Definitions for litmuses

litmuses lit·mus

Spelling: [lit-muh s]
IPA: /ˈlɪt məs/

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

You can make 289 anagrams from letters in litmuses (eilmsstu).

Definitions for litmuses

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 litmuses

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

Examples for litmuses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for litmuses
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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