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Resembling water; watery; aqueous; hyaloid.

phenomenon dependent upon the vapor of water; -- in the pl., a general term for the whole aqueous phenomena of the atmosphere, as rain, snow, hail, etc. Nichol.

The aqueous vapor of the entire atmosphere.

An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.

An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.

An aqueous solution of gum, or of substances allied to it; as, medicinal mucilage; mucilage for fastening envelopes.

Formed by water or aqueous solution; as, Neptunian rocks. Neptunian races (Ethnol.), the Malay and Polynesian races. -- Neptunian theory (Geol.), the theory of Werner, which referred the formation of all rocks and strata to the agency of water; -- opposed to the Plutonic theory.

Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." Sir I. Newton.

An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer.

An aqueous medicine, containing little, if any, medicinal agent; a tea or tisane.

; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided. Sedimentary rocks. (Geol.) See Aqueous rocks, under Aqueous.

A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble. U. S. Disp. Fehling's solution (Chem.), a standardized solution of cupric hydrate in sodium potassium tartrate, used as a means of determining the reducing power of certain sugars and sirups by the amount of red cuprou…

form; make; construction. Want of insight into the structure and constitution of the terraqueous globe. Woodward.

the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface, as opposed to subaqueous.

Subaqueous. [Obs.]

the skin or other membranes of the body; as, pulmonary transpiration, or the excretion of aqueous vapor from the lungs. Perspiration is a form of transpiration. Cudworth.

One who believes in the igneous, as opposed to the aqueous, origin of the rocks of the earth's crust; a vulcanist. Cf. Neptunist.