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

An aquifer with geologic materials deposited by a stream and which retains a hydraulic connection with the depositing stream.

The term aquifer refers to a layer of permeable rock, sand, or gravel through which ground water flows, containing enough water to supply wells and springs.

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.

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.

Hot water (springs).

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.

Water shut out.

A technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients.

A non-carbonated bottled water produced by PepsiCo.

The water is mainly comes from municipal tap water that goes through an extensive purification process that includes charcoal filtration, reverse osmosis, and ozonation.

Aquafina uses PepsiCo's own purification system, which it calls "HydRO-7". PepsiCo states in its marketing material that this system removes substances that might be in other brands of bottled water.

1. A skin disease characterized by the development of severe, prickling-like epidermal discomfort which is without observable skin lesions and that is evoked by contact with water at any temperature.
2. An intense itching that is the result of brief contact with water of any temperature, but which does not produce any visible changes in the skin.

1. A trademark name used for an underwater breathing apparatus.
2. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

1. Sea water.
2. A transparent blue-green variety of beryl, used as a gemstone.
e. A pale blue to light greenish blue color.