Temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; "the mercury was falling rapidly" the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty" the most important and magnificent in adornment; "grand ballroom"; "grand staircase" large and impressive in physical size or extent; "the bridge is a grand structure" of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose" extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms" of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings" a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
An area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve" stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road"