Word Meanings - FLUSHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.

• Water hyacinth
  Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.
• Water tree
  A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.
• WATERLEMON
  The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); -- so called in the West Indies.
• Flushness
  The state of being flush; abundance.
• Waterless
  Destitute of water; dry.
• Water willow
  An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
• WATERMOCCASIN
  A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper.
• Water bear
  Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.
• Water meter
  A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.
• WATERALOE
  See Water soldier.
• WATERPIG
  The capybara. 2. (Zoöl.)
• 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 ousel
  Alt. of Water ouzel
• WATERBLACKBIRD
  The European water ousel, or dipper.
• WATERRABBIT
  See Water hare.
• Water chickweed
  A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.
• Water poa
  Meadow reed grass. See under Reed.
• WATERCELL
  A cell containing water; specifically (Zoöl.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel.
• WATERSNAIL
  Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnæa, and allied genera; a pond snail. 2. (Mech.)
• Water deer
  A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks.

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