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Any one of several small American cyprinodont fishes of the genus Fundulus and allied genera. They live equally well in fresh and brackish water, or even in the sea. They are usually striped or barred with black. Called also minnow, and brook fish. See Minnow.

• Blackband
  An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore.
• Water tree
  A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.
• Freshness
  The state of being fresh.
• WATERENGINE
  An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.
• Water drainage
  The draining off of water.
• WATERTUTWIST
  Yarn made by the throstle, or water frame.
• Water rocket
  A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
• Black-eyed
  Having black eyes.
• Water willow
  An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
• Generalizer
  One who takes general or comprehensive views.
• WATERGLASS
  See Soluble glass, under Glass.
• Waterfowl
  Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.
• Water soldier
  An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
• Blackish
  Somewhat black.
• BARRELPROCESS
  A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel, or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution, or other reagent.
• Minnow
  A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the ge
• WATERLANDERWATERLANDIAN
  One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.
• Water gruel
  A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.
• Black-mouthed
  Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
• BLACKHEARTED
  Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.

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