hydrosphere
noun
hy·dro·sphere ˈhī-drō-ˌsfir 
: the aqueous vapor of the atmosphere
broadly : the aqueous envelope of the earth including bodies of water and aqueous vapor in the atmosphere
hydrospheric
ˌhī-drə-ˈsfir-ik
adjective -ˈsfer-
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Hydrosphäre, from hydro- hydro- + -sphäre -sphere
Note: Hydrosphäre was introduced by the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess (1831-1914) in Die Entstehung der Alpen (Vienna, 1875), p. 158.
First Known Use
1887, in the meaning defined above
- enantiobiosis
- enantioblastic
- enantioblastous
- enantiomer
- enantiomeric
- enantiomers
- enantiomorph
- enantiomorphic
- enantiomorphism
- enantiomorphisms
- enantiomorphous
- enantiomorphs
- enantiotropic
- enantiotropy
- enantobioses
- enantobiosis
- enarched
- enarches
- enarching
- enargite
- enargites
- enarm
- enarme
- enarration
- enarrations