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bitter

(Acrid tasting), adjective absinthal, absinthian, acerbate, acerbic, acerbus, acid, acidulous, acidus, acrid, asper, biting, caustic, cutting, disagreeable, distasteful, sharp, sour, soured, sourish, tart, unappetizing, unpleasant, unsavory, unsweet, vinegarish

bitter

(Penetrating), adjective acrimonious, afflictive, austere, bilious, biting, brutal, burning, choleric, corrosive, cutting, double-edged, dyspeptic, harsh, incisive, keen, mordant, nasty, piercing, poignant, pricking, scathing, scorching, severe, smarting, sore, stabbing, stern, stinging, trenchant, venomous, virulent, withering

bitter

(Reproachful), adjective acrimonious, biting, caustic, cross, despiteful, embittered, hostile, hurtful, indignant, piqued, provoked, resentful, sarcastic, sardonic, scornful, sorrowful, spiteful, splenetic, unamiable, unhappy, vexed, vitriolic

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5 to 4 kg seed of bitter gourd for per acre, he said and added that formers can contact agriculture department immediately, if they need any assistance or guidance in this regard.

Farmers advised to start bitter gourd cultivation from mid Feb

com/uk/2016/09/05/gin-lovers-psycopaths-17675) the two studies determined that the preference for bitter taste is linked to everyday sadism and antisocial personality traits.

Alcoholic Drink Linked To Psychopathic Behavior

Dedicated taste receptors in the tongue detect sweet or bitter and so on, but it's the brain that affords meaning to these chemicals.

Tastes Turned On & Off With Brain Manipulation

Among vegetables, bitter gourd (Momordica charantia Linn) has a unique medicinal and nutritional value and belongs to family Cucurbitaceae.

FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY OF AROMATIC MEDICINAL PLANTS AGAINST MYROTHECIUMRORIDUMTODE ASSOCIATED WITH MYROTHECIUM LEAF SPOT DISEASE OF MOMORDICACHARANTIA L. (BITTER GOURD)

Place your infusion ingredients -- the bitter, sweet and spicy ingredients -- in a glass quart jar with a tight-fitting lid.

Ready to make cocktail bitters at home

Evolutionary geneticist Jianzhi Zhang of the University of Michigan then helped the team search for umami, bitter and sweet receptors in penguins.

For penguins, it's a matter of no taste: birds lack genes to savor some flavors of fish they consume

A few logs on the fire and a glass of fine Bourbon with just the right mix of bitters and sweetness is one of life's purest joys.

Old Fashioned cocktail is blend of perfection; WINE

But even as the onetime underground star became a household name in Israel, Bitter faced financial problems due to bad business decisions.

Israeli B-Movie Star Avi Bitter Opens a Kebab Joint in Tel Aviv

Fuller's is re-releasing its Chiswick Bitter, on draught in limited quantities in the United States, for a limited time.

Fuller's Chiswick Bitter returns to U.S. market

19 ( ANI ): An Indian-origin scientist has claimed that bitter melon extract may have therapeutic qualities that are needed to treat head and neck cancer.

Bitter melon could help fight head and neck cancer

I believe it will be the ideal bitter beer many will spend long winter evenings with, said Karel Kraus, Radegast brand marketing manager.

Czech Republic : Bitter, Demi-Bitter Lager Is Being Brewed in Radegast Brewery

Well, Thomas Bitter left such a message with the Bureau's San Diego office, and he got some attention, all right