aqueous
Containing dissolved moisture
Aqueous describes something containing water, dissolved in water, or having water-like properties.
The term appears most often in scientific contexts: an aqueous solution uses water as the solvent, aqueous humor is the fluid in the eye.
More broadly, aqueous can describe anything watery in nature or appearance.
Slightly wet
- wetSaturated with liquid
- soggyThoroughly wet and soft
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
- soakedThoroughly wet throughout
humid · clammy · dewy · misty · dripping · moist · drenched · waterlogged
Dissolving liquid or financially stable
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- diluteReduce by adding solvent
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
saturation · miscible · hydrophilic · polar · diffusion · equilibrium · precipitation · crystallization
Relating to the sea
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- riverLarge flowing watercourse
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
- pondSmall still body
stream · estuary · lagoon · reservoir · seawater · groundwater · watershed · freshwater
State of opposing forces
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
- permeableAllowing substances through
solvation · surfactant · bonding · hydrophobic · absorbent · dispersion · affinity · molecular
damp
Slightly wet
soaked · humid · clammy · dewy · misty · dripping · moist · drenched · waterlogged · condensation
solvent
Dissolving liquid or financially stable
concentration · saturation · miscible · hydrophilic · polar · diffusion · equilibrium · precipitation · crystallization · solubilization
marine
Relating to the sea
pond · stream · estuary · lagoon · reservoir · seawater · groundwater · watershed · freshwater · brackish
polarity
State of opposing forces
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- capillarySmallest blood vessel
- osmosisSolvent crossing semipermeable barrier
permeable · solvation · surfactant · bonding · hydrophobic · absorbent · dispersion · affinity · molecular · ionization
- chemistryatom, atoms, organic chemistry, molecule, chemistry
- mixture statesmixed, blended, combined, dissolved, diluted
- water-lovinghydrophilic, water soluble, hygroscopic, humectant, absorbent
- physical statessolid, liquid, gas, plasma, gaseous
- matter statessolid, liquid state, plasma, vapor, gaseous
- solutionssolution, answer, fix, remedy, cure
aqueousanhydrous
Containing no water
nonaqueous · dry · dehydrated · waterless · desiccated
- aqueous solutionWater-based dissolved mixture