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synonyms for bister

  • amber
  • bay
  • beige
  • brick
  • bronze
  • buff
  • chestnut
  • chocolate
  • cinnamon
  • cocoa
  • coffee
  • copper
  • drab
  • dust
  • ecru
  • fawn
  • ginger
  • hazel
  • henna
  • khaki
  • mahogany
  • nut brown
  • ochre
  • puce
  • russet
  • rust
  • sepia
  • sorrel
  • tan
  • toast
  • umber
  • auburn
  • burnt sienna
  • snuff-colored
  • tawny
  • terra-cotta
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How to use bister in a sentence

Occasionally there are a few spots or scrawls of "bister" or "clove brown" about the larger end.
LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN SHORE BIRDS, PART 1 (OF 2)ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT
The eggs themselves, protectively colored in bister and black, are mauled about and soiled in the mud; but the day is saved.
LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN SHORE BIRDS, PART 1 (OF 2)ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT
The markings are in dark shades of brown, "burnt umber," "bister," or "bone brown."
LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN SHORE BIRDS, PART 1 (OF 2)ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT
One egg of the set has the "bister" markings larger and thicker on the large end.
LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN SHORE BIRDS, PART 1 (OF 2)ARTHUR CLEVELAND BENT
It was apparently Greek, yet it was not the language his lordship of Bister had learnt at school and college.
THE BURGLARS' CLUBHENRY A. HERING
At that very moment the Bishop of Bister's crozier lay on the table of a London mansion.
THE BURGLARS' CLUBHENRY A. HERING
The ears seem not to be connected across the forehead; the color is near (l) Bister above and slightly lighter on the underparts.
AN ANNOTATED CHECK LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF MICHOACN, MXICOBERNARDO VILLA R.
She looked white and spent; there were bister circles round her eyes.
THE LOCK AND KEY LIBRARYVARIOUS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO BISTER

  • amber
  • auburn
  • bay
  • beige
  • bister
  • brick
  • bronze
  • buff
  • burnt sienna
  • chestnut
  • chocolate
  • cinnamon
  • cocoa
  • coffee
  • copper
  • drab
  • dust
  • ecru
  • fawn
  • ginger
  • hazel
  • henna
  • khaki
  • mahogany
  • nut brown
  • ochre
  • puce
  • russet
  • rust
  • sepia
  • snuff-colored
  • sorrel
  • tan
  • tawny
  • terra-cotta
  • toast
  • umber
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.