a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)

secure with a bitt

a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off

a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera

English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

make bitter

marked by strong resentment or cynicism

very difficult to accept or bear

harsh or corrosive in tone

expressive of severe grief or regret

proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

extremely and sharply

almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes

pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal

a purgative made from the leaves of aloe

European perennial toxic vetch

cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca

pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy

any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic

European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America

the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be)

(nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt

any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury

hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts

tart lemon-flavored carbonated drink

any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock

highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade

any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock

any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia

hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts

hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts

any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste; not admitting of chemical classification

hydrated magnesium sulfate that is taken orally to treat heartburn and constipation and injected to prevent seizures

a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer

ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever

any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic

somewhat bitter

with bitterness, in a resentful manner

indicating something hard to accept

extremely and sharply

relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes

a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

a rough and bitter manner

the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts