red mercuric sulfide
noun
See under mercuric sulfide.
Words nearby red mercuric sulfide
red maple,
red mass,
red matipo,
red meat,
red mercuric oxide,
red mercuric sulfide,
red mercury,
red mist,
red mombin,
red mulberry,
red mullet
Definition for red mercuric sulfide (2 of 2)
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