| MERCAPTAN | • mercaptan n. (Chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds of sulphur, ( R1.S.R2 ); they tend to be foul-smelling… • MERCAPTAN n. a substance analogous to an alcohol, with sulphur instead of oxygen. |
| MERCENARY | • mercenary n. (Archaic) One motivated by gain, especially monetary. • mercenary n. A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for… • mercenary n. (Figuratively) One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a… |
| MERCERIES | • merceries n. Plural of mercery. • MERCERY n. a mercer's shop. |
| MERCERISE | • mercerise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of mercerize. • MERCERISE v. to treat cotton fabric under tension with caustic soda, so as to increase the strength and dye absorption, also MERCERIZE. |
| MERCERIZE | • mercerize v. (Transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes. • MERCERIZE v. to treat cotton fabric under tension with caustic soda, so as to increase the strength and dye absorption, also MERCERISE. |
| MERCHANTS | • merchants n. Plural of merchant. • MERCHANT v. to buy and sell goods for profit. |
| MERCIABLE | • merciable adj. (Obsolete) merciful. • MERCIABLE adj. (Spenser) merciful, also MERCIFUL. |
| MERCIFIDE | • MERCIFY v. (Spenser) to show pity. |
| MERCIFIED | • mercified v. Simple past tense and past participle of mercify. • MERCIFY v. (Spenser) to show pity. |
| MERCIFIES | • mercifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mercify. • MERCIFY v. (Spenser) to show pity. |
| MERCILESS | • merciless adj. Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless. • MERCILESS adj. without mercy. |
| MERCURATE | • mercurate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any oxyanion of mercury; any salt containing such an ion. • MERCURATE v. to mercurialize or treat with mercury. |
| MERCURIAL | • mercurial n. (Obsolete) Any of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua). • mercurial n. (Astrology) A person born under the influence of the planet Mercury; hence, a person having an animated… • mercurial n. (Chemistry) A chemical compound containing mercury. |
| MERCURIES | • mercuries n. Plural of mercury. • Mercuries n. Plural of Mercury. • MERCURY n. a metallic element. |
| MERCURISE | • MERCURISE v. to treat with mercury, also MERCURIZE. |
| MERCURIZE | • mercurize v. (Transitive) To treat with mercury. • MERCURIZE v. to treat with mercury, also MERCURISE. |
| MERCUROUS | • mercurous adj. (Chemistry) Pertaining to or derived from mercury. • mercurous adj. (Chemistry) Of a compound, containing mercury with an oxidation number of 1. • MERCUROUS adj. containing univalent mercury. |