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August 15, 2008, 11:25:13 PM »
G'Day, concerning the effects KMnO
4
and AgNO
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, is there a word that fits the following definition? (I'm a word person
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Mystery Word: A substance that stains or is capable of staining the skin.
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Both decompose on skin (AgNO3 needs light)
MnO2 is brown, silver is black.
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'Maillards' possibly?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_Reaction
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I would imagine some word relating to "dye", no?
colorant, coloring, dyestuff, pigment, stain, tincture
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The closest thing that comes to my mind is mordant. But that is not quite right though.
Mordanticide!
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