acetocarmine
noun
ace·to·car·mine
¦a-sə-(ˌ)tō-ˈkär-mən,
-ˌmīn,
ə-ˌsē-tō-
plural -s
: a saturated solution of carmine in 45 percent acetic acid used especially for the rapid staining of fresh unfixed chromosomes
Word History
Etymology
acet- + carmine
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined above
- closes in
- closes in (on)
- closes in on
- closes off
- closes one's doors
- closes one's doors (to)
- closes one's doors to
- closes one's eyes to
- closes out
- closes ranks
- closest
- closestool
- closestools
- closet
- closet drama
- closet queen
- closet queens
- closeted
- closeter
- closetest
- closetful
- closetfuls
- closeting
- closets
- closetter