English words for 'Containing or producing mercury.'
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- relating to or containing or caused by mercury
- (not comparable, medicine) Caused by the action of mercury or a mercury compound.
- (not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury.
- liable to sudden unpredictable change
- (not comparable, astronomy) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.
- (comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted.
- (not comparable, Roman mythology) Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable), money-making; crafty.
- (not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1).
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- (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
- (dentistry) An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.
- A combination of different things.
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
- a combination or blend of diverse things
- an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
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- Powder of other material.
- Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
- (US standards of identity) The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness, and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents.
- fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
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- a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
- large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
- (in “Cinnabar Panacea”) The Elixir of Life.
- A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
- Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
- A bright red colour tinted with orange.
- (countable) A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
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- (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.
- The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
- The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
- the combination of two or more commercial companies
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- Preceded by the: mercury (noun sense 1.1) as used in the column of a barometer or thermometer, its fall or rise thus indicating the decrease or increase of ambient pressure or temperature.
- temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
- (sciences, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.
- (Northeastern US) Poison ivy or poison oak (genus Toxicodendron, especially the eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) or Atlantic poison oak (Toxicodendron pubescens)).
- (Northern England) Allgood or Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus), a species of goosefoot native to central and southern Europe formerly cultivated as a vegetable but now generally regarded as a weed; English mercury, false mercury (obsolete).
- A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element (symbol Hg) with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.
- Any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis; specifically (obsolete), dog's mercury or wild mercury (Mercurialis perennis).
- An annual plant, now generally called annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), chiefly native to central and southern Europe which was formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.
- (medicine, historical) A preparation containing mercury (noun sense 1.1), especially calomel (mercurous chloride) or corrosive sublimate (mercuric chloride), formerly used as a medicine to treat syphilis, etc.
- a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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- relating to or containing or caused by mercury
- (not comparable, medicine) Caused by the action of mercury or a mercury compound.
- (not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury.
- liable to sudden unpredictable change
- (not comparable, astronomy) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.
- (comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted.
- (not comparable, Roman mythology) Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable), money-making; crafty.
- (not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1).
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- (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
- (dentistry) An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.
- A combination of different things.
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
- a combination or blend of diverse things
- an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
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- a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the chief source of mercury
- large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
- (in “Cinnabar Panacea”) The Elixir of Life.
- A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
- Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
- A bright red colour tinted with orange.
- (countable) A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
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- (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.
- The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
- The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
- the combination of two or more commercial companies
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- Preceded by the: mercury (noun sense 1.1) as used in the column of a barometer or thermometer, its fall or rise thus indicating the decrease or increase of ambient pressure or temperature.
- temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
- (sciences, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.
- (Northeastern US) Poison ivy or poison oak (genus Toxicodendron, especially the eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) or Atlantic poison oak (Toxicodendron pubescens)).
- (Northern England) Allgood or Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus), a species of goosefoot native to central and southern Europe formerly cultivated as a vegetable but now generally regarded as a weed; English mercury, false mercury (obsolete).
- A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element (symbol Hg) with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic.
- Any of several plants of the genus Mercurialis; specifically (obsolete), dog's mercury or wild mercury (Mercurialis perennis).
- An annual plant, now generally called annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), chiefly native to central and southern Europe which was formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.
- (medicine, historical) A preparation containing mercury (noun sense 1.1), especially calomel (mercurous chloride) or corrosive sublimate (mercuric chloride), formerly used as a medicine to treat syphilis, etc.
- a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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- Powder of other material.
- Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
- (US standards of identity) The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness, and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents.
- fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
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- relating to or containing or caused by mercury
- (not comparable, medicine) Caused by the action of mercury or a mercury compound.
- (not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury.
- liable to sudden unpredictable change
- (not comparable, astronomy) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.
- (comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted.
- (not comparable, Roman mythology) Pertaining to Mercury, the Roman god of, among other things, commerce, financial gain, communication, and thieves and trickery; hence (comparable), money-making; crafty.
- (not comparable, astrology) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Mercury; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see adjective sense 1).