Word Meanings - WATERBALLAST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.

• 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.
• WATERGANG
  A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes. Burrill.
• Water gate
  A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
• Water-standing
  Tear-filled.
• WATERICE
  Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
• Construct
  To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edifice.
• 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.
• WATERLOGGED
  Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.
• Vesselful
  As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
• Waterless
  Destitute of water; dry.
• Water willow
  An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
• WATEROAT
  Indian rice. See under Rice.
• Water bear
  Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.
• Water meter
  A contrivance for measuring a supply of water delivered or received for any purpose, as from a street main.
• WATERBATH
  A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose.
• WATERPLATE
  A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. Knight.
• Water buck
  A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok.
• Water ousel
  Alt. of Water ouzel

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