an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

Intended for, applying to, or acting on a particular thing, Designating a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition, Designating a customs charge levied on merchandise by unit or weight rather than according to value, noun_ A remedy intended for a particular ailment or disorder, A definite substance in the serum of an animal that gives rise to a special kind of immunity, Something adapted or expected to produce a specific effect; that which is, or is supposed to be, capable of infallibly bringing about a desired result; especially, a remedy which cures, or tends to cure, a certain disease, whatever may be its manifestations, as mercury used as a remedy for syphilis

A lineal measure, the twelfth part of a foot, Proverbially, a small quantity or degree; the least part or amount, usually, the pressure indicated by so many inches of a mercury column, as on a steam gauge, verb_ advance slowly, as if by inches, intransitive & transitive verb_ To move or cause to move slowly or by small degrees, transitive verb_ rare To drive by inches, or small degrees, rare To deal out by inches; to give sparingly

Temperature, a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures, the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun