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subaqueous
CIDE DICTIONARY
subaqueous, a.
- Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet. [1913 Webster]
- Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
subaqueous, adj.
1 existing, formed, or taking place under water.
2 lacking in substance or strength; wishy-washy.
1 existing, formed, or taking place under water.
2 lacking in substance or strength; wishy-washy.
ROGET THESAURUS
subaqueous
Depth
N depth, deepness, profundity, depression, hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater, gulf, bowels of the earth, botttomless pit, hell, soundings, depth of water, water, draught, submersion, plummet, sound, probe, sounding rod, sounding line, lead, bathymetry, sonar, side-looking sonar, bathometer, deep, deep seated, profound, sunk, buried, submerged, subaqueous, submarine, subterranean, subterraneous, subterrene, underground, bottomless, soundless, fathomless, unfathomed, unfathomable, abysmal, deep as a well, bathycolpian, benthal, benthopelagic, downreaching, yawning, knee deep, ankle deep, beyond one's depth, out of one's depth, over head and ears, mark twine, mark twain.For further exploring for "subaqueous" in Webster Dictionary Online