1. mercury-in-glass_clinical_thermometer

noun. a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature.

Rhymes with Mercury Chloride

2. mercury-in-glass_thermometer

noun. thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube.

3. mercury-contaminated

adjective. contaminated by mercury.

4. mercury-vapor_lamp

noun. ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor.

5. chloride

noun. ['ˈklɔraɪd'] any compound containing a chlorine atom.

6. chloride

noun. ['ˈklɔraɪd'] any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion).

7. mercury

noun. ['ˈmɝːkjɝi'] a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.

8. mercury

noun. ['ˈmɝːkjɝi'] temperature measured by a mercury thermometer.

9. Mercury

noun. the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun.