Word Meanings - PASTEURSFLUID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.

• WATERSPRITE
  A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. J. R. Drake.
• 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.
• WATERFEATHERWATERFEATHERFOIL
  The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.
• WATERTREE
  A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, or potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.
• Water gruel
  A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.
• Water thermometer
  A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39¡ Fahr., or 4¡ Centigrade; and from that point down to 32¡ Fahr., or 0¡ Centigrade, or the
• WATERGOD
  A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.
• YEASTBITTEN
  A term used of beer when the froth of the yeast has reëntered the body of the beer.
• Water joint
  A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.
• Water vine
  Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.
• WATERLAVEROCK
  The common sandpiper.
• Water aloe
  See Water soldier.
• Water locust
  A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
• WATERMINT
  A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.
• Water blackbird
  The European water ousel, or dipper.
• Water monitor
  A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.

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