Lab Technician Word Search
Free Lab Technician word search. We picked 12 themed words — the tools, duties, and vocabulary of a job — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: MICROSCOPE, PIPETTE, CENTRIFUGE, SPECIMEN, CULTURE, SLIDES, ASSAY, REAGENT, CUVETTE, AUTOCLAVE, STERILIZE, DILUTION.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Lab Technician word list, defined
- MICROSCOPE /ˈmaɪkrəskəʊp/ (British), /ˈmaɪkrəskoʊp/ (US) · noun; rarely verb
- An instrument for viewing and magnifying very small objects or parts, using lenses or another method of magnification. As a verb, to examine something minutely or scrutinize it closely. Related: magnifier.
- PIPETTE /pɪˈpɛt/ · noun
- A slender tube with an opening at one end, used for measuring, transferring, or dispensing small quantities of liquid. Pipettes may be graduated or designed to deliver a specific volume. Related: dropper, pipet, dispenser, measuring tube.
- CENTRIFUGE /ˈsɛntrɪfjuːdʒ/ · noun, verb
- A machine that spins samples at very high speed so that denser particles or liquids are forced outward and separated from less dense ones; also, the act of subjecting a substance to such separation. Related: separator, spinner, extractor.
- SPECIMEN /ˈspɛsəmən/ · noun
- An individual item or sample taken for examination or study, especially as evidence of a type, quality, or condition. It may also refer to a person regarded as a characteristic or unusual example. Related: sample, example, individual, instance.
- CULTURE /ˈkʌltʃər/ · noun
- The customs, arts, beliefs, social behaviours, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or group; also the cultivation of microorganisms or cells in a controlled environment for scientific study. Related: civilization, society, tradition, heritage.
- SLIDES /slaɪdz/ · noun and verb
- As a plural noun, slides are a series of images or information displayed on a screen, or inclined surfaces on which to descend. As the third-person singular form of the verb, slides means to move suddenly or smoothly across a surface, or to move down a slope. Related: photographs, images, pictures, transparencies.
- ASSAY /əˈseɪ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, an assay is the testing of a metal, ore, or other substance to determine its components or purity; by extension, it can mean any analysis or evaluation. As a verb, to assay means to test or analyse something, especially to determine its quality or composition. Related: analysis, test, evaluation, examination.
- REAGENT /ˈriːədʒənt/ · noun
- A reagent is a substance used to cause a chemical reaction or to detect, identify, or measure another substance in a laboratory test. In chemistry, it may participate in the reaction or enable it. Related: chemical, substance, reactant, compound.
- CUVETTE /kjuːˈvɛt/ · noun
- A small, transparent rectangular or tubular vessel of glass or quartz used to hold liquid samples in a spectrophotometer or other optical instrument. More broadly, a small shallow dish or compartment-shaped container. Related: cell, sample holder, dish, container.
- AUTOCLAVE /ˈɔːtəkleɪv/ · noun (also verb)
- A strong, heated container—essentially a pressurized steam chamber—used for industrial processes and for sterilizing equipment; as a verb, to sterilize something using such a device. Related: sterilizer, retort.
- STERILIZE /ˈstɛrəlaɪz/ · verb
- To make something sterile, especially by destroying harmful microorganisms on or in it. It can also mean to make a person or animal incapable of reproducing, or to render something ineffective. Related: disinfect, sanitize, render sterile, make infertile.
- DILUTION /daɪˈluːʃn/ · noun
- The action or process of making a liquid thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it. By extension, the weakening or reduction in force, value, quality, or effectiveness of something. Related: weakening, thinning, diluting, attenuation.
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