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Answer for the clue "Watery consistency ", 8 letters:
serosity

Word definitions for serosity in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Serosity \Se*ros"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. serosit['e]. See Serous .] The quality or state of being serous. (Physiol.) A thin watery animal fluid, as synovial fluid and pericardial fluid.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The quality or state of being serous. 2 (context biology English) A thin watery animal fluid, such as synovial fluid or pericardial fluid.

Usage examples of serosity.

That internal heat, indeed, attracted air that was incorporated in the bones as it does in the salt of tartar, and the air emerged at the point that controls the discharge of the serosity, hence through the bladder, so the poor saint released more than two hundred pounds of urine in twenty-four hours, a miracle that all accepted as proof of her sanctity.