nonacid-proof
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not acid-proof.
Example Sentences
- "The culture could be rendered nonacid-proof by continual growth under conditions unfavorable to the synthesis of fats."
- "As described by him the organism so cultivated was highly pleomorphic, with branched, acid-proof and nonacid-proof stages."
- "At 37 °C established nonacid-proof grainy long sticks (10–15 microns), nonacid-proof and acid-proof single grains. Mycobacteriа of original culture – nonacid-proof short sticks and grains and only single nonacid-proof long sticks."
Etymology
From non- + acid-proof.