aqua-, aquatic-, aqui-, aqu-, -aquatically, aque-, -aqueous +

An underground water supply which comes from porous rock, sand, gravel, etc.: "The alluvial aquifer provided the community with ground water that made it possible for their wells and springs to exist."

1. Water; especially, when used in the pharmaceutical industry as a solvent.
2. An aqueous or liquid solution; especially, in water.
3. A light bluish green to light greenish blue; also, greenish blue, aquamarine, turquoise, cobalt blue, peacock blue.

Hot water (springs).

Water shut out: "Aqua exclusa is Latin for a barrier to keep water out and is now known as a flood gate or a sluice."

Water that is fit or suitable for drinking because of cleanliness and being uncontaminated.

Pure water; especially, distilled water.

1. Royal water: a fuming, highly corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids.
2. Another term for nitrohydrochloric acid.

Called "royal water" because of its power to dissolve gold.

Aqua regia is used for testing metals and dissolving platinum and gold.

A device attached to the bow of a boat that can cut and clear a wide path through a weed-choked lake.

A reference to an aqueduct that was used to supply water to the city of Rome. During the Republic, aqueducts, and the water supplied, were cared for by water companies hired under contract by the censors.

This abbreviation (aq.) is used with several adjectives that have applications for medical or pharmaceutical instructions:

• aq. astr. (aqua astricta), frozen water
• aq. bull. (aqua bulliens), boiling water
• aq. com. (aqua communis), common water
• aq. dest. (aqua destillata), distilled water
• aq. ferv. (aqua fervens), hot water
• aq. frig. (aqua frigida), cold water
• aq. mar. (aqua marina), sea water
• aq. pluv. (aqua pluvialis), rain water
• aq. pur. (aqua pura), pure water
• aq. tep. (aqua tepida), tepid water

1. An individual who only drinks water.
2. A water drinker.

"I was never much of an aquabib because I usually preferred harder libations."

"Some say I'm an aquabib because they think I'm addicted to water."

An acronym based on the following words: Adaptive Quantizer for Acoustics Binary Information Transmission.

This naturally has no relation to aqua, "water".

1. An entertainment spectacle of swimmers and divers, often performing in unison to the accompaniment of music.
2. An elaborate aquatic performance or exhibition consisting of swimming, diving, etc., usually accompanied by music.
3. Etymology: from Latin aqua- + -cade, from Latin cavalcade.

Literally, "a procession on horseback", in the twentieth century, -cade came to be regarded as a suffix and taken to form such words as, motorcade, aquacade, etc.

1. A reference to the science, art, and business of cultivating marine or freshwater food fish or shellfish, such as oysters, clams, salmon, and trout, under controlled conditions.
2. Of or relating to aquiculture; "aquacultural methods"; "hydroponic lettuce".

The farming of ocean and freshwater plants and animals for human consumption; such as, fish or shellfish, algae, and other aquatic plants.

Mariculture is specifically marine aquaculture, and therefor is a subset of aquaculture. Some examples of aquaculture include raising catfish and tilapia in freshwater ponds, growing cultured pearls, and farming salmon in net-pens set out in a bay. Fish farming is a common type of aquaculture.

A special kind of farm for growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients: "His aquafarm is well known by people in his community."