These are the meanings of the letters NONBITTER when you unscramble them.
- Bittern (a.)
A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc., used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer.
- Bittern (a.)
The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.
- Bittern (n.)
A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
- bonnier (unknown)
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- Bornite (n.)
A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.
- intoner (unknown)
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- Ternion (a.)
The number three; three things together; a ternary.
- Tontine (n.)
An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance.
- Tritone (n.)
A superfluous or augmented fourth.