Word Meanings - WATERFALL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.

• Water monitor
  A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors.
• WATERBATTERY
  A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water. 2. (Mil.)
• WATERPOA
  Meadow reed grass. See under Reed.
• Water carriage
  Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
• Water piet
  The water ousel.
• WATERBUFFALO
  The European buffalo.
• WATERROCKET
  A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers. 2. A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.
• Water course
  A stream of water; a river or brook.
• Waterproof
  Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
• WATERCLOSET
  A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
• WATERSTANDING
  Tear-filled. [R.] "Many an orphan's water-standing eye." Shak.
• Water drainage
  The draining off of water.
• Water rocket
  A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
• WATERDRESSING
  The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer.
• WATERTREFOIL
  The buck bean.
• Waterfowl
  Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.
• Water soldier
  An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
• WATERGAS
  See under Gas.
• Water gruel
  A liquid food composed of water and a small portion of meal, or other farinaceous substance, boiled and seasoned.
• Water thermometer
  A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39¡ Fahr., or 4¡ Centigrade; and from that point down to 32¡ Fahr., or 0¡ Centigrade, or the

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