Search Result for "fulminating mercury":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps;
[syn: mercury fulminate, fulminate of mercury, fulminating mercury]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fulminating mercury
    n 1: a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or
         heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion
         caps [syn: mercury fulminate, fulminate of mercury,
         fulminating mercury]