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: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: iodothyronine: thyronine with iodine added
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: empetraceae: heathlike shrubs
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: snack food: food for light meals or for eating between meals
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: alectis: a genus of Carangidae
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: truth serum: an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: gempylid: snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: barbette carriage: a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: gulfweed: brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: rental: the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car)
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: clasp: a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together