Apollinaris water
() An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. |
Fresh-water
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt |
Fresh-water
(a.) Accustomed to sail on fresh water only |
Fresh-water
(a.) Unskilled |
Metric system
() See Metric, a. |
Napha water
() A perfume distilled from orange flowers. |
Rose water
() Water tinctured with roses by distillation. |
Rose-water
(a.) Having the odor of rose water |
Selters water
() A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid. |
Seltzer water
() See Selters water. |
Spurn-water
(n.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. |
Strong-water
(n.) An acid. |
Strong-water
(n.) Distilled or ardent spirits |
Surfeit-water
(n.) Water for the cure of surfeits. |
System
(n.) An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific |
System
(n.) Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole |
System
(n.) Regular method or order |
System
(n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n. |
System
(n.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ |
System
(n.) One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians. |
Tail-water
(n.) Water in a tailrace. |
Treatment
(n.) The act or manner of treating |
Treatment
(n.) Entertainment |
Vichy water
() A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides |
Waste
(a.) Desolate |
Waste
(a.) Lying unused |
Waste
(a.) Lost for want of occupiers or use |
Waste
(a.) To bring to ruin |
Waste
(a.) To wear away by degrees |
Waste
(a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly |
Waste
(a.) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay. |
Waste
(v. i.) To be diminished |
Waste
(v. i.) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh |
Waste
(v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted |
Waste
(v.) That which is wasted or desolate |
Waste
(v.) That which is of no value |
Waste
(v.) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder. |
Waste
(v.) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse. |
Water
(n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. |
Water
(n.) A body of water, standing or flowing |
Water
(n.) Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water |
Water
(n.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance |
Water
(n.) The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond |
Water
(n.) A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen. |
Water
(v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted." |
Water
(v. t.) To wet or supply with water |
Water
(v. t.) To supply with water for drink |
Water
(v. t.) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines |
Water
(n.) To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality |
Water
(v. i.) To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter |
| Bertillon system | a system or procedure for identifying persons |
laying waste
ruin
ruining
ruination
wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
| beauty treatment | enhancement of someone's personal beauty |
water travel
seafaring | travel by water |
| buddy system | a cooperative practice of pairing two or more people together for mutual assistance or safety (especially in recreational swimming) |
maltreatment
ill-treatment
ill-usage
abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment, the child showed signs of physical abuse |
cruelty
inhuman treatment | a cruel act, a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering |
water sport
aquatics | sports that involve bodies of water |
| water-skiing | skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat |
| water polo | a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal |
| treading water | a stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms |
treatment
intervention | care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) |
shock therapy
shock treatment | treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions |
insulin shock
insulin shock therapy
insulin shock treatment | the administration of sufficient insulin to induce convulsions and coma |
metrazol shock
metrazol shock therapy
metrazol shock treatment | the administration of sufficient Metrazol to induce convulsions and coma |
| orthodontic treatment | dental treatment that corrects irregularities of the teeth or of the relation of the teeth to surrounding anatomy, treatment is usually by braces or mechanical aids, orthodontic treatment of facial abnormalities |
waste
wastefulness dissipation | useless or profitless activity, using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly, if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste, mindless dissipation of natural resources |
waste of effort
waste of energy | a useless effort |
| waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
| waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
| waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
| water conservation | the conservation of water resources |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
| treatment handling | the management of someone or something, the handling of prisoners, the treatment of water sewage, the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system |
| silent treatment | an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know |
| waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
| water thrush | brownish North American warbler found near streams |
water ouzel
dipper | small stocky diving bird without webbed feet, frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom |
European water ouzel
Cinclus aquaticus | a water ouzel of Europe |
American water ouzel
Cinclus mexicanus | a water ouzel of western North America |
| water snake | any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water |
common water snake
banded water snake
Natrix sipedon
Nerodia sipedon | in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia, western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water |
| water moccasin | any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters |
water moccasin cottonmouth
cottonmouth moccasin
Agkistrodon piscivorus | venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States |
waterfowl
water bird
waterbird | freshwater aquatic bird |
| water shrew | any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams |
American water shrew
Sorex palustris | water shrew of North America |
European water shrew
Neomys fodiens | widely distributed Old World water shrew |
Mediterranean water shrew
Neomys anomalus | a type of water shrew |
daphnia
water flea | minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell, moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae |
cyclops
water flea | minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming, important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms |
gallinule
marsh hen water hen swamphen | any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens |
American coot
marsh hen mud hen
water hen Fulica americana | a coot found in North America |
water turkey
Anhinga anhinga | blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions |
| water dog | a dog accustomed to water and usually trained to retrieve waterfowl |
| water spaniel | any dog of two large curlyoated breeds used for hunting waterfowl |
| American water spaniel | breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liverolored curly coat |
| Irish water spaniel | breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liverolored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail |
| water vascular system | system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration |
| water beetle | any of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimming |