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: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: yellow: yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: smoke tree: greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: hundredweight: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: giro: a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: one-trillionth: one part in a trillion equal parts
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: archeology: the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: goat's rue: tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: end: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: scabious: any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
Broader: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole | Unrelated: endolymph: the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear