Word Meanings - CANDLEBOMB - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.

• WATERHEMP
  See under Hemp.
• Water cart
  A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.
• Water pig
  The capybara.
• WATERBEAR
  Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.
• Glasstonbury thorn
  A variety of the common hawthorn.
• WATERLILY
  A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphæa, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphæa. Note: The name is extended to various plants of other related genera, as Nuphar, Euryale, Nelumbo, and Victoria. S
• Water craft
  Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.
• Waterproofing
  The act or process of making waterproof.
• WATERBUTT
  A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water. Dickens.
• Placeful
  In the appointed place.
• WATERMONKEY
  A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.
• Water dressing
  The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer.
• Water-rotted
  of Water-rot
• WATERCOCK
  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.
• Placer
  One who places or sets.
• WATERPIMPERNEL
  A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.
• Water fox
  The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning.
• Water souchy
  A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water.
• WATERDROPWORT
  A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.
• Placoganoid
  Pertaining to the Placoganoidei.

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