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Definition: Agua |
AguaNoun1. Largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "agua" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonym: AguaSynonym: agua toad (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Care | Phrase: quis custodiet istos custodes?; "care will kill a cat"; ni bebas agua que no veas; "O polished perturbation! Golden care!"; "the incessant care and labor of his mind". |
Caution | Ante victoriam ne canas triumphum; "give, every man thine ear but few thy voice"; he who laughs last laughs best, il rit bien qui rit le dernier; ni firmes carta que no leas ni bebas agua que no veas; nescit vox missa reverti; " love all, trust a few "; noli irritare leones; safe bind safe find; " if it ain't broke, don't fix it". |
Water | Noun: water; serum, serosity; lymph; rheum; diluent; agua, aqua, pani. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Agua |
| English words defined with "agua": agua toad. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "agua": agua oligo-mesotrófica ♦ Raining Tree ♦ Sensitiva de Agua. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "agua": Aguardiente. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Agua" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Asturian (water), Spanish (adam's ale, Aqua, water). |
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Movie/TV Titles | El Agua en la vida (1974) Piedra y agua (1973) Depósito de agua de El Goloso (1968) El Agua que has de beber (1967) Como dos gotas de agua (1964) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A white wildflower grows in the Agua Fria National Monument.Credit: Beth Perault. |  | A windmill in the Agua Fria National Monument area.Credit: Beth Perault. |
 | A road to Badger Springs in the Agua Fria National Monument.Credit: Chris Tincher. |  | A wise man stands in front of the the entrance to the Agua Fria National Monument just beyond Sunset Point (marked by windmill).Credit: Chris Tincher. |
 | Pricly pear Cactus by the Richinbar mine area in the Agua Fria National Monument.Credit: Chris Tincher. |  | A pretty landscape shot in the Agua Fria National Monument with some yellow wildflowers in the foreground.Credit: Chris Tincher. |
 | Cattle Grazing in the Agua Fria National Monument by the Richinbar Mine site.Credit: Chris Tincher. |  | Moo! Cattle Grazing near the Richbar mine site in the Agua Fria National Monument.Credit: Chris Tincher. |
 | Seven major settlements have been discovered by archaeologists within the Agua Fria National Monument. Here, a portion of a pueblo wall still stands.Credit: Gene Dahlem. |  | There are ancient petroglyphs all over the Agua Fria National Monument.Credit: unknown. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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Business | It was originally proposed by Agua Clara, LLC, a group of U.S. and Mexican investors who contemplated the funding of the facility through the execution of a fee-for-services contract with the owner. (references) | |
The vertically integrated power company serving Greater Buenos Aires, SEGBA, and another company serving the entire country, Agua y Energia Electrica, were not spared-generating stations were sold as independent companies, and distribution assigned to regional monopolies. (references) | ||
Economic History | Mexico | The main cities where the majority of these plants are located are Nogales (101), Hermosillo (56), Agua Prieta (30), San Luis Rio Colorado (38), and Ciudad Obregon (8). The maquiladora growth rate for the last five years has averaged 12 percent. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Agua" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Agua" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 66.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "agua": Agua Dulce ♦ Agua Fria ♦ agua toad ♦ ni bebas agua que no veas. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Containing "agua": Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agua | 713 |
contaminacion del agua | 410 |
agua ciclo del | 164 |
el agua | 160 |
contaminación del agua | 95 |
agua bella | 70 |
agua de tratamiento | 65 |
agua mineral | 63 |
agua comision del nacional | 59 |
agua bombas de | 57 |
agua dulce | 56 |
agua purificada | 52 |
agua caliente casino | 51 |
agua caliente | 44 |
agua destilada | 42 |
agua ciclo del el | 39 |
agua contaminacion del la | 38 |
agua bella de fotos | 37 |
agua de coco | 36 |
agua del propiedades | 33 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "agua": majagua, piragua. (additional references) | |
Words containing "agua": jaguar, jaguarondi, jaguarondis, jaguars, jaguarundi, jaguarundis, majaguas, piraguas, saguaro, saguaros. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-u" | |
-1 letter: aga. | |
-2 letters: aa, ag. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-u" | |
+1 letter: ajuga, guava. | |
+2 letters: ajugas, gagaku, gateau, guaiac, guanay, guavas, iguana, jaguar, laguna, quagga. | |
+3 letters: agamous, angular, arugola, arugula, assuage, augural, coagula, gagakus, gateaus, gateaux, gradual, guaiacs, guanaco, guanase, guanays, guarani, gummata, haulage, iguanas, jaguars, lagunas, mahuang, majagua, piragua, quaggas, quahaug, quayage, saguaro, sausage, tautaug. | |
+4 letters: ageratum, analogue, angulate, argonaut, arguable, arguably, arugolas, arugulas, assuaged, assuages, autogamy, gadabout, galbanum, gambusia, gastrula, glaucoma, graduals, graduand, graduate, granular, guacharo, guaiacol, guaiacum, guanacos, guanases, guaranis, guaranty, guardant, guardian, harangue, haulages, iguanian, langlauf, language, mahuangs, majaguas, pagurian, patagium, piraguas, quadriga, quahaugs, quandang, quayages, runagate, rutabaga, saguaros, sastruga, sausages, tautaugs, unialgal, vanguard, zastruga. | |
+5 letters: actuating, adulating, ageratums, alaruming, analogous, analogues, angularly, angulated, angulates, apogamous, aquilegia, argonauts, argumenta, asparagus, assuaging, audiogram, autograft, autograph, catalogue, causalgia, causalgic, ciguatera, coagulant, coagulase, coagulate, dramaturg, gadabouts, galbanums, gambusias, gastrulae, gastrular, gastrulas, glandular, glaucomas, glutamate, gradually, graduands, graduated, graduates, graduator, grandaunt, granulate, granuloma, gratulate, guacamole, guacharos, guaiacols, guaiacums, guaranies, guarantee, guarantor, guardants, guardians, guardrail, guardsman, guayabera, harangued, haranguer, harangues, iguanians, inaugural, langlaufs, languages, laughable, laughably, malaguena, manganous, marauding, megafauna, neuralgia, orangutan, pagurians, pasturage, quadrigae, quandangs, rearguard, runagates, rutabagas, safeguard, sagacious, sargassum, slanguage, suffragan, sugarcane, sugarcoat, sugarloaf, unaverage, unbandage, undamaged, ungallant, unmanaged, vagarious, valuating, vanguards, vulgarian. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 75 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --. ..- .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01110101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g u a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0075 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35738767 |
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