Word Meanings - WATERSUPPLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.

• Water breather
  Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.
• Water opossum
  See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum.
• WATERBREATHER
  Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.
• WATERRATTLEWATERRATTLER
  The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
• Water chevrotain
  A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.
• Water plantain
  A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain.
• WATERCHICKWEED
  A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.
• WATERSPEEDWELL
  A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in Europe and America.
• Water cure
  Hydropathy.
• Water ram
  An hydraulic ram.
• WATERTORCH
  The common cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil. Dr. Prior.
• Water scorpion
  See Nepa.
• WATERFURROW
  A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.
• Water gang
  A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.
• Waterspout
  A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.
• WATERHOREHOUND
  Bugleweed.
• Collector
  One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.
• Water horehound
  Bugleweed.

Feed

Terms of Use Privacy policy Contact About Cancellation policy © selfpublishingguru.com2024 All Rights reserved.