aqua
having the color aqua.
Origin of aqua
1Other definitions for aqua- (2 of 2)
variant of aqui-.
Origin of aqua-
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How to use aqua in a sentence
In this aqua blanket with its frayed edges I smelled home: warm laundry, bacon frying, coffee and cigarettes.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTaqua Studio NYLocation: New York, NYPrice: $40 You could swim and you could bike, or you could cycle in the water.
12 Priciest Fitness Classes (Actually Worth the Splurge) | DailyBurn | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe MTA did try something similar on the west side yard of Penn Station: a giant tube full of water known as an aqua dam.
Hurricane Sandy’s Lesson for Flood-Proofing a Subway | Josh Dzieza | November 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut there, in her aqua-painted bedroom, there was no judgment, only admiration.
The hair is most definitely UP, and gone are the usual greys and whites and in its place a shocking aqua-marine teal.
A tint of aqua-marina of marvellous delicacy spread a soft hue throughout the cavern.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoNeither this acid nor the nitrous will dissolve gold or platina; but a mixture of them, called aqua regia, will do it.
Platina is precipitated from a solution in aqua regia by sal-ammoniac, as gold is by martial vitriol.
It is soluble in the vitriolic or marine acids, and reduced to a yellow calx by nitrous acid or aqua regia.
If a little aqua-fortis be mixed with the water, the writing will dry well, and not run out of its form when the paper is wetted.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
British Dictionary definitions for aqua
/ (ˈækwə) /
water: used in compound names of certain liquid substances (as in aqua regia) or solutions of substances in water (as in aqua ammoniae), esp in the names of pharmacological solutions
short for aquamarine (def. 2)
Origin of aqua
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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