Word Meanings - WATERORDEAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1.

• UNDERAGE
  Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. [Obs.] I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation. J. Webster.
• Underpitch
  To fill underneath; to stuff.
• WATERNEWT
  Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.
• 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
• Underclothing
  Same as Underclothes.
• WATERBALLAST
  Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.
• Underreckon
  To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate.
• WATERPLANT
  A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.
• Water bridge
  See Water table.
• Water ordeal
  Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1.
• Underdoer
  One who underdoes; a shirk.
• WATERBREATHER
  Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.
• Undershirt
  A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.
• WATERRATTLEWATERRATTLER
  The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
• Water chicken
  The common American gallinule.
• Water plate
  A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
• Underfurnish
  To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.
• WATERCHICKWEED
  A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.
• Undersong
  The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.

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