alum carmine
noun
: a red fluid composed of alum, carmine, ammonia, and water used for staining biological specimens
Word History
First Known Use
1879, in the meaning defined above
- packing nut
- packing off
- packing out
- packing peanuts
- packing press
- packing radius
- packing ring
- packing screw
- packing them in
- packing up
- packing up or in
- packing up or off
- packinghouse
- packinghouses
- packingless
- packings
- packless
- packman
- packmaster
- packmen
- packnesses
- protective cover
- protective custody
- protective deck
- protective department