Word Meanings - WATERMOCCASIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper.

• WATERQUALM
  See Water brash, under Brash.
• Watering
  of Water
• Water lily
  A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea.
• Water-white
  A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribaea) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
• Americanism
  Attachment to the United States.
• WATERSHREW
  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 palustris)
• Water beech
  The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.
• Water mint
  A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.
• NORTHWARDNORTHWARDS
  Toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
• Calligraphic
  Alt. of Calligraphical
• 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 butt
  A large, open-headed cask, set up on end, to contain water.
• Water partridge
  The ruddy duck.
• WATERBAROMETER
  A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.
• Callosities
  of Callosity
• WATERVIOLET
  See under Violet.
• 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.
• WATERBRIDGE
  See Water table.
• WATERGRASS
  The water cress. (3)

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