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nounan act that brings discredit to the person who does it
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"the wine left a dark stain"nouna soiled or discolored appearance
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nouna symbol of disgrace or infamytype of:
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verbmake dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
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nounthe state of being covered with unclean thingstype of:
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verbcolor for microscopic studytype of:
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"people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages"verbcolor with a liquid dye or tinttype of:
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noun(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visibletype of:
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"Red wine stains the table cloth"verbproduce or leave stains
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change fault mistake mark spot color brand dirt colour tattoo symbol appearance soil error dip filth grease marble alter dye vein sully smear modify darken stigma blob fleck blot scorch smut tarnish grunge defile grime discoloration staining bloodstain demerit dirtiness maculate uncleanness discolouration smirch visual aspect mud stain oil stain iron mold iron mould bar sinister cloven foot cloven hoof bend sinister ebonise ebonize stainer colouring material coloring material crystal violet counterstain methylthionine chloride methylene blue gentian violet