Aqua

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  • noun. Water.
  • noun. An aqueous solution.
  • noun. A light bluish green to light greenish blue.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In pharmacy, a solution of an essential oil or gas in water, a solution of any other substance being termed liquor. In the British pharmacopœia, only a solution of an essential oil is called aqua, that of a gas being called liquor.
  • noun. Water: a word much used in medical prescriptions written in Latin, and in pharmacy generally, also in old chemistry, to denote a solution, or menstruum of water.
  • noun. In anatomy, some watery fluid or humor.
  • noun. A carminative cordial prepared from oil of pimento (allspice): also called spiritus pimentœ. Dunglison.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.
  • noun. the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called aqua ammonia.
  • noun. Same as Aquamarine.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the “royal” metal.
  • noun. a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons.
  • noun. a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The compound water.
  • noun. A shade of colour, usually a mix of green and blue similar to the colour turquoise.
  • adjective. Of a greenish-blue colour.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a shade of blue tinged with green
  • Word Usage
    "One volume of water will dissolve seven hundred times its bulk of this gas, and is then known as aqua ammonia, in contradistinction to anhydrous ammonia, the latter designating term meaning without water, while the term aqua is the Latin word for water."
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    blue  blueness  
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    -type  Boyle  Fontana  actio  annus  
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    aquamarine  water  
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    aquae