Water can dissolve more substances than any other liquid because
Water can dissolve more substances than any other liquid because
it is dipolar in nature
it is a good conductor of heat
it has high value of specific heat
it is an oxide of hydrogen
Solution
Water is called the universal solvent because its molecule is polar (dipolar) in nature with positively charged hydrogen and negatively charged oxygen. This polarity enables it to dissolve a wide variety of ionic and polar substances.