'aqua' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is a Latin word that means 'water' and is often used in scientific or technical contexts. However, it can also be used in informal or creative writing to add variety and color to the language. Example: The chemistry lab was filled with bubbling flasks and beakers of various colors, but the aqua solution in the corner caught my eye. Its clear blue hue was mesmerizing, and I couldn't resist dipping my finger in to feel its coolness.
Here I've used a lattice pattern of yellow and blue; when hung, the overall effect is aqua.
Nearby are human sculptures: a figure stands against a wall, shrouded from head to waist in what appears to be white fabric but is actually aqua resin, fibreglass and epoxy.
Fine words A mere 564 amendments Lame duck David El Paso's small step Pass, punt, PASPA Stuck in the Delta The speechwriter's revenge Reprints Related items Water: Sin aqua nonApr 8th 2009This method has become an ecological disaster.
Talking Turkey Banking on the fund Awash in waste Messenger, shot Reprints Related items Water: Sin aqua nonApr 8th 2009 Water for farming: Running drySep 18th 2008 PricelessJul 17th 2003Yet there is, globally, no shortage of water.
No "chic New Yorker" would be caught dead in a "luminous aqua trouser suit".
Now, dressed just like a chic New Yorker in a luminous aqua trouser suit, with perfectly coiffed hair, Mrs Clinton told her listeners how fondly she looked back on her days as the Arkansas governor's wife.
Diversity Scuba and Peri Peri are the most popular of several sub-aqua centres in Tofo.
Rates of substitution of metal-aqua ions have been found to span a wide range, the characteristic times required for substitution ranging from less than 10−9 second for monopositive ions, such as hydrated potassium ions, to several days for certain more highly charged ions, such as hexaaquachromium(3+) and hexaaquarhodium(3+).
A class of substitution reactions that affords the widest possible comparison of different metal ions is the replacement of water in the coordination spheres of metal-aqua complexes in aqueous solution.
It ran from the mouth of the River Axe in Devon by Axminster and Ilchester (Lindinae) to Bath (Aquae Sulis) and Cirencester, thence straight for 60 miles (100 km) to High Cross (Venonae), where it intersected Watling Street, and on to Leicester (Ratae).
June 11 , 1910Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac, France June 25 , 1997Paris, France Jacques Cousteau, in full Jacques-Yves Cousteau (born June 11 , 1910 Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France died June 25 , 1997 Paris) French naval officer, ocean explorer, and coinventor of the Aqua-Lung, known for his extensive underseas investigations.
