mercuries

1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperaturesSynonyms: Hg, atomic number 80, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver

2. (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek HermesSynonyms: Mercury

3. the smallest planet and the nearest to the sunSynonyms: Mercury

4. temperature measured by a mercury thermometerExamples: "the mercury was falling rapidly"Synonyms: mercury