Word Meanings - WATERRATTLEWATERRATTLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.

• Water flea
  Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.
• Water snail
  Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail.
• WATERFURROW
  A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.
• Calligraphy
  Fair or elegant penmanship.
• Water gilding
  The act, or the process, of gilding metallic surfaces by covering them with a thin coating of amalgam of gold, and then volatilizing the mercury by heat; -- called also wash gilding.
• Water tabby
  A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.
• WATERHOREHOUND
  Bugleweed.
• Wateriness
  The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.
• Water turkey
  The American snakebird. See Snakebird.
• WATERLIZARD
  Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.
• Water adder
  The water moccasin.
• Water lime
  Hydraulic lime.
• Waterwork
  Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.
• WATERNEWT
  Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.
• Water beetle
  Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidae, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidae. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like o
• WATERVINE
  Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.
• Water mite
  Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of
• WATERBALLAST
  Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.
• WATERPLANT
  A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.

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