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Venus :: Venus (n.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about 67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was called by the ancients Lucifer; as the evening star, Hesperus..

Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Caused by the use of mercury; as, mercurial sore mouth..

Mercurialize :: Mercurialize (v. t.) To affect with mercury.

Hydrargyrism :: Hydrargyrism (n.) A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism..

Elongation :: Elongation (n.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury..

Monatomic :: Monatomic (adv.) Consisting of, or containing, one atom; as, the molecule of mercury is monatomic..

Amalgamation :: Amalgamation (n.) The act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and silver from their ores by mixing them with mercury.

Amalgamator :: Amalgamator (n.) One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam..

Calomel :: 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..

Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Having the form or image of Mercury; -- applied to ancient guideposts.

Amalgamate :: Amalgamate (v. t.) To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury..

Quicksilvering :: Quicksilvering (n.) The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass.

Solvent :: Solvent (n.) A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc..

Mercurial :: Mercurial (n.) A preparation containing mercury.

Amalgam :: Amalgam (n.) A native compound of mercury and silver.

Mercurialize :: Mercurialize (v. t.) To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.

Water Gilding :: Water gilding () The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding..

Thoth :: Thoth (n.) The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb..

Amalgam :: Amalgam (n.) An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc..

Patio :: Patio (n.) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation..

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