Definition of mercurial

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Mercurial (a.) Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2..

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Saturnine :: Saturnine (a.) Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper..
Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2..
Calomel :: Calomel (n.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver..
Mercurify :: Mercurify (v. t.) To combine or mingle mercury with; to impregnate with mercury; to mercurialize.
Mercurialist :: Mercurialist (n.) A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its forms, in his practice..
Mercurially :: Mercurially (adv.) In a mercurial manner.
Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament..
Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty..
Mercurial :: Mercurial (n.) A person having mercurial qualities.
Mercurializing :: Mercurializing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mercurializ.
Mercury :: Mercury (n.) A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe..
Mercurialized :: Mercurialized (imp. & p. p.) of Mercurializ.
Mercurialize :: Mercurialize (v. t.) To affect with mercury.
Mercurial :: Mercurial (n.) A preparation containing mercury.
Mercurialize :: Mercurialize (v. i.) To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious..
Pyrometer :: Pyrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.
Mercurialize :: Mercurialize (v. t.) To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.
Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts.
Intramercurial :: Intramercurial (a.) Between the planet Mercury and the sun; -- as, the hypothetical Vulcan is intramercurial..
Hydrargyrism :: Hydrargyrism (n.) A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism..
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