Word Meanings - WATERFLANNEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).

• Freshman
  novice; one in the rudiments of knowledge; especially, a student during his fist year in a college or university.
• WATERSPINNER
  The water spider.
• Waterlander
  Alt. of Waterlandian
• Water vole
  See under Vole.
• WATERMILL
  A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.
• Water back
  See under 1st Back.
• WATERTOWER
  A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.
• Waterman
  A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.
• WATERPARTRIDGE
  The ruddy duck. [Local, U. S.]
• Waterbok
  A water buck.
• WATERWITHE
  A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribæa) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
• Water murrain
  A kind of murrain affecting cattle.
• WATERBEETLE
  Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidæ, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidæ. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars.
• Water celery
  A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot.
• Water pimpernel
  A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.
• WATERCART
  A cart carrying water; esp., one carrying water for sale, or for sprinkling streets, gardens, etc.
• Floatingly
  In a floating manner.
• Water crane
  A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive.
• Water qualm
  See Water brash, under Brash.

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