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- Pungent - v. t. - Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
- Pungent - v. t. - Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
- Pungent - v. t. - Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
- Pungently - adv. - In a pungent manner; sharply.
- Hexine - n. - A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; -- called also hexoylene.
- Odorline - n. - A pungent oily substance obtained by redistilling bone oil.
- Carbanil - n. - A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.
- Pungent - v. t. - Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
- Caper - n. - The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.
- Elecampane - n. - A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.
- Ketine - n. - One of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction of certain isonitroso compounds of the ketones. In general they are unstable oily substances having a pungent aromatic odor.
- Hygrine - n. - An alkaloid associated with cocaine in coca leaves (Erythroxylon coca), and extracted as a thick, yellow oil, having a pungent taste and odor.
- Pyridine - n. - A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaines, may be mentioned. See Lutidine.
- Myrrh - n. - A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose.
- Galangal - n. - The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family.
- Pyruvic - a. - Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also pyroracemic acid) obtained, as a liquid having a pungent odor, by the distillation of racemic acid.
- Piperaceous - a. - Of or pertaining to the order of plants (Piperaceae) of which the pepper (Piper nigrum) is the type. There are about a dozen genera and a thousand species, mostly tropical plants with pungent and aromatic qualities.
- Cinnamon - n. - The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.
- Allspice - n. - The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.
- Hyssop - n. - A plant (Hyssopus officinalis). The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste.
- Lutidine - n. - Any one of several metameric alkaloids, C5H3N.(CH3)2, of the pyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having peculiar pungent odors. These alkaloids are also called respectively dimethyl pyridine, ethyl pyridine, etc.
- Aromatic - n. - A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.
- Ammonia - n. - A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
- Propionic - a. - Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an organic acid which is produced in the distillation of wood, in the fermentation of various organic substances, as glycerin, calcium lactate, etc., and is obtained as a colorless liquid having a sharp, pungent odor. Propionic acid is so called because it is the first or lowest member of the fatty acid series whose salts have a fatty feel.
- Pungency - n. - The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.
- Chlorpicrin - n. - A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.
- Brompicrin - n. - A pungent colorless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin.
- Stimulate - v. t. - To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory.
- Cajuput - n. - A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste.
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- H2556 חָמֵץ - 2556 חָמֵץ - חָמֵץ - - châmêts - khaw-mates' - a primitive root; to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling); cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened. - Verb - heb
- H4834 מָרַץ - 4834 מָרַץ - מָרַץ - - mârats - maw-rats' - a primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement; to irritate; embolden, be forcible, grievous, sore. - Verb - heb
- G4089 πικρός - 4089 πικρός - ΠΙΚΡΌΣ - - pikrós - pik-ros' - perhaps from πήγνυμι (through the idea of piercing); sharp (pungent), i.e. acrid (literally or figuratively):--bitter. - Adjective - greek