aquan.1
/ˈakwə/, /ˈeɪkwə/, U.S. /ˈɑkwə/, /ˈækwə/ Used in many descriptive names in Pharmacy and Chemistry, with sense of: Liquid, solution. See esp. aqua fortis n., aqua mirabilis n., aqua regia n., aqua vitae n.
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the world > matter > liquid > [noun]
liquor?c1225
aquaa1398
moisture?1406
subtilesa1598
fluxure1603
aq.1639
fluor1654
fluid1661
liquid1708
the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun]
watereOE
aquaa1398
breec1540
Mother Bunch1600
lympha1630
pani1816
fisherman's daughter1880
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. cxxxvi. 1031 Of grene rose aqua rosacea is made by seþynge of fuyre oþer of þe sonne.
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aquan.2
/ˈakwə/, U.S. /ˈɑkwə/, /ˈækwə/ A light greenish blue colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > greenish blue
peacock colour1598
verditer1819
verdigris blue1832
robin's-egg blue1844
aquamarine1846
turquoise1853
verditer blue1857
bird's-egg blue1858
Alice1872
Nile blue1873
starch blue1875
cyan-blue1879
peacock1881
peacock blue1881
bird's egg1885
Gobelin blue1886
cyan1889
Nile1895
kingfisher1901
Alice blue1905
teal1923
aqua1936
teal blue1949
1936 New Yorker 8 Feb. 56 (advt.) Gold, navy, grey, rustic, blue, rose, aqua.
1959 Woman's Own 23 May 52/3 She admired the plate which was aqua.
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also refers to : aqua-comb. form
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- diagonal couching
- diagonal scale
- diagonal-built
- diagonal-planed
- diagonal-wise
- diagonalbuilt
- diagonalisation
- diagonalise
- diagonalised
- diagonalises
- diagonalising
- diagonality
- diagonalizable
- diagonalization
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- diagonalize
- diagonalized
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- diagonalizing
- diagonally
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- diagonals
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- diagonial
- diagonially