English dictionary: words starting with aq

noun

A light bluish-green colour; aquamarine.

Usage examples:

Houses of yellow and aqua

combining form

Relating to water.

Usage examples:

Aquaculture

adjective

(of) the color that is a mixture of blue and green

Usage examples:

An aqua sea, [ u ] you look good in aqua.

noun

The rearing of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food.

Usage examples:

We see it as no less important for land-based aquaculture than it is for sea-based aquaculture.

noun

A precious stone consisting of a light bluish-green variety of beryl.

Usage examples:

A small boy with eyes the colour of aquamarines

adjective

Made of or containing a greenish-blue stone used in jewellery

Usage examples:

I got an aquamarine pendant for my birthday., she was wearing diamond earrings and a large aquamari…

noun

A precious stone consisting of a light bluish-green variety of beryl.

Usage examples:

A small boy with eyes the colour of aquamarines

adjective

Made of or containing a greenish-blue stone used in jewellery

Usage examples:

I got an aquamarine pendant for my birthday., she was wearing diamond earrings and a large aquamari…

noun

Aversion to, or fear of water; (now usually) fear of drowning in a body of water.

noun

A board for riding on water, pulled by a speedboat.

Usage examples:

No person shall use any vessel or manipulate water skis, an aquaplane, or a similar device in a rec…

verb

(of a vehicle) slide uncontrollably on a wet surface.

Usage examples:

The plane is believed to have aquaplaned on the runway

verb

(of a vehicle) slide uncontrollably on a wet surface.

Usage examples:

The plane is believed to have aquaplaned on the runway

noun

A board for riding on water, pulled by a speedboat.

Usage examples:

No person shall use any vessel or manipulate water skis, an aquaplane, or a similar device in a rec…

noun

A board for riding on water, pulled by a speedboat.

Usage examples:

No person shall use any vessel or manipulate water skis, an aquaplane, or a similar device in a rec…

verb

(of a vehicle) slide uncontrollably on a wet surface.

Usage examples:

The plane is believed to have aquaplaned on the runway

noun

The sport of riding on an aquaplane.

Usage examples:

Their first days here were spent in active sports—swimming, sailing, and aquaplaning

verb

(of a vehicle) slide uncontrollably on a wet surface.

Usage examples:

The plane is believed to have aquaplaned on the runway

noun

A transparent tank of water in which live fish and other water creatures and plants are kept.

Usage examples:

On the whole, it's a gift in the hands of those who were fed up of purchasing the typical type of a…

Plural of aquarium

noun

A person born under the sign of aquarius.

Usage examples:

Like all air signs, aquarians carry the double-edged gift of being able to detach their reason from…

adjective

Relating to the sign of aquarius.

Usage examples:

He or she may be fascinating, brilliant, eccentric, chaotic, unstable, a wild child, or a genius, b…

noun

A person born under the sign of aquarius.

Usage examples:

Like all air signs, aquarians carry the double-edged gift of being able to detach their reason from…

adjective

Relating to the sign of aquarius.

Usage examples:

He or she may be fascinating, brilliant, eccentric, chaotic, unstable, a wild child, or a genius, b…

noun

A transparent tank of water in which live fish and other water creatures and plants are kept.

Usage examples:

On the whole, it's a gift in the hands of those who were fed up of purchasing the typical type of a…

noun

A transparent tank of water in which live fish and other water creatures and plants are kept.

Usage examples:

On the whole, it's a gift in the hands of those who were fed up of purchasing the typical type of a…

proper noun

A large constellation (the water carrier or water bearer), said to represent a man pouring water from a jar. it contains no bright stars but has several planetary nebulae.

noun

A person born when the sun is in the sign of aquarius.

Usage examples:

I once asked my totem why i have a fire totem when i am an aquarius, an air sign in every sense of …

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation aquarius.

Usage examples:

The star alpha aquarii

adjective

Relating to water.

Usage examples:

Animals have eyes adapted to the hues of their aquatic home

noun

An aquatic plant or animal, especially one suitable for a pond or aquarium.

Usage examples:

Water lilies and other deep-water aquatics

adverb

In a way that is connected with water or that involves living, growing, or happening in water

Usage examples:

Watercress is an aquatically grown lettuce., marine mammals give birth aquatically.

noun

An aquatic plant or animal, especially one suitable for a pond or aquarium.

Usage examples:

Water lilies and other deep-water aquatics

adjective

Relating to water.

Usage examples:

Animals have eyes adapted to the hues of their aquatic home

noun

A print resembling a watercolour, made by etching a copper plate with nitric acid and using resin and varnish to produce areas of tonal shading.

Usage examples:

Twelve coloured aquatints of british battle scenes

verb

Produce (a print) using the aquatint technique or process.

Usage examples:

She studied methods of etching and aquatinting

noun

A print resembling a watercolour, made by etching a copper plate with nitric acid and using resin and varnish to produce areas of tonal shading.

Usage examples:

Twelve coloured aquatints of british battle scenes

verb

Produce (a print) using the aquatint technique or process.

Usage examples:

She studied methods of etching and aquatinting

noun

An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

Usage examples:

There is also a visitor centre and beautiful walks next to the river avon and under the aqueduct ca…

noun

An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

Usage examples:

There is also a visitor centre and beautiful walks next to the river avon and under the aqueduct ca…

adjective

Of or containing water.

Usage examples:

An aqueous solution of potassium permanganate

noun

A body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.

Usage examples:

Because of the long residence times typical of most bodies of groundwater, contaminated aquifers ar…

noun

A body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.

Usage examples:

Because of the long residence times typical of most bodies of groundwater, contaminated aquifers ar…