mercuric sulfide
or mercury sulfide
noun Chemistry.
a crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous compound, HgS, occurring as a coarse, black powder (black mercuric sulfide) or as a fine, bright-scarlet powder (red mercuric sulfide): used chiefly as a pigment and as a source of the free metal.
Origin of mercuric sulfide
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby mercuric sulfide
mercurialism,
mercurialize,
mercuric,
mercuric chloride,
mercuric oxide,
mercuric sulfide,
mercuric sulphide,
mercurify,
mercurize,
mercuro-,
mercurochrome