| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| water aloe | See Water soldier. | |
| water arum | An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone. | |
| water back | See under 1st Back. | |
| water bath | A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose. | |
| water bear | Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada. | |
| water bird | Any aquatic bird; a water fowl. | |
| waterboard | noun | A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water. |
| water buck | A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok. | |
| water butt | A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. | |
| water cart | A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc. | |
| water cavy | The capybara. | |
| water cell | A cell containing water; specifically (Zool.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel. | |
| water cock | A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora. | |
| water crow | The dipper., The European coot. | |
| water cure | Hydropathy., A hydropathic institution. | |
| water deck | A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon’s horse. | |
| water deer | A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks., The water chevrotain. | |
| water dock | A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum. | |
| water flag | A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers. | |
| water flea | Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; — so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts. | |
| waterflood | noun | A flood of water; an inundation. |
| water gage | See Water gauge. | |
| water gall | A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout., A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow. | |
| water gang | A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes. | |
| water gate | A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated. | |
| water hare | A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; — called also water rabbit, and swamp hare. | |
| water hemp | See under Hemp. | |
| waterhorse | noun | A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain. |
| water inch | Same as Inch of water, under Water. | |
| wateriness | noun | The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity. |
| water-laid | adjective | Having a left-hand twist; — said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope. |
| water lily | A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea. | |
| water lime | Hydraulic lime. | |
| water line | Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel., Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel’s proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded. | |
| watermelon | noun | The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust. of Melon. |
| water mill | A mill whose machinery is moved by water; — distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill. | |
| water mint | A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot. | |
| water mite | Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider. | |
| water mole | The shrew mole. See under Shrew., The duck mole. See under Duck. | |
| water newt | Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton. | |
| water piet | The water ousel. | |
| water pipe | A pipe for conveying water. | |
| water pore | A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally., One of certain minute pores in the leaves of some plants. They are without true guardian cells, but in other respects closely resemble ordinary stomata. | |
| waterproof | adjective | Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof., A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water., Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; esp., an outer garment made of such material., To render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc. |
| water rail | Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail. | |
| water rate | A rate or tax for a supply of water. | |
| water rice | Indian rice. See under Rice. | |
| water sail | A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water. | |
| waterscape | noun | A sea view; — distinguished from landscape. |
| watershoot | noun | A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree., That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone., A trough for discharging water. |
| water-soak | verb t. | To soak water; to fill the interstices of with water. |
| waterspout | noun | A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land. |
| water tick | Same as Water mite. | |
| water tree | A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems. | |
| water tube | One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst. | |
| water vine | Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice. | |
| water vole | See under Vole. | |
| water wing | One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current. |