Word Meanings - STREAM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.

• WATERPOISE
  A hydrometer.
• Water feather
  Alt. of Water feather-foil
• Watershed
  The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.
• Riverside
  The side or bank of a river.
• WATERSAIL
  A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water.
• Water gate
  A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
• Water-standing
  Tear-filled.
• Brookside
  The bank of a brook.
• Steaminess
  The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.
• WATERSTARWORT
  See under Starwort.
• 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.
• Earthborn
  Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human.
• WATEREAGLE
  The osprey.
• Volcano
  A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain.
• WATERTUPELO
  A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime.
• Waterless
  Destitute of water; dry.
• Water willow
  An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
• Earthpea
  A species of pea (Amphicarpaea monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

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