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bissell truck |
bissextile |
bissextile day |
bissextile year |
bisson |
bister
| bistered
| bistipuled
| bistort
| bistoury
| bistre
bister
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bister has 1 sense
- bister(n = noun.substance) bistre - a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot; Array is a kind of pigment
CIDE DICTIONARY
bister, n. [F. bistre a color made of soot; of unknown origin. Cf., however, LG. biester frowning, dark, ugly.].
A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood. [1913 Webster]
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