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Definition: Subaqueous |
SubaqueousAdjective1. (biology) growing or remaining under water; "viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat"; "submerged leaves". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "subaqueous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Said of conditions and processes, or of features and deposits, that exist or are situated in or under water, esp. freshwater, as in a lake orstream. CF:subaerial. (references) |
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Synonyms: SubaqueousSynonyms: subaquatic (adj), submerged (adj), submersed (adj), underwater (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Depth | Adjective: deep, deep seated; profound, sunk, buried; submerged; subaqueous, submarine, subterranean, subterraneous, subterrene; underground. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Subaqueous |
| English words defined with "subaqueous": Subaerial, Subaquaneous, subaquatic, submerged, submersed ♦ underwater. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "subaqueous": flow roll ♦ intraformational contortion ♦ tunnel driving. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Subaqueous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Subaqueous" is used about 7 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "subaqueous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i nënujor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | подводен (submerged, submersed, subsurface, undersea, underwater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podvodní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | undersøisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onder water. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | subakvaattinen, vedenalainen (submarine, submerged, sunken). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | immergé (submerged). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Unterwasser (underwater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ύφαλο, βυθισμένο, υποβρύχιοσ (submarine, underwater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | víz alatti (hydrophone, underwater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | subacqueo (underwater), immerso (absorbed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubaqueoussay submerso (submerged, submersed, sunken, under), subaquático (subarctic, subsurface, underwater). (various references) подводный (submarine, submersed, subsurface, undersea). (various references) podvodan (submersed, swampy). (various references) sumergido (dived, submerged, submersed), inmerso (immersed), bajo el agua. (various references) undervattens- (submarine, submerged, undersea, underwater). (various references) підводний (immersed, submarine, undersea, underwater). (various references) ở dưới nước ít nhiều ở nước (subaquatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-o-q-s-s-u-u-u" | |
-3 letters: aqueous, ausubos, basques, bosques. | |
-4 letters: abuses, ausubo, basque, bosque, bouses, squabs, subsea, usques. | |
-5 letters: abuse, bases, basso, beaus, bouse, buses, oases, quass, sabes, souse, squab, subas, usque. | |
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