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aqueous

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a=que=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

aqueousa. [Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose.].
  •  Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.  [1913 Webster]
    "The aqueous vapor of the air."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Made from, or by means of, water.  [1913 Webster]
    "An aqueous deposit."  [1913 Webster]
Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. -- Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.) -- Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aqueous, adj.
1 of, containing, or like water.
2 Geol. produced by water (aqueous rocks).

Idiom
aqueous humour Anat. the clear fluid in the eye between the lens and the cornea.
Etymology
med.L aqueus f. L aqua water

ROGET THESAURUS

aqueous

Water

N water, serum, serosity, lymph, rheum, diluent, agua, aqua, pani, dilution, maceration, lotion, washing, immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath, deluge, high water, flood tide, watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic, balneal, diluent, drenching, diluted, weak, wet, the waters are out.


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