Word Meanings - MOORBALL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a globular mass.

• Water hog
  The capybara.
• Water-tight
  So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
• WATERLEMON
  The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); -- so called in the West Indies.
• Waterleaf
  Any plant of the American genus Hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers.
• Water way
  Same as Water course.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• WATERALOE
  See Water soldier.
• WATERPIG
  The capybara. 2. (Zoöl.)
• Water brash
  See under Brash.
• Water oat
  Indian rice. See under Rice.
• WATERBLACKBIRD
  The European water ousel, or dipper.
• WATERRABBIT
  See Water hare.
• Water chestnut
  The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop.
• Water plant
  A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.
• 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 crowfoot
  An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England.

Feed

Terms of Use Privacy policy Contact About Cancellation policy © selfpublishingguru.com2024 All Rights reserved.