A very thin sheet of metal.
Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
A stylized flower or leaf.
Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
The track of an animal.
To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
To cover or wrap with foil.
A silvery-colored, toxic, metallic chemical element, liquid at room temperature, with atomic number 80 and symbol Hg.
One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals.
Any plant of any species of the genus and the genus Mercurialis.
The poison oak or poison ivy.
An annual plant, annual mercury (Mercurialis annua), formerly grown for its medicinal properties; French mercury, herb mercury.
Ambient pressure or temperature (from the use of mercury in barometers and thermometers).
A similar edible plant (Blitum bonus-henricus), otherwise known as English mercury or allgood.