Definitions for litmus

litmus lit·mus

Spelling: [lit-muh s]
IPA: /ˈlɪt məs/

Litmus is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in litmus (ilmstu).

Definitions for litmus

noun

  1. a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.

Origin of litmus

1495-1505; earlier lytmos Old Norse litmosi dye-moss, equivalent to lit- color, dye + mosi moss

Examples for litmus

It is represented as a more delicate test of acid and alkalis than litmus.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars organized an Americanization committee that promoted the song as a litmus test of loyalty.

But when did they become the litmus test of competence in office?

The free alkaloid is soluble in water, but has no action on litmus.

Pour off the alcohol, leaving the litmus as dry as possible.

"Like litmus paper under the influence of an acid," explains Guncotton.

So they are a litmus paper for wider fertility—not a significant driver of Israeli birthrates.

The right-wing base and media will make it a litmus test issue.

Opposition to the Affordable Care Act in toto might linger as a litmus test for conservatives.

Dip your litmus paper first into one, then into the other, and then back into the first.

Word Value for litmus
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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