Word Meanings - WATERBOK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A water buck.

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.
Water screw
A screw propeller.
WATERGAGE
See Water gauge.
WATERWITHE
A vinelike plant (Vitis CaribÃ¦a) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
Water gas
See under Gas.
Water sprite
A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water.
WATERHYACINTH
Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed.
Waterhorse
A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.
Water tower
A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.
WATERLOCUST
A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
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.

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