Apollinaris water () An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. |
Botanical (a.) Of or pertaining to botany |
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 |
Genus (n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species |
Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus |
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. |
Water beetle () Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidae, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidae. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars. |
Water bellows () Same as Tromp. |
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 |
phytotherapy herbal therapy botanical medicine | the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet) |
water conservation | the conservation of water resources |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
form genus | an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms |
Heliobacter genus Heliobacter | a genus of helical or curved or straight aerobic bacteria with rounded ends and multiple flagella, found in the gastric mucosa of primates (including humans) |
bacteria genus | a genus of bacteria |
Aerobacter genus Aerobacter | aerobic bacteria widely distributed in nature |
Rhizobium genus Rhizobium | the type genus of Rhizobiaceae, usually occur in the root nodules of legumes, can fix atmospheric oxygen |
Agrobacterium genus Agrobacterium | small motile bacterial rods that can reduce nitrates and cause galls on plant stems |
genus Bacillus | type genus of the Bacillaceae, includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites |
genus Clostridium | anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes, nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung |
genus Nostoc | type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae |
genus Trichodesmium | a genus of blue-green algae |
Pseudomonas genus Pseudomonas | type genus of the family Pseudomonodaceae |
Xanthomonas genus Xanthomonas | a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water |
Nitrobacter genus Nitrobacter | rod-shaped soil bacteria |
Nitrosomonas genus Nitrosomonas | ellipsoidal soil bacteria |
genus Thiobacillus | a genus of bacteria |
genus Spirillum | a genus of bacteria |
genus Vibrio | a genus of bacteria |
Bacteroides genus Bacteroides | type genus of Bacteroidaceae, genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals |
Calymmatobacterium genus Calymmatobacterium | a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale |
Francisella genus Francisella | a genus of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that occur as pathogens and parasite in many animals (including humans) |
genus Corynebacterium | the type genus of the family Corynebacteriaceae which is widely distributed in nature, the best known are parasites and pathogens of humans and domestic animals |
genus Listeria | a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods |
genus Escherichia | a genus of bacteria |
genus Klebsiella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Salmonella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Serratia Serratia | a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod |
genus Shigella | a genus of bacteria |
genus Erwinia | a genus of bacteria |
genus Rickettsia | can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans |
genus Chlamydia | type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae: diseaseausing parasites |
genus Mycoplasma | type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae |
genus Actinomyces | type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae |
genus Streptomyces | type genus of the family Streptomycetaceae |
genus Mycobacterium | nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria |
Polyangium genus Polyangium | type genus of the family Polyangiaceae: myxobacteria with rounded fruiting bodies enclosed in a membrane |
Micrococcus genus Micrococcus | type genus of the family Micrococcaceae |
genus Staphylococcus | includes many pathogenic species |
genus Lactobacillus | type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae |
genus Diplococcus | a genus of bacteria |
genus Streptococcus | a genus of bacteria |
Spirochaeta genus Spirochaeta | the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae, a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic |
genus Treponema | type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body, parasitic in warm-blooded animals |