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  • 41quicksilver — I. noun Date: before 12th century mercury 2a II. adjective Date: 1655 resembling or suggestive of quicksilver; especially mercurial 3 …

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  • 42quicksilver — quick|sil|ver1 [ kwık,sılvər ] noun uncount OLD FASHIONED MERCURY quicksilver quick|sil|ver 2 [ kwık,sılvər ] adjective LITERARY changing often in ways you do not expect …

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  • 43quicksilver — noun 1》 liquid mercury. 2》 [as modifier] moving or changing rapidly and unpredictably: his quicksilver wit …

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  • 44quicksilver — quicksilvery, adj. /kwik sil veuhr/, n. 1. the metallic element mercury. v.t. 2. to amalgamate (metal) with mercury. [bef. 1000; ME qwyksilver, OE cwicseolfor (trans. L argentum vivum) lit., living silver] * * * …

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  • 45quicksilver — SYN: mercury. * * * quick·sil·ver .sil vər n MERCURY (1) …

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  • 46quicksilver — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mercury, ore, liquid mercury; see metal …

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  • 47mercury — mer•cu•ry [[t]ˈmɜr kyə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) chem. a heavy, silver white, toxic metallic element, liquid at room temperature: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, mirror surfaces, and as a laboratory catalyst;… …

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  • 48mercury — Synonyms and related words: April showers, Gyropilot, Proteus, antelope, arrow, automatic pilot, blue darter, blue streak, boatheader, boatsteerer, cannonball, chameleon, cicerone, cloud shapes, courier, courser, cowherd, coxswain, dart, dragoman …

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  • 49quicksilver — Synonyms and related words: April showers, Proteus, active, activist, activistic, alive, animated, antelope, arrow, aureate, blue darter, blue streak, bouncing, bouncy, brass, brassy, brazen, breezy, brisk, bronze, bronzy, bubbly, cannonball,… …

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  • 50mercury — mer·cu·ry || mÉœr kjÉ™rɪ /mɜː kjÊŠrɪ n. quicksilver, heavy metallic element known for its fluidity at average temperatures, element used in thermometers and barometers to measure temperature (Chemistry) n. messenger, courier …

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