Word Meanings - WATERCLOSET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.

• Water lemon
  The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); -- so called in the West Indies.
• Water wheel
  Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an i
• WATERMONKEY
  A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.
• Water battery
  A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water.
• Watermelon
  The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a n
• WATERARUM
  An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.
• WATERPIMPERNEL
  A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.
• Water bridge
  See Water table.
• Water ordeal
  Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1.
• WATERBOUND
  Prevented by a flood from proceeding.
• WATERRAIL
  Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus aquaticus). See Illust. of Rail.
• Water chicken
  The common American gallinule.
• Water plate
  A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
• WATERCHESTNUT
  The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop.
• WATERSOLDIER
  An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet- shaped leaves.
• Water deck
  A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse.
• Water rat
  The water vole. See under Vole.
• WATERDEERLET
  See Water chevrotain.
• WATERTICK
  Same as Water mite.
• Waterfall
  A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.

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