bile

A bitter brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow secretion produced by the liver, stored in the gall bladder, and discharged into the duodenum where it aids the process of digestion.

Bitterness of temper; ill humour; irascibility.

Two of the four humours, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.

A boil (kind of swelling).

(of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

“Boil some water in a pan.”

To cook in boiling water.

“Boil the eggs for three minutes.”

(of liquids) To begin to turn into a gas, seethe.

“Pure water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.”

To bring to a boil, to heat so as to cause the contents to boil.

(used only in progressive tenses, of weather) To be uncomfortably hot.

“It’s boiling outside!”

(used only in progressive tenses) To feel uncomfortably hot.

“I’m boiling in here – could you open the window?”

To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation.

“to boil sugar or salt”

To steep or soak in warm water.

To be agitated like boiling water; to bubble; to effervesce.

“the boiling waves of the sea”

To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid.

“His blood boils with anger.”