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fingerprint powders

fingerprint powders is the plural of fingerprint powder.

Meaning of fingerprint powder

Noun

fingerprint powder (plural fingerprint powders)

  1. Any fine powder used in dusting for fingerprints by crime scene investigators and others in law enforcement.
    • The stairs were dusted with fingerprint powder, and immediately, a clear impression of a running shoe was evident.2001, Forensic Files, "Frozen Evidence" (season 6, episode 8)

Questions about fingerprint powders

What is fingerprint powders the plural of?
Fingerprint powders is the plural of fingerprint powder.

Words near fingerprint powders in the dictionary

  1. fingerpricks
  2. fingerprint
  3. fingerprint analyses
  4. fingerprint analysis
  5. fingerprint powder
  6. fingerprint powders
  7. fingerprint recognition
  8. fingerprintability
  9. fingerprintable
  10. fingerprinted
  11. fingerprinter

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