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- 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 - a. - Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts.
- Mercurial - a. - Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty.
- Mercurial - a. - Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2.
- Mercurial - a. - Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth.
- Mercurial - n. - A person having mercurial qualities.
- Mercurial - n. - A preparation containing mercury.
- Mercurialist - n. - One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling Mercury in character.
- Mercurialist - n. - A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its forms, in his practice.
- Mercurialize - v. t. - To affect with mercury.
- Mercurialize - v. t. - To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.
- Mercurialize - v. i. - To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious.
- Mercurialized - imp. & p. p. - of Mercurialize
- Mercurializing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Mercurialize
- Mercurially - adv. - In a mercurial manner.
- Mercurial - a. - Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2.
- 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.
- Mercury - n. - Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness.
- Mercurial - n. - A person having mercurial qualities.
- Unction - n. - The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction.
- 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.
- Mercurially - adv. - In a mercurial manner.
- Pyrometer - n. - An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.
- Mercurial - a. - Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth.