Word Meanings - WATERLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Destitute of water; dry.
- Water nymph
A goddess of any stream or other body of water, whether one of the Naiads, Nereids, or Oceanides. - WATERBRAIN
A disease of sheep; gid. - WATERRAM
An hydraulic ram. - Water cement
Hydraulic cement. - Water pitcher
A pitcher for water. - WATERCHEVROTAIN
A large West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet. - WATERSOUCHY
A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water. [Written also water souchet.] See Zoutch. - Water crow
The dipper. - Water radish
A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish. - WATERDEVIL
The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle. - WATERTIGER
A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle. - Water elephant
The hippopotamus. - Water sapphire
A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau. - WATERWHITE
A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribæa) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst. - Water gage
See Water gauge. - Water spider
An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries d - Water hen
Any gallinule. - Water tiger
A diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle. See Illust. b of Water beetle.
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