Word Meanings - CATCHDRAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.

• Water gall
  A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.
• Water spinner
  The water spider.
• WATERGERMANDER
  A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.
• Water hog
  The capybara.
• Water-tight
  So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
• WATERJUNKET
  The common sandpiper.
• Surfaced
  of Surface
• WATERTIGHT
  So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
• Waterleaf
  Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers.
• Water way
  Same as Water course.
• WATERMETER
  A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.
• Water barometer
  A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.
• WATERWILLOW
  An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
• Water measure
  A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel.
• CATCHTITLE
  A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, etc.
• WATERPARSNIP
  Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.
• Water brash
  See under Brash.
• Water oat
  Indian rice. See under Rice.
• WATERBED
  A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients.

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