Phrase Hound found 25 phrases and 46 compound words that contain stain. The most common are listed below. Open stain in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 25
- hit a stainTo commit armed robbery.
- stain removerA liquid, usually a solvent or detergent, that is used to remove stains from fabric.
- hits a stainthird-person singular simple present indicative of hit a stain: To commit armed robbery.
- hitting a stainpresent participle and gerund of hit a stain
- Leishman stainA stain used in microscopy for staining blood smears, generally to differentiate and identify leukocytes, malaria parasites, and Trypanosoma.
- port-wine stainSynonym of naevus flammeus: A vascular birthmark or naevus, usually on the head and neck, consisting of an overgrowth of capillaries which produce a reddish to purplish discoloration of the skin.
- ring stainSynonym of coffee ring or water ring.
- Wright-Giemsa stainA cytological stain used primarily for metaphase chromosomes and differentiation of blood cells
- Feulgen stainA histological stain used to identify chromosomal material or DNA in cell specimens, based on acid hydrolysis of DNA.
- Kinyoun stainA staining procedure for acid-fast species of the bacterial genera Mycobacterium and Nocardia and the apicomplexan genus Cryptosporidium. It involves a primary stain (basic fuchsin), a decolorizer (acid-alcohol), and a counterstain …
- Wright's stainA staining technique used primarily for differentiation of blood cells.
- Ziehl-Neelsen stainA bacteriological stain used to identify acid-fast organisms, mainly mycobacteria.
- blue stainA blue or grey discolouration in sapwood caused by mildew infection.
- stain lifterSynonym of stain remover: A liquid, usually a solvent or detergent, that is used to remove stains from fabric.
- Withern with StainA civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, that includes the village of Withern.
- coffee stain effectSynonym of coffee ring effect: The evaporative phenomenon that produces coffee rings.
- green-stainTo stain something green.
- pet stainA stain on flooring, carpets, or rugs, as a result of a pet urinating, defecating, vomiting, etc.
- sap stainSynonym of blue stain: A blue or grey discolouration in sapwood caused by mildew infection.
- tear stainAlternative form of tearstain: Any stain produced from tears from the eye.
- stain removersplural of stain remover: A liquid, usually a solvent or detergent, that is used to remove stains from fabric.
- stain liftersplural of stain lifter: A liquid, usually a solvent or detergent, that is used to remove stains from fabric.
- hittin' a stainpresent participle and gerund of hit a stain
- Gömöri stainA histological trichrome stain used on muscle tissue.
- Colorado brown stainA brownish stain on the teeth, a symptom of fluorosis.
Compound words 46
- bloodstainA spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.
- costainTo stain with two or more stains
- inkstainA spot or area that has been discoloured by absorbing ink.
- overstainTo stain the surface of; besmear.
- phosphostainA phosphoprotein gel stain
- unstainTo remove a stain from.
- antistainResistant to staining.
- bestainTo mark with stains; discolour; spot.
- hypostainTo accidentally stain with hypo
- milkstainA spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed milk.