Word Meanings - THOMSONIANISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.

• WATERPITCHER
  One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type.
• Systematizing
  of Systematize
• Waterie
  The pied wagtail; -- so called because it frequents ponds.
• Water tube
  One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst.
• WATERJUNKET
  The common sandpiper.
• WATERRATE
  A rate or tax for a supply of water.
• Watered
  of Water
• Water level
  The level formed by the surface of still water.
• Water witch
  The dabchick.
• WATERSPANIEL
  A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.
• 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.
• EARTHWARDEARTHWARDS
  Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.
• WATERTIGHT
  So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
• 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.
• WATERBED
  A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients.
• Earth flax
  A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
• WATERWILLOW
  An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.

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