Word Meanings - WATERPROOF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.

• Water partridge
  The ruddy duck.
• 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-closet
  A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
• Waterpot
  A vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.
• 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 dock
  A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum.
• Water-retted
  of Water-ret
• 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.
• Water flannel
  A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
• Water shrew
  Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palu
• WATERGAS
  See under Gas.
• Water germander
  A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.
• Water supply
  A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
• WATERINCH
  Same as Inch of water, under Water.
• Water inch
  Same as Inch of water, under Water.
• Water tupelo
  A species of large tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the United States. See Ogeechee lime.
• WATERMEADOW
  A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream.

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