quicksilver

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: quick=sil=ver

CIDE DICTIONARY

quicksilver, n. [Quick living + silver; -- so called from its fluidity; cf. G. quecksilber, L. argentum vivum. See Quick, a.].

 The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.  [1913 Webster]

Quicksilver horizon, a mercurial artificial horizon. See under Horizon. -- Quicksilver water, a solution of mercury nitrate used in artificial silvering; quick water.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quicksilver, n. & v.
--n.
1 mercury.
2 mobility of temperament or mood.
--v.tr. coat (a mirror-glass) with an amalgam of tin.

THESAURUS

quicksilver

April showers, Proteus, active, activist, activistic, alive, animated, antelope, arrow, aureate, blue darter, blue streak, bouncing, bouncy, brass, brassy, brazen, breezy, brisk, bronze, bronzy, bubbly, cannonball, chameleon, changeable, chipper, cloud shapes, copper, coppery, coquettish, courser, cupreous, cuprous, dart, eagle, ebullient, effervescent, electricity, energetic, express train, faddish, ferrous, ferruginous, fickle, flash, flighty, flirtatious, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gazelle, gilt, gold, gold-filled, gold-plated, golden, greased lightning, greyhound, hare, inconstant, iron, ironlike, jet plane, kaleidoscope, lead, leaden, light, lightning, live, lively, mercurial, mercurous, mercury, militant, moon, nickel, nickelic, nickeline, peppy, perky, pert, pewter, pewtery, rocket, rolling stone, scared rabbit, shifting sands, shot, silver, silver-plated, silvery, skittish, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, steel, steely, streak, streak of lightning, striped snake, swallow, the weather, thought, thunderbolt, tin, tinny, torrent, toying, undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, vacillating, versatile, vivacious, volatile, water, weather vane, weathercock, wheel of fortune, whirligig, wind, zingy

ROGET THESAURUS

quicksilver

Changeableness

N changeableness, mutability, inconstancy, versatility, mobility, instability, unstable equilibrium, vacillation, fluctuation, vicissitude, alternation, restlessness, fidgets, disquiet, disquietude, inquietude, unrest, agitation, moon, Proteus, chameleon, quicksilver, shifting sands, weathercock, harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers, wheel of Fortune, transientness, changeable, changeful, changing, mutable, variable, checkered, ever changing, protean, proteiform, versatile, unstaid, inconstant, unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled, fluctuating, restless, agitated, erratic, fickle, irresolute, capricious, touch and go, inconsonant, fitful, spasmodic, vibratory, vagrant, wayward, desultory, afloat, alternating, alterable, plastic, mobile, transient, wavering, seesaw, off and on, a rolling stone gathers no moss, pictra mossa non fa muschis, honores mutant mores, varium et mutabile semper femina.

Physical Energy

N energy, physical energy, force, power, keenness, intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity, go, high pressure, fire, rush, acrimony, acritude, causiticity, virulence, poignancy, harshness, severity, edge, point, pungency, cantharides, seasoning, activity, agitation, effervescence, ferment, fermentation, ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle, voluntary energy, quicksilver, resolution, exertion, excitation, strong, energetic, forcible, active, intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk, rousing, irritation, poignant, virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent, double-edged, double-shotted, double- distilled, drastic, escharotic, racy, potent, radioactive, strongly, fortiter in re, with telling effect, the steam is up, vires acquirit eundo, the race by vigor not by vaunts is won.

Velocity

N velocity, speed, celerity, swiftness, rapidity, eagle speed, expedition, pernicity, acceleration, haste, spurt, rush, dash, race, steeple chase, smart rate, lively rate, swift rate, rattling rate, spanking rate, strapping rate, smart pace, lively pace, swift pace, rattling pace, spanking pace, strapping pace, round pace, flying, flight, lightning, greased lightning, light, electricity, wind, cannon ball, rocket, arrow, dart, hydrargyrum, quicksilver, telegraph, express train, torrent, eagle, antelope, courser, race horse, gazelle, greyhound, hare, doe, squirrel, camel bird, chickaree, chipmunk, hackee, ostrich, scorcher, Mercury, Ariel, Camilla, Harlequin, log, log line, speedometer, odometer, tachometer, strobe, radar speed detector, radar trap, air speed gauge, wind sock, wind speed meter, pedometer, fast, speedy, swift, rapid, quick, fleet, aliped, nimble, agile, expeditious, express, active, flying, galloping, light footed, nimble footed, winged, eagle winged, mercurial, electric, telegraphic, light-legged, light of heel, swift as an arrow, quick as lightning, quick as a thought, swiftly, with speed, apace, at a great rate, at full speed, at railway speed, full drive, full gallop, posthaste, in full sail, tantivy, trippingly, instantaneously, under press of sail, under press of canvas, under press of sail and steam, velis et remis, on eagle's wing, in double quick time, with rapid strides, with giant strides, a pas de geant, in seven league boots, whip and spur, ventre a terre, as fast as one's legs will carry one, as fast as one's heels will carry one, as fast as one can lay legs to the ground, at the top of one's speed, by leaps and bounds, with haste, vires acquirit eundo, I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes, swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow, go like a bat out of hell, tempus fugit.