mercury as a noun: - 1
Mercury - 2
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mercury - 4
mercury
noun
1 mercury
A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.
synonyms: atomic number 80, Hg, hydrargyrum, quicksilver.
Dutch: kwik, kwikzilver, mercurius
Polish: Hg, rtęć, żywe srebro
2 Mercury
Roman mythology Messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes.
Dutch: Mercurius
3 Mercury
The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun.
Dutch: Mercurius
Polish: Merkury
4 mercury
Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer.
Roget 274:
velocity,
speed,
celerity;
swiftness
etc.
adj.;
rapidity,
eagle speed;
expedition
etc.
(activity)
682;
pernicity†;
acceleration;
haste
etc.
684.
spurt,
rush,
dash,
race,
steeple chase;
smart rate,
lively rate,
swift rate
etc.
adj.;
rattling rate,
spanking rate,
strapping rate,
smart pace,
lively pace,
swift pace,
rattling pace,
spanking pace,
strapping pace;
round pace;
flying,
flight.
lightning,
greased lightning,
light,
electricity,
wind;
cannon ball,
rocket,
arrow,
dart,
hydrargyrum [Lat.],
quicksilver;
telegraph,
express train;
torrent.
eagle,
antelope,
courser,
race horse,
gazelle,
greyhound,
hare,
doe,
squirrel,
camel bird,
chickaree†,
chipmunk,
hackee [U.S.],
ostrich,
scorcher [Slang].
Mercury,
Ariel†,
Camilla†,
Harlequin.
[Measurement of velocity]
log,
log line;
speedometer,
odometer,
tachometer,
strobe,
radar speed detector,
radar trap,
air speed gauge,
wind sock,
wind speed meter;
pedometer.
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Roget 268:
traveler,
wayfarer,
voyager,
itinerant,
passenger,
commuter.
tourist,
excursionist,
explorer,
adventurer,
mountaineer,
hiker,
backpacker,
Alpine Club;
peregrinator†,
wanderer,
rover,
straggler,
rambler;
bird of passage;
gadabout,
gadling†;
vagrant,
scatterling†,
landloper†,
waifs and estrays†,
wastrel,
foundling;
loafer;
tramp,
tramper;
vagabond,
nomad,
Bohemian,
gypsy,
Arab†,
Wandering Jew,
Hadji,
pilgrim,
palmer;
peripatetic;
somnambulist,
emigrant,
fugitive,
refugee;
beach comber,
booly†;
globegirdler†,
globetrotter;
vagrant,
hobo [U.S.],
night walker,
sleep walker;
noctambulist,
runabout,
straphanger,
swagman,
swagsman [Austral.];
trecker†,
trekker,
zingano†,
zingaro†.
runner,
courier;
Mercury,
Iris,
Ariel†,
comet.
pedestrian,
walker,
foot passenger;
cyclist;
wheelman.
rider,
horseman,
equestrian,
cavalier,
jockey,
roughrider,
trainer,
breaker.
driver,
coachman,
whip,
Jehu,
charioteer,
postilion,
postboy†,
carter,
wagoner,
drayman†;
cabman,
cabdriver;
voiturier†,
vetturino†,
condottiere†;
engine driver;
stoker,
fireman,
guard;
chauffeur,
conductor,
engineer,
gharry-wallah†,
gari-wala†,
hackman,
syce†,
truckman†.
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Roget 534:
messenger,
envoy,
emissary,
legate;
nuncio,
internuncio†;
ambassador
etc.
(diplomatist)
758.
marshal,
flag bearer,
herald,
crier,
trumpeter,
bellman†,
pursuivant†,
parlementaire [Fr.],
apparitor†.
courier,
runner;
dak†,
estafette†;
Mercury,
Iris,
Ariel†.
commissionaire [Fr.];
errand boy,
chore boy;
newsboy.
mail,
overnight mail,
express mail,
next-day delivery;
post,
post office;
letter bag;
delivery service;
United Parcel Service,
UPS;
Federal Express,
Fedex.
telegraph,
telephone;
cable,
wire
(electronic information transmission);
carrier pigeon.
[person reporting news]
(news)
532
reporter,
gentleman of the press,
representative of the press;
penny-a-liner;
special correspondent,
own correspondent;
spy,
scout;
informer
etc.
527.
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Moby thesaurus: Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Earth, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Iris, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore, Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Minerva, Mithras, Momus, Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Paul Revere, Persephassa, Persephone, Pheidippides, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Uranus, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus, asteroid, carrier, commercialism, commissionaire, courier, diplomatic courier, emissary, estafette, express, go-between, industrialism, inferior planet, major planet, mercantilism, message-bearer, messenger, minor planet, nuncio, planet, planetoid, post, postboy, postrider, runner, secondary planet, solar system, superior planet, terrestrial planet, wanderer ... show more.
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