aqueous

1. a. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. Source: opted

2. a. Made from, or by means of, water. Source: opted

3. adj. similar to or containing or dissolved in water Source: wordnet

4. adj. produced by the action of water Source: wordnet

5. 1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. The aqueous vapor of the air. Tyndall. 2. Made from, or by means of, water. An aqueous deposit. Dana. Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. -- Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.) -- Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks. Source: webster

6. j:100 a. similar to or containing or dissolved in water a. produced by the action of water Source: ecdict

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