Term: counterstain: a stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearly
Candidate hypernym: stain: (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible → 1
Candidate hypernym: tool: an implement used in the practice of a vocation → 0
Candidate hypernym: anastigmat: compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images → 0
Candidate hypernym: headcheese: sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig → 0
Candidate hypernym: green mamba: green phase of the black mamba → 0
Candidate hypernym: schomburgkia: genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: out-of-body experience: the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body → 0
Candidate hypernym: gorgon: (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone → 0
Candidate hypernym: sundress: a light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders → 0
Candidate hypernym: approbation: official approval → 0
Candidate hypernym: cullis: a gutter in a roof → 0