Crossword-Solution: MERCURIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Mercuric | a. | Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “MERCURIC”
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| Containing quicksilver | 1 answer |
| of or containing mercury in the divalent state | 1 answer |
| Kind of oxide | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with MERCURIC (5)
There being no expensive machinery, a plant could be very cheaply erected wherever necessary." CHAPTER VIII CALCINATION OR ROASTING OF ORES The object of calcining or roasting certain ores before treatment is to dissipate the sulphur or sulphides of arsenic, antimony, lead, etc., which are inimical to treatment, whether by ordinary mercuric amalgamation or lixiviation.
Mercury was also a symbol of sprightliness, volatility, and inconstancy) 7 And virgin wax, that never yet was sealed, sealed > [used for sealing] 8 And mingled them with perfect vermilion, vermilion > {Cinnabar, red crystalline mercuric sulphide, used in the manufacture of red sealing-wax: it is the ore from which most of the world's mercury is derived} 9 That like a lively sanguine it seemed to the eye.
This mercuric chloride is said to form an additive compound with the phosphine of the crude acetylene, which compound is decomposed by the ferric chloride, and the mercuric chloride recovered.
The paper consists of a specially prepared black porous paper which has been dipped in a solution of mercuric chloride (corrosive sublimate) and dried.
This is the conversion of acetylene by means of dilute sulphuric acid (3 volumes of concentrated acid to 7 volumes of water), preferably in the presence of mercuric oxide, to acetaldehyde.
Quotes with MERCURIC (1)
Nick and the Candlestick I am a miner. The light burns blue. Waxy stalactites Drip and thicken, tears The earthen womb Exudes from its dead boredom. Black bat airs Wrap me, raggy shawls, Cold homicides. They weld to me like plums. Old cave of calcium Icicles, old echoer. Even the newts are white, Those holy Joes. And the fish, the fish ----Christ! they are panes of ice, A vice of knives, A piranha Religion, drinking Its first communion out of my live toes. The candle Gulps an…
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Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1987–2022).