Word Meanings - WATERJACKET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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 condenser.

• WATERTHERMOMETER
  A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39º Fahr., or 4º Centigrade; and from that point down to 32º Fahr., or 0º Centigrade, or the freez
• Water-closet
  A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
• Waterpot
  A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.
• WATERCHINQUAPIN
  The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.
• WATERVIOLET
  See under Violet.
• Water dock
  A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.
• Water-retted
  of Water-ret
• WATERDRAIN
  A drain or channel for draining off water.
• Circulatory
  Circular; as, a circulatory letter.
• Water flannel
  A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
• Water shrew
  Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palu
• WATERGAGE
  See Water gauge.
• Havildar
  In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant.
• Water germander
  A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.
• Water supply
  A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
• WATERHYACINTH
  Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.
• Regulative
  Tending to regulate; regulating.
• Water inch
  Same as Inch of water, under Water.
• Water tupelo
  A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime.
• WATERLOCUST
  A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.

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