aqua : Idioms & Phrases

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Aqua ammoniæ

  • the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called aqua ammonia.
Webster 1913

aqua fortis

  • noun acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels
    nitric acid.
WordNet
A`qua for"tis
Etymology
L., strong water.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) Nitric acid. Archaic
Webster 1913

Aqua marine or Aqua marina

  • Same as Aquamarine.
Webster 1913

Aqua regia

  • noun a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
    nitrohydrochloric acid.
WordNet
  • L., royal water (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the "royal" metal.
Webster 1913

Aqua Tofana

  • a fluid containing arsenic, and used for secret poisoning, made by an Italian woman named Tofana, in the middle of the 17th century, who is said to have poisoned more than 600 persons. Francis.
Webster 1913

aqua vitae

  • noun strong distilled liquor or brandy
    ardent spirits.
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Aqua vitæ

  • L., water of life. Cf. Eau de vie, Usquebaugh, a name given to brandy and some other ardent spirits. Shak.
Webster 1913

aqua-lung

  • noun a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
    aqualung; scuba.
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