) A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped..

Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (a.) Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful..

Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) Anything which is bittersweet.

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