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Definition of bitter
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of bitter is as below...
Bitter
(v. t.)
Causing
pain or
smart;
piercing;
painful;
sharp;
severe;
as, a
bitter
cold day..
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Gum Ammoniac
::
Gum
ammoniac
(n.) The
concrete
juice (gum
resin)
of an
umbelliferous
plant,
the
Dorema
ammoniacum.
It is
brought
chiefly
from
Persia
in the form of
yellowish
tears,
which occur
singly,
or are
aggregated
into
masses.
It has a
peculiar
smell,
and a
nauseous,
sweet
taste,
followed
by a
bitter
one. It is
inflammable,
partially
soluble
in water and in
spirit
of wine, and is used in
medicine
as an
expectorant
and
resolvent,
and for the
formation
of
certain
plasters..
Cetrarin
::
Cetrarin
(n.) A white
substance
extracted
from the
lichen,
Iceland
moss
(Cetraria
Islandica).
It
consists
of
several
ingredients,
among which is
cetraric
acid, a
white,
crystalline,
bitter
substance..
Exacerbation
::
Exacerbation
(n.) The act
rendering
more
violent
or
bitter;
the state of being
exacerbated
or
intensified
in
violence
or
malignity;
as,
exacerbation
of
passion..
Quassin
::
Quassin
(n.) The
bitter
principle
of
quassia,
extracted
as a white
crystalline
substance;
--
formerly
called
quassite..
Strychnos
::
Strychnine
(n.) A very
poisonous
alkaloid
resembling
brucine,
obtained
from
various
species
of
plants,
especially
from
species
of
Loganiaceae,
as from the seeds of the St.
Ignatius
bean
(Strychnos
Ignatia)
and from nux
vomica.
It is
obtained
as a white
crystalline
substance,
having
a very
bitter
acrid
taste,
and is
employed
in
medicine
(chiefly
in the form of the
sulphate)
as a
powerful
neurotic
stimulant.
Called
also
strychnia,
and
formerly
strychnina..
Hydrastine
::
Hydrastine
(n.) An
alkaloid,
found in the
rootstock
of the
golden
seal
(Hydrastis
Canadensis),
and
extracted
as a
bitter,
white,
crystalline
substance.
It is used as a tonic and
febrifuge..
Acidify
::
Acidify
(v. t.) To sour; to
imbitter.
Exasperation
::
Exasperation
(n.) The act of
exasperating
or the state of being
exasperated;
irritation;
keen or
bitter
anger.
Ricinine
::
Ricinine
(n.) A
bitter
white
crystalline
alkaloid
extracted
from the seeds of the
castor-oil
plant.
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..
Assamar
::
Assamar
(n.) The
peculiar
bitter
substance,
soft or
liquid,
and of a
yellow
color,
produced
when meat,
bread,
gum,
sugar,
starch,
and the like, are
roasted
till they turn
brown..
Imbitter
::
Imbitter
(v. t.) To make
bitter;
hence,
to make
distressing
or more
distressing;
to make sad,
morose,
sour, or
malignant..
Dulcamara
::
Dulcamara
(n.) A plant
(Solanum
Dulcamara).
See
Bittersweet,
n., 3 (a)..
Disembitter
::
Disembitter
(v. t.) To free fro.
Cerris
::
Cerris
(n.) A
species
of oak
(Quercus
cerris)
native
in the
Orient
and
southern
Europe;
--
called
also
bitter
oak and
Turkey
oak.
Amygdalin
::
Amygdalin
(n.) A
glucoside
extracted
from
bitter
almonds
as a
white,
crystalline
substance..
Arnicin
::
Arnicin
(n.) An
active
principle
of
Arnica
montana.
It is a
bitter
resin.
Porter
::
Porter
(n.) A malt
liquor,
of a dark color and
moderately
bitter
taste,
possessing
tonic and
intoxicating
qualities..
Scillitin
::
Scillitin
(n.) A
bitter
principle
extracted
from the bulbs of the
squill
(Scilla),
and
probably
consisting
of a
complex
mixture
of
several
substances..
Acridness
::
Acridness
(n.) The
quality
of being acrid or
pungent;
irritant
bitterness;
acrimony;
as, the
acridity
of a
plant,
of a
speech..
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