Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
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
9 June 2025
(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.