mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number
(noun) a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hydrargyrum (uncountable)
(chemistry and medicine) mercury (chemical element)
• (mercury): azoth (alchemy), mercury (standard term), quicksilver (dated or evocative)
Source: Wiktionary
Hy*drar"gy*rum, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. hydrargyrus, Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: Quicksilver; mercury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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