Quicksilver synonyms

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mercury
The surface of Mercury resembles Earth’s moon because it has a layer of silicates which are tiny particles.
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liquid mercury
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metal (related)
An object made of metal.
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erratic
Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric:
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fickle
Changeable or unstable in affection, interest, loyalty, etc.; capricious
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mercurial
Of or relating to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty.
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ore
A naturally occurring mineral or rock from which a valuable or useful substance, especially a metal, can be extracted at a reasonable cost.
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hydrargyrum
(Chemistry and medicine) mercury (chemical element)
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a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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atomic number 80
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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twink (related)
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slowdive (related)
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Whiskeytown (related)
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Quicksilver Sentence Examples

  • Small quantities of quicksilver, sulphur and iron are obtained.

  • Antimony, quicksilver, stone, marble, slate and potter's clay are also worked, and there are brine springs in the Hellweg and mineral springs at Lippspringe, Oynhausen, &c.

  • It includes diamonds, the majority of which, however, are of a somewhat yellow colour, gold, quicksilver, cinnabar, copper, iron, tin, antimony, mineral oils, sulphur, rock-salt, marble and coal.

  • Of other minerals (with the exceptions of coal, iron and salt treated below) nickel and antimony are found in the upper Harz; cobalt in the hilly districts of Hesse and the Saxon Erzgebirge; arsenic in the Riesengebirge; quicksilver in the Sauerland and in the spurs of the Saarbrucken coal hills; graphite in Bavaria; porcelain clay in Saxony and Silesia; amber along the whole Baltic coast; and lime and gypsum in almost all parts.

  • In the view of some alchemists, the ultimate principles of matter were Aristotle's four elements; the proximate constituents were a " sulphur " and a " mercury," the father and mother of the metals; gold was supposed to have attained to the perfection of its nature by passing in succession through the forms of lead, brass and silver; gold and silver were held to contain very pure red sulphur and white quicksilver, whereas in the other metals these materials were coarser and of a different colour.

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