Quicksilver

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See mercury.
  • adj. Unpredictable; mercurial: "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next” ( Sven Birkerts).
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  • n. The metal mercury.
  • n. An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.
  • adj. Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.
  • v. To overlay with quicksilver.
  • v. To treat with quicksilver.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The common popular designation of the metal mercury. See mercury, 6, and mercurial.
  • To overlay with quicksilver; treat with quicksilver: chiefly used in the past and present participles.
  • n. A term popularly applied to the amalgam of mercury and tin on the back of a common mirror.
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  • adj. liable to sudden unpredictable change
  • n. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
    • Equivalent
    changeful    changeable   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    metallic element    metal   
    Cross Reference
    quicksilver plaster    quicksilver water   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Silver    silver   
    Same Context
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    phosphorescent    pearly   
     
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