Word Meanings - STANDPIPE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance.

• WATERSPRITE
  A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water. J. R. Drake.
• Water bed
  A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients.
• Water mill
  A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.
• LARGEHEARTED
  Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
• WATERPENNYWORT
  Marsh pennywort. See under Marsh.
• WATERTREE
  A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, or potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.
• Water bug
  The Croton bug.
• Water parsnip
  Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.
• WATERBELLOWS
  Same as Tromp.
• WHICHEVERWHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Water clock
  An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.
• Water pore
  A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.
• WATERCAVY
  The capybara.
• Equalizer
  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
• Water devil
  The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle.
• Water rattler
  The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
• WATERCRESS
  A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.
• Forcipal
  Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps.
• Water flag
  A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.
• Watershoot
  A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.

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