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Bumble :: Bumble (n.) The bittern.

Butterbump :: Butterbump (n.) The European bittern.

Ginseng :: Ginseng (n.) A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness..

Bill :: Bill (n.) The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

Bile :: Bile (n.) Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile..

Disimbitter :: Disimbitter (v. t.) To free from bitterness.

Kagu :: Kagu (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern..

Trombone :: Trombone (n.) The common European bittern.

Virulency :: Virulency (n.) Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.

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

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

Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter..

Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit..

Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..

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..

Boom :: Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming..

Wormwood :: Wormwood (n.) Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..

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

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