Word Meanings - WATERSPANIEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.

• WATERDROPWORT
  A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.
• Watered
  of Water
• WATERTUBE
  One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst.
• Water level
  The level formed by the surface of still water.
• Water witch
  The dabchick.
• Breathe
  To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.
• WATERGATE
  A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
• Water bed
  A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients.
• Water mill
  A mill whose machinery is moved by water; -- distinguished from a windmill, and a steam mill.
• BREECHLOADING
  Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.
• Breeches
  A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
• WATERJACKET
  A chamber surrounding a vessel or tube in which water may be circulated, thereby regulating the temperature or supply of heat to the vessel. Used in laboratory and manufacturing equipment. water- jacketed. Having a water jacket; -- as, a water-jacketed
• Water bug
  The Croton bug.
• Water parsnip
  Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.
• WATERALOE
  See Water soldier.
• Bregmatic
  Pertaining to the bregma.
• WATERMEASURE
  A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel. Cowell.
• Water clock
  An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.
• Water pore
  A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.
• WATERBLACKBIRD
  The European water ousel, or dipper.

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