All English words - page 324

Meanings of Aquarists:

noun

A person who keeps an aquarium.

Usage examples:

You can then gift a fellow aquarist with the culture to begin a vinegar eel colony of their own.

Meanings of Aquarium:

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…

Meanings of Aquariums:

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…

Meanings of Aquarius:

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

Meanings of Aquatic:

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

Meanings of Aquatically:

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.

Meanings of Aquatics:

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

Meanings of Aquatint:

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

Meanings of Aquatinted:

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

Meanings of Aquatinting:

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

Meanings of Aquatints:

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

Meanings of Aquavit:

noun

An alcoholic spirit made from potatoes or other starchy plants.

Usage examples:

This book even shows the origins of aqua vitae, akvavit and usquebaugh, all very important substanc…

Meanings of Aqueduct:

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…

Meanings of Aqueducts:

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…

Meanings of Aqueous:

adjective

Of or containing water.

Usage examples:

An aqueous solution of potassium permanganate

Meanings of Aquifer:

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…

Meanings of Aquifers:

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…

Meanings of Aquila:

proper noun

A small northern constellation (the eagle), said to represent the eagle that carried ganymede to olympus. it contains the bright star altair, and some rich star fields of the milky way.

adjective

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

Usage examples:

The star beta aquilae

Meanings of Aquilegia:

noun

A plant of the buttercup family, which bears showy flowers with backward-pointing spurs. native to temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, it is widely grown in gardens.

Usage examples:

I have beds full of wild strawberries at brockhole and there are ferns and aquilegias elsewhere in …

Meanings of Aquiline:

adjective

Like an eagle.

Usage examples:

Mr. carmichael was a tall man, well over six feet, and slender, with aquiline features and dark hai…

Meanings of Aquitanian:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the roman province of aquitania, or the historic province or kingdom of aquitaine. also occasionally: of or relating to the region of aquitaine in modern france.

noun

A native or inhabitant of the roman province of aquitania, or the historic province or kingdom of aquitaine; (also) the language formerly spoken in this region, thought to be related to basque. also occasionally: a native or inhabitant of the region of aquitaine in modern france.

Meanings of Aquiver:

adjective

Quivering; trembling.

Usage examples:

Her face was aquiver with pleasure

Meanings of Ar:

prefix

Variant spelling of ad- assimilated before r (as in arrive, arrogate ).

suffix

(forming adjectives) of the kind specified; relating to.

Usage examples:

Lunar

abbreviation

Arkansas (in official postal use).

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 18, an inert gaseous element of the noble gas group. argon is the commonest noble gas, making up nearly one per cent of the earth's atmosphere.

The chemical element argon.

Meanings of Ara:

abbreviation

Associate of the royal academy.

proper noun

A small and faint southern constellation (the altar), in the milky way near scorpius.

adjective

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

Usage examples:

The star delta arae

Meanings of Arab:

noun

A member of a semitic people, originally from the arabian peninsula and neighbouring territories, inhabiting much of the middle east and north africa.

Usage examples:

Henceforth, he insisted that he was emperor not only of the french but also of the north african ar…

adjective

Relating to arabian people.

Usage examples:

Arab countries