Definitions for osmic

osmic os·mic

Spelling: [oz-mik]
IPA: /ˈɒz mɪk/

Osmic is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in osmic (cimos).

Definitions for osmic

adjective

  1. of or containing osmium in its higher valences, especially the tetravalent state.

Origin of osmic

First recorded in 1835-45; osm(ium) + -ic

Examples for osmic

These granules are more distinct in chromic acid specimens than in those hardened in osmic acid, but are to be seen in both.

The metal osmium, if exposed to the flame of oxidation, fuses and is finally dissipated as osmic acid.

That particular kind of fat does not stain with osmic acid in the usual way.

These ciliated furrows stain deeply with osmic acid, and nervous impulses are certainly transmitted along them.

Nucleus of the yolk in connection with the protoplasmic network hardened in osmic acid.

Staining with osmic acid or Sudan (p. 109) will remove any doubt as to their nature.

The embryo was hardened in a mixture of osmic and chromic acids.

This is an especially marked feature of preparations made with osmic acid.

Greasy finger-marks may also be acted on chemically, so as to bring out details by the application of osmic acid.

The younger of these ovaries was from a Scyllium embryo 10 centimtres long, preserved in osmic acid.

Word Value for osmic
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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