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44 words match “BITTERN”

BITTERN n. 3 definitions
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
BITTERNESS n. 3 definitions
f reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind. The lip that curls with bitterness. Percival. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job vii. 11.
BITTERNUT n.
The swamp hickory (Carya amara). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.
ABSINTHIAN n.
Of the nature of wormwood. "Absinthian bitterness." T. Randolph.
ACERBITY n. 2 definitions
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
ACRIDITY; ACRIDNESS n.
The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
ACRIMONY n.
Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South.
ALLAY v.
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity. It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison. Shak.
AMARITUDE n.
Bitterness. [R.]
ASSURE v.
other evidence. His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. Milton.
BILE n.
Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile. Prescott.
BILL n.
The bell, or boom, of the bittern The bittern's hollow bill was heard. Wordsworth.
BITTERBUMP n.
the butterbump or bittern.
BITTERFUL a.
Full of bitterness. [Obs.]
BITTERING n.
A bitter compound used in adulterating beer; bittern.
BITTOR; BITTOUR n.
The bittern. Dryden.
BOG n.
n. -- Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.] -- Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. -- Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. P. Cyc. -- Bog…
BOOM v. 2 definitions
To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects. At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson.
BOOMING n.
ing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns. Howitt.
BUMBLE n. 2 definitions
The bittern. [Local, Eng.]
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