Quicksilver
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The word Quicksilver could represent:
- Quicksilver, another name for the chemical element mercury. Literally "living silver", from mercury's silver appearance and its unusual (for a metal) liquidity at room temperature.
- Quicksilver, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, his superhuman ability being super-speed and reflexes. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #4 (1962).
- Quicksilver, a novel by Neal Stephenson.
- Quicksilver, a role-playing game by Jeff and Amanda Dee.
- Quicksilver, a 1986 film starring Kevin Bacon Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Rudy Ramos, and Laurence Fishburne and directed by Tom Donnelly.
- Quicksilver, a free application for Mac OS X by Blacktree Software that allows the user to use the keyboard to rapidly launch other applications, manipulate files, send email, etc.
- Quiksilver [sic], a clothing brand specialized in surfing and winter sports.
- Quicksilver, a novel substance in The_Invisible_Man that has the ability to bend light, making things invisible.
- Quicksilver, a character in the cartoon series Silverhawks
- Quicksilver Software, a computer games company based in Irvine, California
- Quicksilver, the probable name for Mike Oldfield's new album, scheduled for September 2005