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| amalgam |
a metal alloy containing mercury. [1/2 definitions] |
| amalgamate |
to make into an alloy with mercury. [1/4 definitions] |
| caduceus |
in mythology, the staff carried by Mercury, which was entwined by two snakes and had two wings at the top. [1/2 definitions] |
| calomel |
a white tasteless powder containing mercury, used as a laxative, fungicide, or purgative; mercurous chloride. |
| cinnabar |
a reddish mineral that is the main ore of mercury and is sometimes used as a pigment; mercuric sulfide. [1/2 definitions] |
| cryometer |
a thermometer that measures very low temperatures by using alcohol instead of mercury. |
| fluorescent lamp |
a glass tube with a fluorescent coating on the inside that gives off light when the mercury vapor in the tube is bombarded with a stream of electrons. |
| fulminate |
one of several unstable explosive compounds, esp. the mercury salt of fulminic acid, used as a detonating powder. [1/4 definitions] |
| Hermes |
in Greek mythology, the messenger of the gods and the god of travelers, invention, commerce, and eloquence; Mercury. |
| Hg |
symbol of the chemical element mercury. |
| hourglass |
an instrument that measures time by channeling a quantity of sand or mercury through a narrow opening between two larger glass bulbs in exactly one hour. [1/2 definitions] |
| mercurial |
of or relating to the element mercury. [1/2 definitions] |
| mercuric |
of, pertaining to, or containing mercury with a chemical valence of two. |
| mercurous |
of, pertaining to, or containing mercury with a chemical valence of one. |
| mercury |
any of a variety of compounds containing salts of mercury, used as pesticides and formerly as antiseptics. [2/5 definitions] |
| mercury-vapor lamp |
a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge through vaporized mercury. |
| quartz lamp |
a mercury-vapor lamp, enclosed within transparent quartz, that emits ultraviolet rays when an electric current is passed through it. |
| quicksilver |
the chemical element mercury. |
| thermometer |
an instrument for measuring temperature, esp. a sealed glass tube with a calibrated scale on the outside and a column of liquid, usu. mercury, inside that rises or falls as the temperature changes. |
| thimerosal |
a mercury compound with antiseptic properties that was once used as a preservative in vaccines and other medicinal preparations. |
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