red mercuric sulfide.
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red mercuric sulfide. — See under mercuric sulfide … Useful english dictionary
mercuric sulfide — noun : an insoluble compound HgS occurring in nature as the red mineral cinnabar and the black mineral metacinnabar and also made synthetically in red and black forms called also mercury(II) sulfide; see vermilion 1a * * * Chem. a crystalline,… … Useful english dictionary
mercuric sulfide — Chem. a crystalline, water insoluble, poisonous compound, HgS, occurring as a coarse, black powder (black mercuric sulfide) or as a fine, bright scarlet powder (red mercuric sulfide): used chiefly as a pigment and as a source of the free metal.… … Universalium
Red mercury — is a substance of debatable existence purportedly used in the creation of nuclear bombs, as well as a variety of unrelated weapons systems. Samples obtained from arrested would be terrorists invariably consisted of nothing more than various red… … Wikipedia
Mercury sulfide — Mercury sulfide … Wikipedia
mercuricsulfide — mercuric sulfide n. A poisonous compound, HgS, having two forms: a. Black mercuric sulfide, a black powder obtained from mercury salts or by the reaction of mercury with sulfur, used as a pigment. b. Red mercuric sulfide, a bright scarlet powder… … Universalium
cinnabar — cinnabarine /sin euh beuh reen , beuhr in, bahr uyn, een/, cinnabaric /sin euh bar ik/, adj. /sin euh bahr /, n. 1. a mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS, occurring in red crystals or masses: the principal ore of mercury. 2. red mercuric sulfide, used … Universalium
cinnabar — noun Etymology: Middle English cynabare, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French sinopre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Greek kinnabari, of non Indo European origin; akin to Arabic zinjafr cinnabar Date: 14th century 1. artificial red mercuric… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cinnabar — cin•na•bar [[t]ˈsɪn əˌbɑr[/t]] n. 1) mir a mineral, mercuric sulfide, Hgoccurring in red crystals or masses: the principal ore of mercury 2) chem. red mercuric sulfide, used as a pigment 3) bright red; vermilion • Etymology: 1350–1400; < ME… … From formal English to slang
Illuminated manuscript — In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts with gold or silver, like this miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Aberdeen Bestiary (folio 4v), would be considered illuminated. An illuminated manuscript is a… … Wikipedia
