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▸ noun: A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.
▸ noun: (sciences, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.
▸ noun: (with definite article) Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers).
▸ noun: (obsolete) Liveliness, volatility.
▸ noun: Any of several types of plant.
▸ noun: An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.
▸ noun: Any plant of any species of the genus and the genus Mercurialis.
▸ noun: A similar edible plant (Blitum bonus-henricus), otherwise known as English mercury or allgood.
▸ noun: (US, regional) The poison oak or poison ivy.
▸ noun: (astronomy) The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
▸ noun: (Roman mythology) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.
▸ noun: (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Quicksilver, mercury. (No longer capitalized, as the name of the metal is no longer recognized as that of the planet.)
▸ noun: (archaic) A carrier of tidings.
▸ noun: A newsboy, a messenger.
▸ noun: A footman.
▸ noun: Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between.
▸ noun: A newspaper.
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atomic number 80,
methylmercury,
arsenic,
cadmium,
bichloride,
mercuric,
fluoride,
ethylmercury,
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