Term: mercury thermometer: thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: perineum: the general region between the anus and the genital organs
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: numismatics: the collection and study of money (and coins in particular)
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: melanogrammus: haddock
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: electrocutioner: an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: radioactive iodine uptake test: radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: grains of paradise: West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: apical placentation: where one or few ovules develop at the top of a simple or compound ovary
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: perceptiveness: the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
Broader: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature | Unrelated: butterfly weed: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers