(ËvÉr bÉl) adj. 1. of or consisting of words: verbal ability. 2. spoken rather than written; oral: verbal communication. 3. concerned with words only, rather than with the ideas, facts, or realities expressed: a purely verbal distinction. 4. corresponding word for word; verbatim: a verbal translation.
Because their hypothesis requires that Earth arose from water-containing materials already present in the inner solar system, it's called the wet-accretion hypothesis. Most of Earth's water has an indigenous origin, says Drake.
It took an out-of-this-world arrival to get that perfect chemical combination for water to fill our planet. Water may have come to earth by way of comets and asteroids. Morning dew and roaring falls inspire poets. Hurricanes and typhoons wreak devastation.