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Mercerise
- verb - treat to strengthen and improve the luster; "mercerize cotton"
Mercerize
- verb - treat to strengthen and improve the luster; "mercerize cotton"
Mercurial
- adjective - liable to sudden unpredictable change; "erratic behavior"; "fickle weather"; "mercurial twists of temperament"; "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next"
- relating to or containing or caused by mercury; "mercurial preparations"; "mercurial sore mouth"
- relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; "more than Mercurial thievishness"
- relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; "the Mercurial canals"
Mercuries
- noun - (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
- a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
- temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly"
- the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
Mercurify
- - To obtain mercury from, as mercuric minerals, which may be done by any application of intense heat that expels the mercury in fumes, which are afterward condensed.
Mercurism
- - A communication of news; an announcement.
Mirroring
- verb - reflect as if in a mirror; "The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above"
- reflect or resemble; "The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center"
Mortaring
- verb - plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"
Murdering
- verb - alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
- kill intentionally and with premeditation;
Murmuring
- verb - a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
- making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices"
- speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"