Word Meanings - WATERPOCKET - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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.]
- WATERVOLE
See under Vole. - Water ice
Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection. - Water trefoil
The buck bean. - WATERINCH
Same as Inch of water, under Water. - Water lettuce
A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. - Water wing
One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current. - WATERMEADOW
A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream. - Water-bearer
The constellation Aquarius. - Water milfoil
Any plant of the genus Myriophyllum, aquatic herbs with whorled leaves, the submersed ones pinnately parted into capillary divisions. - STAGEMANAGER
One in control of the stage during the production of a play. He directs the stage hands, property man, etc., has charge of all details behind the curtain, except the acting, and has a general oversight of the actors. Sometimes he is also the stage direc - WATEROPOSSUM
See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum. - Water buffalo
The European buffalo. - Water ouzel
Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of - WATERBATTERY
A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water. 2. (Mil.) - WATERPOA
Meadow reed grass. See under Reed. - Water chinquapin
The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin. - Water poise
A hydrometer. - WATERBUFFALO
The European buffalo. - WATERROCKET
A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers. 2. A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.
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