Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Definition: Crystal Violet |
Crystal VioletNoun1. A green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Crystal VioletSynonym: gentian violet (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crystal Violet |
| Specialty definitions using "crystal violet": Gram-Negative Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacteria, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections, Gram-Positive Cocci, Gram-Positive Rods. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Gram-stain technique, which employs crystal violet as the primary stain, imparts a purplish-brown color to bacteria that stain Gram-positive. Those that stain with the pink-red fuchsin counterstain are said to stain Gram-negative. Credit: CDC. | |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
crystal violet | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-o-r-s-t-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: crystallite, vectorially, vorticellas. | |
-3 letters: allosteric, erotically, rotatively, sclerotial, societally, sterically, vertically, viscerally, vortically, vorticella. | |
-4 letters: allostery, allotters, astrocyte, callosity, cavillers, cloistral, coevality, collarets, costively, coveralls, cryolites, littorals, localites, locatives, loricates, loyalties, oscillate, overcalls, rocailles, royalties, sclerotia, sectorial, stoically, tactilely, teocallis, tortillas, vectorial, verticals, violaters, volatiles. | |
-5 letters: acolytes, actively, allotter, allovers, articles, atrocity, calories, calottes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-o-r-s-t-t-v-y" | |
+5 letters: overoptimistically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 72 79 73 74 61 6C      56 69 6F 6C 65 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01110010 01111001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010110 01101001 01101111 01101100 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C r y s t a l   V i o l e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0072 0079 0073 0074 0061 006C      0056 0069 006F 006C 0065 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378491858667782567581787186 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.