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Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.
Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.
Nitric acid.
A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.
The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.
A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.
A painter in thin transparent water colors.
of Aquarium
Alt. of Aquarian
Of or pertaining to an aquarium.
One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.
An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.
of Aquarium
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
A constellation south of Pegasus.
Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.
An aquatic animal or plant.
Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.
Aquatic.
Inhabiting the water.