Apollinaris water () An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. |
Areas (pl. ) of Area |
Covered (imp. & p. p.) of Cover |
Covered (a.) Under cover |
Covered (imp. & p. p.) of Covet |
Fair-world (n.) State of prosperity. |
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 |
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. |
Tail-water (n.) Water in a tailrace. |
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 |
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 |
Water (v. i.) To get or take in water |
Water adder () The water moccasin. |
Water adder () The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake. |
Water agrimony () A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe. |
Water aloe () See Water soldier. |
Water antelope () See Water buck. |
Water arum () An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone. |
Water back () See under 1st Back. |
Water bailiff () An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels. |
Water ballast () Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast. |
Water barometer () 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. |
Water bath () A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature |
Water battery () A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water. |
Water battery () A battery nearly on a level with the water. |
Water bear () Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada. |
Water-bearer (n.) The constellation Aquarius. |
Water bed () A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients. |
Water beech () The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam. |
world record | the best record in the whole world |
covered option | a put or call option backed by the shares underlying the option |
water travel seafaring | travel by water |
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 |
water conservation | the conservation of water resources |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
world war | a war in which the major nations of the world are involved |
world affairs international affairs | affairs between nations, you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television |
the way of the world the ways of the world | the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen, the ordinary reader is endowed with considerable wisdom and knowledge of the way of the world, she was well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil, he was amazingly innocent of the ways of the world |
World War I World War Great War First World War War to End War | a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from to |
World War II World War Second World War | a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from to |
New World goldfinch goldfinch yellowbird Spinus tristis | American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer |
New World sparrow | sparrow-like North American finches |
New World flycatcher flycatcher tyrant flycatcher tyrant bird | large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing |
Old World flycatcher true flycatcher flycatcher | any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing |
Old World chat chat | songbirds having a chattering call |
robin redbreast robin redbreast Old World robin Erithacus rubecola | small Old World songbird with a reddish breast |
Old World warbler true warbler | small active brownish or greyish Old World birds |
New World warbler wood warbler | small brightolored American songbird with a weak unmusical song |
New World chat chat | birds having a chattering call |
water thrush | brownish North American warbler found near streams |
New World oriole American oriole oriole | American songbird, male is black and orange or yellow |
New World blackbird blackbird | any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black |
Old World oriole oriole | mostly tropical songbird, the male is usually bright orange and black |
Old World jay | a European jay |
New World jay | a North American jay |
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 |
Old World vulture | any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia |
New World vulture cathartid | large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures |
Old World scops owl Otus scops | European scops owl |
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 |
coral snake harlequin-snake New World coral snake | any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white, widely distributed in South America and Central America |
coral snake Old World coral snake | any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia |
water moccasin cottonmouth cottonmouth moccasin Agkistrodon piscivorus | venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States |
Old World quail | small game bird with a rounded body and small tail |
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 |
Old World crayfish ecrevisse | small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America |
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 |