Bitter+taste

  • 21taste — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 flavour/flavor ADJECTIVE ▪ delicious, fresh, nice, pleasant, refreshing ▪ distinctive ▪ pungent, rich …

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  • 22bitter blocker — (BI.tur blaw.kur) n. A biochemical compound that reduces the body s ability to taste bitterness. bitter blocking pp. Example Citation: t is not cream or milk that the employees of Linguagen Corp. add to their morning java, but a dash of a… …

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  • 23bitter — bit|ter1 W3S3 [ˈbıtə US ər] adj [: Old English; Origin: biter] 1.) feeling angry, jealous, and upset because you think you have been treated unfairly →↑bitterly bitter about ▪ I feel very bitter about what has happened. ▪ a bitter and vindictive… …

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  • 24bitter — [[t]bɪ̱tə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ bitterest, bitters 1) ADJ GRADED In a bitter argument or conflict, people argue very angrily or fight very fiercely. ...the scene of bitter fighting during the Second World War. ...a bitter attack on the Government s failure …

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  • 25bitter principle — noun any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste; not admitting of chemical classification • Hypernyms: ↑compound, ↑chemical compound * * * noun : any of various neutral substances of strong bitter taste (as aloin) extracted from… …

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  • 26bitter — a bitter taste is found in spoiled fish caused by bacterial degradation of proteins to bitter peptides. Urea found in Elasmobranchii has a bitter taste …

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  • 27bitter — adjective 1》 having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet. 2》 causing pain or unhappiness.     ↘feeling or showing angry hurt or resentment.     ↘(of a conflict) harsh and acrimonious. 3》 (of wind or weather) intensely cold. noun 1》 Brit.… …

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  • 28bitter — 01. This medicine is very [bitter] tasting. 02. Winter in Alaska is long and [bitterly] cold. 03. Her mother is very [bitter] over her divorce. 04. The soccer game was a [bitterly] fought match between two teams that have always hated each other …

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  • 29Bitter Lake (Seattle) — Infobox lake lake name = Bitter Lake image lake = Bitter Lake.jpg caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = northwest Seattle, Washington coords = coord|47|43|37|N|122|21|03|W|region:US WA… …

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  • 30bitter almond — noun Date: 1601 an almond with a bitter taste that contains amygdalin; also a tree (Prunus dulcis amara) producing bitter almonds …

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