mercury

Letters that make mercury

e, c, m, r, u, y are letters that make 'mercury'

Words within mercury

ER, cur, Ur, ME, Cu, Er are words within 'mercury'

2 possible definitions for 'mercury'

Mercury as "temperature measured by a mercury thermometer"

Under this definition, mercury is a noun and has the following properties:

mercury as a type

'mercury' can be a type of temperature.

Example of mercury used within this context

"the mercury was falling rapidly"

Mercury as "a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element, the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures"

Under this definition, mercury is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80 have the same meaning as 'mercury'

mercury as a type

'mercury' can be a type of metallic element, metal.

mercury as a substance

'mercury' can be a substance of cinnabar, calomel, mercurous chloride.

Derivatives of mercury

mercuric, mercurous, mercurial are derivatives of 'mercury'.


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