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mercury sulphide

mercury sulphide is the alternative spelling of mercury sulfide.

Meaning of mercury sulfide

Noun

mercury sulfide (uncountable)

  1. A binary compound of sulfur and mercury that occurs naturally as cinnabar

Origin of mercury sulphide

From mercury + sulphide.

Questions about mercury sulphide

What is mercury sulphide the alternative spelling of?
Mercury sulphide is the alternative spelling of mercury sulfide.

Words near mercury sulphide in the dictionary

  1. Mercury retrograde problem
  2. Mercury retrograde problems
  3. Mercury Seven
  4. mercury soap
  5. mercury sulfide
  6. mercury sulphide
  7. mercury switch
  8. mercury switches
  9. Mercury's staff
  10. Mercury's staffs
  11. mercury(I) iodide

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