English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Aquatint
(n.)
Alt. of Aquatinta
Aquatinta
(n.)
A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use
of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in
water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.
Aqueduct
(n.)
A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a
channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.
Aqueduct
(n.)
A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying
water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
Aqueity
(n.)
Wateriness.
Aqueous
(a.)
Made from, or by means of, water.
Aqueous
(a.)
Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it;
watery.
Aqueousness
(n.)
Wateriness.
Aquiferous
(a.)
Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as,
aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.
Aquiform
(a.)
Having the form of water.
Aquila
(n.)
A genus of eagles.
Aquila
(n.)
A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and
preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Aquilae
(pl. )
of Aquila
Aquilated
(a.)
Adorned with eagles' heads.
Aquiline
(a.)
Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; --
applied particularly to the nose
Aquiline
(a.)
Belonging to or like an eagle.
Aquilon
(n.)
The north wind.
Aquiparous
(a.)
Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands.
Aquitanian
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.
Aquose
(a.)
Watery; aqueous.