Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 26 compound words that contain mercury. The most common are listed below. Open mercury in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
- mercury-vapour lampa gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation
- Mercury SevenNASA's first astronaut group, consisting of seven members, chosen in 1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton.
- millimeter of mercuryA unit of pressure equal to the amount of fluid pressure one millimeter deep in mercury at zero degrees Celsius on Earth.
- annual mercuryMercurialis annua, a spurge native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East and invasive elsewhere.
- English mercuryGood King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus)
- mercury switchA switch that opens and closes an electric circuit through a small amount of liquid mercury.
- red mercuryA supposed substance for use in the creation of nuclear bombs and other weapons, about which there are various conspiracy theories.
- mercury switchesplural of mercury switch: A switch that opens and closes an electric circuit through a small amount of liquid mercury.
- mercury arc rectifierA rectifier which converts alternating current to direct current, using a cathode tube with a pool of liquid mercury. Now superseded by solid-state rectifiers.
- horn mercuryA mineral chloride of mercury, having a semitranslucent, horn-like appearance.
- mercury sulfideA binary compound of sulfur and mercury that occurs naturally as cinnabar
- methyl mercuryAlternative spelling of methylmercury: The organometallic cation CH₃Hg⁺; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment in the form of various compounds
- Mercury dimeA ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from late 1916 to 1945, bearing on its obverse the depiction of a young Liberty in a winged Phrygian cap.
- ethyl mercuryAlternative spelling of ethylmercury: The organometallic cation CH₃CH₂Hg⁺, a toxicant.
- mercury barometerA barometer which indicates the atmospheric pressure by measuring the height of a column of mercury in a vertical, evacuated tube.
- mercury-vapor lampAlternative spelling of mercury-vapour lamp: a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation
- mercury-vapor lampsplural of mercury-vapor lamp: a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation
- Mercury dimesplural of Mercury dime: A ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from late 1916 to 1945, bearing on its obverse the depiction of a young Liberty in a winged Phrygian cap.
- mercury sulphideAlternative spelling of mercury sulfide: A binary compound of sulfur and mercury that occurs naturally as cinnabar
- millimeters of mercuryplural of millimeter of mercury: A unit of pressure equal to the amount of fluid pressure one millimeter deep in mercury at zero degrees Celsius on Earth.
- mercury gildingamalgam gilding
- eka-mercurycopernicium.
- millimetres of mercuryplural of millimetre of mercury: A unit of pressure equal to the amount of fluid pressure one millimeter deep in mercury at zero degrees Celsius on Earth.
- millimetre of mercuryAlternative spelling of millimeter of mercury: A unit of pressure equal to the amount of fluid pressure one millimeter deep in mercury at zero degrees Celsius on Earth.
- mercury fulminateAn explosive crystalline compound of mercury with the chemical formula Hg(ONC)₂.
Compound words 26
- mercuricPertaining to or derived from mercury.
- methylmercuryThe organometallic cation CH₃Hg⁺; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment in the form of various compounds
- MercutianSynonym of Mercurian (“of or relating to the planet Mercury”).
- mercurismmercury poisoning
- mercurylessLacking mercury.
- nonmercuryNot of, pertaining to, or containing mercury.
- dodecamercuryTwelve atoms of mercury in a chemical compound: Hg₁₂.
- ethylmercuryThe organometallic cation CH₃CH₂Hg⁺, a toxicant.
- hexamercurySix atoms of mercury in a chemical compound.
- mercuriferousContaining or producing mercury.