mercuric

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

mer=cu=ric

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective mercuric has 1 sense

mercuric(a = adj.pert) mercurous - of or containing mercury; Array

Derived form noun mercury₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

mercuric, a.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion. [1913 Webster]

Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate. See mercury bichloride and Corrosive.

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