grand jury
- n a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
graininess
- n the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
graining
- n a texture like that of wood
- v thoroughly work in
- v paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
- v form into grains
- v become granular
grains of paradise
- n West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
grainy club mushrooms
- n any of various mushrooms of the class Ascomycetes
gram
- n a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
- n Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
gram's method
- n a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
gram's procedure
- n a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
gram's solution
- n a solution used in staining bacteria by Gram's method; consists of one part iodine and two parts potassium iodide and 300 parts water
gram's stain
- n a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative