Mercury is also known by the popular name of quicksilver, derived from the Greek words, hydros meaning water, and argyros meaning silver, because this silvery mineral occurs at room temperature as a liquid. March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and FantasyĬomic Book Reviews: The Hungry Dead in Comics The gore here is clinical but the plot flows like quicksilver from the splash page to the climax, with interesting characters and situations combined with well-conceived visuals, that last always a Zenescope trademark.Ģ4 « March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy noun a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.adjective liable to sudden unpredictable change.adjective Unpredictable, erratic or fickle mercurial.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun colloquial An amalgam of mercury and tin applied to the backs of mirrors, quicksilvering.noun a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering quick water.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun (Chem.) The metal mercury - so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.noun A term popularly applied to the amalgam of mercury and tin on the back of a common mirror.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun The common popular designation of the metal mercury.To overlay with quicksilver treat with quicksilver: chiefly used in the past and present participles.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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