mercury fulminate mercury-discharge lamp • mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · mercury fulminate · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 17 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps. Synonyms: mercury fulminate, fulminate of mercury, fulminating mercury. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · fulminate of mercury · · Synonym 1 fulminating mercury · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075 y latin small letter y U+0079