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moist

1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. Moist eyes.

2. Fresh, or new. Shoes full moist and new. A draught of moist and corny ale.

Origin: OE. Moiste, OF. Moiste, F. Moite, fr. L. Muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.


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Help finding liverworts.

... actually seen one in nature. I feel as if I'm looking in the right place (I go down to this large creek in the middle of a deep forest. Soil is moist, lots of trees and such.) I found many different mosses and lichens, yet no liverworts. I guess mainly when I look for them, I find myself often ...

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by coolbreeeze
Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:47 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Help finding liverworts.
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Views: 1004

Microorganisms and organic preservation?

... into a circular shape and placed it in between two pieces of paper towel. I then microwaved it for short periods of time each time replacing the moist paper towels to remove most of the water. Then I sandwiched it with newspapers and pressed it in between to large pieces of particle board with ...

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by elemerso
Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:47 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Microorganisms and organic preservation?
Replies: 1
Views: 1926

Organic reactions and preservation

... into a circular shape and placed it in between two pieces of paper towel. I then microwaved it for short periods of time each time replacing the moist paper towels to remove most of the water. Then I sandwiched it with newspapers and pressed it in between to large pieces of particle board with ...

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by elemerso
Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:44 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Organic reactions and preservation
Replies: 3
Views: 1600

sampling bottles

since i have no drying oven to dry my moist water sampling bottles after autoclaving, do you think the trapped moist inside the bottle will affect the results for total plate count test? what is the standard for water sampling bottles? should ...

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by michimichi
Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:33 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: sampling bottles
Replies: 1
Views: 523

drying technique

Sir, since i have no drying oven to dry my moist water sampling bottles after autoclaving, do you think the trapped moist inside the bottle will affect the results for total plate count test? what is the standard for water sampling bottles? should ...

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by michimichi
Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:32 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: drying technique
Replies: 7
Views: 862
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