Definitions
temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
Word origin
The suffix -urius is also thought to be from Etruscan.
Used in a sentence
“The earth is all alive and covered with papillæ. The largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as the globule of mercury in its tube.”
“All at once the blood dropped out of her cheeks as the mercury drops from a broken barometer-tube, and she melted away from her seat like an image of snow; a slung-shot could not have brought her down better.”
“The mercury there has averaged 37.6°C, 2.3°C above the February norm.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“First planet from Sun”7 letters
02“Roman messenger god”7 letters
03“Silvery liquid metal”7 letters
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