Bister

Definition: Bister

Bister

Noun

1. A water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling wood soot.

Date "bister" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references)

"Bister" is a common misspelling or typo for: bistre, biter, bitter, blister, buster.

Synonym: Bister

Synonym: bistre (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Bister

English words defined with "bister": bistered, bistred. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Bister" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Norwegian (grim), Swedish (dour, fierce, grim, inclement, rigorous, severe, stern).

The following table summarizes the usage of "bister" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Bister	Last name	100	74,905
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Language		Translations for "bister"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Swedish		blåsa (bladder, blister, blow, blowhole, blowing, bubble, delamination, gas pocket, huff, puff, suck in, to blow, vesicular, void, whistle, wind). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bister": bistered, bisters. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bestir, bistre, biters, tribes.
	Words within the letters "b-e-i-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: biers, birse, biter, bites, bries, brits, ribes, rites, tiers, tires, tribe, tries.
	-2 letters: best, bets, bier, bise, bite, bits, brie, bris, brit, erst, ires, rebs, reis, rest, rets, ribs, rise, rite, sire, site, stir, tier, ties, tire.
	-3 letters: bet, bis, bit, ers, ire, its, reb, rei, res, ret, rib, sei, ser, set, sib.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-i-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: baiters, barites, bestirs, bestrid, bisters, bistred, bistres, bitters, blister, brisket, bristle, bustier, orbiest, rebaits, riblets, rubiest, terbias, timbers, timbres.
	+2 letters: arbiters, banister, barkiest, barmiest, barniest, beeriest, bestiary, bestride, bimester, birettas, bisector, bistered, bitterns, blastier, blisters, blistery, blithers, bornites, brakiest, briefest, briniest, briquets, briskest, briskets, bristled, bristles, britches, brittles, bruiters, burkites, burliest, burriest, bustiers, deorbits, driblets, filberts, gilberts, herbiest, imbrutes, librates, orbiters, rarebits, rebirths, redbaits, reitboks, resubmit, ribbiest, sobriety, strobile, stubbier, subtiler, subtribe, sybarite, terbiums, timbrels, tribades, tribunes, tributes, trilbies, turbines, vibrates.
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