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Aquatic: Definition and part of speech

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Aquatic

  1. n. Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.
  2. a. Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.
  3. n. An aquatic animal or plant.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apyrous: Definition and part of speech

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Apyrous

  1. a. Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aqua: Definition and part of speech

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Aqua

  1. n. Water; — a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aquatinta: Definition and part of speech

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Aquatinta

  1. n. A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aqueduct: Definition and part of speech

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Aqueduct

  1. n. A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
  2. n. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.