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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BITTER PRINCIPLE

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Bitter principle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BITTER PRINCIPLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Principle (chemistry)

In modern chemistry, principles are the constituents of a substance, specifically those that produce a certain quality or effect in the substance, such as a bitter principle, which is any one of the numerous compounds having a bitter taste. In pre-modern chemistry and alchemy, principles were the five fundamental substances believed to constitute all bodies. Three of these were called active or hypostatical principles: salt; sulfur, or oil; and spirit, or mercury. The salt was supposed to be the foundation of all savors; the sulfur, of odors; and the spirit, or mercury, of colors. The two passive or elementary principles were phlegm, and earth.

Definition of bitter principle in the English dictionary

The definition of bitter principle in the dictionary is any of various bitter-tasting substances, such as aloin, usually extracted from plants.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BITTER PRINCIPLE

bitter
bitter aloes
bitter apple
bitter end
Bitter Lakes
bitter lemon
bitter orange
bitterbark
bitterbrush
bittercress
bitterish
bitterling
bitterly
bittern
bitterness
bitternut
bitterroot
bitters
bittersweet
bittersweetly

WORDS THAT END LIKE BITTER PRINCIPLE

anthropic principle
Archimedes´ principle
condisciple
disciple
exclusion principle
first principle
four eyes principle
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
in principle
multiple
on principle
participle
past participle
Pauli exclusion principle
Peter Principle
pleasure principle
precautionary principle
present participle
principle
the Peter Principle
uncertainty principle

Synonyms and antonyms of bitter principle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bitter principle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BITTER PRINCIPLE

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Translator English - Chinese

苦原则
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

principio amargo
570 millions of speakers

English

bitter principle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कड़वा सिद्धांत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مبدأ المر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

горечи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

princípio amargo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তিক্ত নীতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

principe amer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prinsip pahit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bitter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

苦味成分
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쓴 원리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prinsip pait
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên tắc cay đắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கசப்பான கொள்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कडू तत्त्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Acı ilke
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

principio amaro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gorzki zasada
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гіркоти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

principiu amar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πικρή αρχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bitter beginsel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bitter princip
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bitter prinsippet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bitter principle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BITTER PRINCIPLE»

The term «bitter principle» is used very little and occupies the 177.757 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BITTER PRINCIPLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bitter principle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BITTER PRINCIPLE»

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A System of Chemistry: In Four Volumes
These properties are suflicient to convince us that the bitter principle is a substance differing considerably from all the other vegetable principles. The little effect of the different reagents is remarkable. Nitrate of silver and acetate of lead are the ...
Thomas Thomson, 1820
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The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
Muriate and arseniate of cobalt occasion no rhange. 18. Arseniate of potash produces no effect. 19. Tincture of nutgalls, infusion of nutgalls, gallic acid, occasion no effect. These properties are sufiicient to convince us that the bitter principle is ...
‎1832
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The Elements of Chemistry
When potash is dropt into a concentrated solution of it, small yellow prismatic crystals are gradually deposited, consisting of bitter principle combined with potash. These crystals were examined by Welther, but it was Fourcroy and Vauquelin ...
Thomas Thomson, 1810
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Handbook On Medicinal Herbs With Uses
Baconwas able to isolate fromthe kernels the bitter principle bonducin' whichhe foundtobe amixture of complex resinous bodies. He couldnot obtain any alkaloid or glucoside from the alcoholic extract of the kernels. He stated that an ...
H. Panda, 2004
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Dunglison's American medical library
This peculiar bitter principle of the root of the gentiana lutea, or yellow gentian, was discovered at the same time by M. Henry,1 Chef de la Pharmacie centrale of Paris, and by M. Caventou. Their results, indeed, were so identical, that it almost  ...
Robley Dunglison, 1839
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The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
This has led chemists to suppose that the peculiar taste and effects of these substances were owing to a distinct species of matter, which they distinguish by the name of the bitter principle. It is certain, however, that there are shades of ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
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Monthly Magazine and British Register
From the result of those experiments, it would appear that this grain is composed of albumen, oil, a peculiar principle, which the author denominates the bitter principle, aud a green matter, which is a combination of albumen and the bitter ...
Sir Richard Phillips, 1807
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Medical Botany; Or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the ...
This last spirituous solution, besides the bitter principle of the gentian, contains an acid substance, and the odorous principle also; Upon evaporating this liquid to dryness, washing the residue in water, adding a little calcined and well washed ...
John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, 1837
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The Elements of Medical Chemistry;: Embracing Only Those ...
the Bitter Principle. 499 hcid, daring several days, by which a reddish brown liquor is obtained, furnishing, by careful evaporation, a brown glassy substance with a resinous fracture,* which differs only in one circumstance from natural tannin ...
John Ayrton Paris, 1825
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The Monthly Magazine: Or, British Register ...
vnominates the bitter principle, and a green matter, which is'a conibination of ' ... a peculiar principle, which the author dealhumen and the bitter principle; that the proportions ofthose principles vary in different kinds ol' coffee; that torrefaction, ...

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BITTER PRINCIPLE»

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Herbal Cocktail for Drug-Resistant Malaria
The wine will soak the shell and absorbed the bitter principle inside the shell. The mixture formed after absorption is taken three times daily with ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Researchers Advance Search for Better Anti-Malarials
A bitter principle, momordicin, is present. In U.S.A. compounded with olive or almond oil it has been used for chapped hands and for piles, and ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
3
A huge conjoined freak Margosa Tree in Urelu, Chunnakam
The fruits contain a bitter principle, baka yanin and the trunk bark yields nimbin, nimbidin, nimbinin and an essential oil. Healing Power and ... «Asian Tribune, Apr 14»
4
Unexpected Benefits of Olive Leaf Extract
Visioli F, Bellosta S, Galli C. Oleuropein, the bitter principle of olives, enhances nitric oxide production by mouse macrophages. Life Sci. 1998 ... «ProHealth, Jul 13»
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Lemon Balm: A Friend for the Bees
It contains vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, volatile oil (citral, linalol, eugenol, citronellal, geraniol), tannins (catechin), bitter principle, resin, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 10»

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