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Definition: Aqua Fortis |
Aqua FortisNoun1. Acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Aqua fortis \A`qua for"tis\ [Latin, strong water.]. (references) |
Synonym: Aqua FortisSynonym: nitric acid (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Calefaction | Cauterizer; caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem, moxa; acid, aqua fortis, aqua regia; catheretic, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid; radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aqua Fortis |
| English words defined with "aqua fortis": Aqua-Lung, Aquatinta. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aqua fortis": Cutler's Poetry. (references) |
| 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 |
aqua fortis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aqua fortis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | salpetersyre (nitric acid). (various references) | |
Dutch | sterk water. (various references) | |
French | eau-forte. (various references) | |
German | Scheidewasser (etching). (various references) | |
Greek | νιτρικό οξύ (nitric acid, vitriolic acid), άκουα-φόρτε. (various references) | |
Hungarian | választóvíz, tömény salétromsav, salétromsav (nitric acid). (various references) | |
Italian | acqua forte. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aquaay ortisfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | água-forte (acid). (various references) | |
Spanish | aguafuerte (etching). (various references) | |
Turkish | nitrik asit (nitric acid), kezzap (caustic, nitric acid, vitriol). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-i-o-q-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: aquarist, faitours. | |
-3 letters: faitour, faquirs, quartos, sautoir. | |
-4 letters: afrits, aftosa, aorist, aortas, arista, aristo, aurist, faqirs, faquir, fortis, fruits, frusta, quarto, quarts, quasar, quirts, quoits, quotas, ratios, riatas, safari, satori, souari, squirt, suitor, tafias, tarsia, tiaras. | |
-5 letters: afars, afrit, airts, aorta, aquas, arias, astir, atria, auras, auris, autos, fairs, faqir, faros, fatso, fiars, fiats. | |
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