Word Meanings - WATERROCKET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers. 2. A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.

• Waterlandian
  One of a body of Dutch Anabaptists who separated from the Mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in North Holland denominated Waterland.
• Water wagtail
  See under Wagtail.
• WATERHYACINTH
  Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.
• Water bailiff
  An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.
• Watermark
  A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.
• Yellowammer
  See Yellow-hammer.
• WATERLOCUST
  A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
• Water-bound
  Prevented by a flood from proceeding.
• Water newt
  Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders; a triton.
• Yellowshins
  See Yellolegs.
• WATERNYMPH
  A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides. 2. (Bot.)
• Water cell
  A cell containing water; specifically (Zool.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel.
• Water pipe
  A pipe for conveying water.
• 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.
• WATERPLANTAIN
  A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain.
• 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 cress
  A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.
• Water rabbit
  See Water hare.
• WATERBRIDGE
  See Water table.
• WATERRET
  To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.

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