Apollinaris water
() An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. |
Damage
(n.) Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation |
Damage
(n.) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained |
Damage
(n.) To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of |
Damage
(v. i.) To receive damage or harm |
Damage feasant
() Doing injury |
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 |
Insurance
(n.) The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event |
Insurance
(n.) The premium paid for insuring property or life. |
Insurance
(n.) The sum for which life or property is insured. |
Insurance
(n.) A guaranty, security, or pledge |
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 travel
seafaring | travel by water |
damage
harm
hurt
scathe | the act of damaging something or someone |
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 |
wrong
legal injury
damage | any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right |
| damage control | an effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss |
| water conservation | the conservation of water resources |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
| insurance claim | demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy |
| social insurance | government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people, financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue |
| national insurance | social insurance program in Britain, based on contributions from employers and employees, provides payments to unemployed and sick and retired people as well as medical services |
| old-age insurance | insurance paid to the elderly |
| survivors insurance | insurance paid to surviving spouses |
| disability insurance | social insurance for the disabled |
| 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 |
German cockroach
Croton bug
crotonbug
water bug Blattella germanica | small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe, a common household pest |
| water bug | a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water |
| giant water bug | large water bug with piercing and sucking mouthparts, feeds on young fishes |
| water scorpion | long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube |
water boatman
boat bug | carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs |
water strider
pond-skater
water skater | long-legged bug that skims about on the surface of water |
| water rat | any of various amphibious rats |
round-tailed muskrat
Florida water rat
Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
water vole Richardson vole
Microtus richardsoni | of western North America |
| water vole water rat Arvicola amphibius | common large Eurasian vole |