mercury /mûrˈkū-ri/

1. A silvery metallic element (symbol Hg; atomic no 80), liquid at ordinary temperatures (also called quicksilver)
2. The column of mercury in a thermometer or barometer
3. A plant (dog's-merˈcury Mercurialis perennis) of the spurge family
4. The plant good-King-Henry
5. A preparation of mercury
6. A messenger
7. A common title for newspapers
8. Mercurial character (obsolete)
9. (with cap) the Roman god of merchandise, theft, and eloquence, messenger of the gods, identified with the Greek Hermes
10. (with cap) the planet nearest the sun

merˈcurate transitive verb

1. To mercurialize or treat with mercury
2. To convert into a compound with mercury

mercurāˈtion noun

mercūˈrial adjective

1. Containing mercury
2. Of or like mercury
3. Caused by mercury
4. (with cap) of or relating to Mercury the god or the planet
5. (sometimes with cap) having the qualities attributed to persons born under the planet, eloquent, etc
6. Active, sprightly, often changing

1. A drug containing mercury
2. The plant mercury (obsolete)
3. (sometimes with cap) a person born under the planet (obsolete)

mercūˈrialism noun

A morbid condition due to mercury

mercūˈrialist noun (obsolete)

1. A believer in the medical use of mercury
2. A mercurial person

mercūˈrialize or mercūˈrialise transitive verb

1. To treat with mercury or a drug containing mercury (medicine)
2. To make mercurial

mercūˈrially adverb

mercūˈrialness or mercūrialˈity noun

mercūˈric adjective

Containing bivalent mercury

merˈcurize or merˈcurise transitive verb same as mercurate above

merˈcurous adjective

Containing univalent mercury

mercuric chloride noun

A soluble toxic substance (HgCl₂), used as a pesticide

mercury switch or mercury tilt switch noun

A quiet electric switch activated by the movement of mercury in a phial over the contacts

mercury vapour light or mercury vapour lamp noun

A bright greenish-blue light, high in ultraviolet rays, produced by an electric discharge through mercury vapour

quick¹ /kwik/

1. Swift
2. Speedy
3. Brief
4. Nimble
5. Ready
6. Sensitive
7. Readily responsive
8. Prompt to act
9. Ready-witted
10. Prompt to perceive or learn
11. Hasty
12. Living, alive (archaic, Bible, church, etc)
13. Pregnant (archaic)
14. (of a hedge) composed of living plants
15. (of a fire, etc) burning briskly
16. (of an oven) hot
17. (of sand, etc) mobile, shifting
18. Sharp (figurative)

1. Without delay
2. Rapidly
3. Soon

1. The sensitive parts of the body surface, esp under the nails
2. The tenderest or deepest feelings
3. The innermost or vital part
4. The living flesh (archaic)
5. The living (archaic)
6. A living thing (Spenser)
7. A living plant, esp hawthorn in a hedge (also collectively)
8. The life (archaic)

quickˈen transitive verb

1. To accelerate
2. To impart energy or liveliness to
3. To invigorate
4. To stimulate
5. To give life to
6. To revive

1. To move faster
2. To become alive or lively
3. To revive
4. To be stimulated
5. (of a pregnant woman) to reach the stage in pregnancy when the movement of the baby can be felt

quickˈener noun

quickˈening noun and adjective

quickˈie or quickˈy noun (informal)

1. Something that takes, or is to be done in, a short time (also adjective)
2. An alcoholic drink to be rapidly consumed
3. A brief or hurried act of sexual intercourse

quickˈly adverb

quickˈness noun

quick-anˈswered adjective (Shakespeare)

Quick at answering

quick assets plural noun

Readily realizable assets

quickˈ-born adjective (archaic)

Born alive

quickˈ-change adjective

Quick in making a change, esp (of a performer) in appearance (quick-change artist such a performer; a person who changes rapidly or frequently in mood or opinion)

quickˈ-conceiving adjective (Shakespeare)

Quick at understanding

quickˈ-eyed adjective

Having a keen eye

quick fire noun

Rapid and continuous gunfire

quickˈ-fire adjective

1. (of questions, etc) following in rapid succession
2. (also quickˈ-firing) designed to allow a quick succession of shots

quickˈ-firer noun

quickˈ-fix adjective

Expedient and temporary as a solution

quickˈ-freeze noun

Very rapid freezing of food so that its natural qualities are unimpaired (also transitive verb and intransitive verb)

quickˈ-frozen adjective

quickˈ-hedge noun

A hedge of living plants

quickˈlime noun

Unslaked lime, calcium oxide

quickˈ-lunch adjective

(of a café, etc) that serves quickly-eaten lunches with prompt service

quick march noun (military)

A march at a fast pace

interjection

The command to start such a march

quickˈ-match noun

Cotton thread impregnated with an inflammable mixture

quickˈsand noun

1. A loose watery sand which swallows up anyone who walks on it, or objects placed on it
2. Anything similarly treacherous

quickˈ-sandy adjective

quickˈ-scented or quickˈ-scenting adjective

Having a keen scent

quickˈ-selling adjective

quickˈset adjective

Formed of living plants set into place

noun

1. A living plant, slip or cutting, esp of hawthorn, or a series of them, set to grow for a hedge
2. A quickset hedge

quick-sightˈed adjective

Having quick sight or discernment

quick-sightˈedness noun

quickˈsilver noun

Mercury

adjective

1. Of mercury
2. Quick-moving
3. Mercurial

transitive verb

To overlay or to treat with quicksilver or amalgam

quickˈsilvered adjective

quickˈsilvering noun

The mercury on the back of a mirror

quickˈsilverish or quickˈsilvery adjective

quickˈstep noun

1. A march step or tune in fast time
2. A fast foxtrot

intransitive verb

To dance a quickstep

quickˈ-sticks or quickˈ-stick adverb (informal)

Without delay

quick-temˈpered adjective

Irascible

quickˈthorn noun

Hawthorn

quick time noun (military)

A rate of about 120 steps per minute in marching

quick trick noun (bridge)

A card that should win a trick in the first or second round of the suit

quickˈ-water noun

A solution of nitrate of mercury

quick-wittˈed adjective

Able to think quickly and effectively

quick-wittˈedness noun

a quick one

1. A quick drink
2. A quickie

quick and dirty

Produced as a swift, but often inelegant, expedient

quick off the mark

Prompt to act

quick on the draw

1. Swift to draw a gun from its holster
2. Prompt in response or action

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