Word Meanings - DOWSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
- Water junket
The common sandpiper. - Water violet
See under Violet. - WATERMITE
Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidæ, 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 antelope
See Water buck. - Water-logged
Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm. - WATERAGRIMONY
A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe. - WATERPIET
The water ousel. - Waterboard
A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water. - Water motor
A water engine. - WATERBIRD
Any aquatic bird; a water fowl. - WATERQUALM
See Water brash, under Brash. - Water cart
A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc. - Water pig
The capybara. - WATERCELERY
A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot. - WATERSHREW
Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris) - Water craft
Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively. - Waterproofing
The act or process of making waterproof. - WATERCROWFOOT
An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England. Great water crowfoot, an American water plant (Ranunculus multifidus), having deep yellow flowers. - WATERTHERMOMETER
A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39º Fahr., or 4º Centigrade; and from that point down to 32º Fahr., or 0º Centigrade, or the freez - 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.
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