Word Meanings - WATERGOD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A fabulous deity supposed to dwell in, and preside over, some body of water.

• Water flag
  A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.
• Watershoot
  A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
• WATERGATE
  A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
• Water gavel
  A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water.
• Water starwort
  See under Starwort.
• WATERJACKET
  A chamber surrounding a vessel or tube in which water may be circulated, thereby regulating the temperature or supply of heat to the vessel. Used in laboratory and manufacturing equipment. water- jacketed. Having a water jacket; -- as, a water-jacketed
• 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.
• WATERMEASURE
  A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel. Cowell.
• Water level
  The level formed by the surface of still water.
• Water witch
  The dabchick.
• WATERORDEAL
  Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1.
• 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.
• WATERBEAR
  Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.
• WATERPOCKET
  A water hole in the bed of an intermittent stream, esp. the bowl at the foot of a cliff over which the stream leaps when in the flood stage. [Western U. S.]
• 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.

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