Word Meanings - WATER-ROTTING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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- Water lemon
The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); -- so called in the West Indies. - Water wheel
Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an i - WATERNYMPH
A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides. 2. (Bot.) - Water battery
A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water. - Watermelon
The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a n - 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. - Water bridge
See Water table. - Water ordeal
Same as Ordeal by water. See the Note under Ordeal, n., 1. - WATERBRIDGE
See Water table. - WATERRET
To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot. - Water chicken
The common American gallinule. - Water plate
A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. - WATERCHINQUAPIN
The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin. - WATERSPINNER
The water spider. - Water deck
A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. - Water rat
The water vole. See under Vole. - WATERDRAIN
A drain or channel for draining off water. - WATERTOWER
A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings. - Waterfall
A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.
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