liquid water
Ice after warming
Water in its fluid state, as opposed to ice or vapor.
The phrase is technical or scientific, used when distinguishing between phases matters: The probe detected liquid water beneath the ice.
In everyday speech, "water" alone implies liquid unless context suggests otherwise.
- habitableFit for dwelling
- fluidSubstance that flows
- wetSaturated with liquid
- aquaBlue-green hue
- H2OWater's molecular notation
pour · dew · moist · hydration · groundwater · ocean currents · thaw · exoplanets · life as we know it · thirst · aqueous solution · Goldilocks zone · refreshment · room temperature · drink · quench · drip · cool
- water formsice, snow, steam, vapor, rain
- ocean worldsice crust, deep ocean
- Earth Featurescontinent, ocean, mountain, volcano, island
- biosignaturesbiosignatures, biomarkers, oxygen, methane, ozone
- Exoplanetsocean world, super-Jupiter
presence vs absence
liquid waterdryness
Absence of moisture
aridity · drought · desiccation · dehydration · barrenness
water, liquid, liquids, liquefy, liquidize, liquidity, liquefied, liquefaction, liquefying