Apollinaris water () An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. |
Club-rush (n.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush. |
Feeder (n.) One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment |
Feeder (n.) One who furnishes incentives |
Feeder (n.) One who eats or feeds |
Feeder (n.) One who fattens cattle for slaughter. |
Feeder (n.) A stream that flows into another body of water |
Feeder (n.) A branch railroad, stage line, or the like |
Feeder (n.) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. |
Feeder (n.) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure |
Feeder (n.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon. |
Feeder (n.) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed. |
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 |
Inflow (v. i.) To flow in. |
Influx (n.) The act of flowing in |
Influx (n.) A coming in |
Influx (n.) Influence |
Inrush (n.) A rush inwards |
Inrush (v. i.) To rush in. |
Intrusion (n.) The act of intruding, or of forcing in |
Intrusion (n.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another. |
Intrusion (n.) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession. |
Intrusion (n.) The settlement of a minister over 3 congregation without their consent. |
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 |
Rush (n.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus. |
Rush (n.) The merest trifle |
Rush (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste |
Rush (v. i.) To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation |
Rush (v. t.) To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence |
Rush (v. t.) To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. |
Rush (n.) A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness |
Rush (n.) Great activity with pressure |
Rush (n.) A perfect recitation. |
Rush (n.) A rusher |
Rush (n.) The act of running with the ball. |
Rush-bearing (n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church. |
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 |
intrusion | entrance by force or without permission or welcome |
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 |
haste hurry rush rushing | the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner, in his haste to leave he forgot his book |
rush rushing | (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line, the linebackers were ready to stop a rush |
treading water | a stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms |
trespass encroachment violation intrusion usurpation | entry to another's property without right or permission |
water conservation | the conservation of water resources |
water development water project water program | making an area of water more useful |
electromagnetic intrusion | the deliberate insertion of electromagnetic energy into transmission paths with the objective of confusing or deceiving operators |
gold rush | a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field |
bottom-feeder bottom-dweller | a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water |
bottom-feeder | a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain |
feeder | an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening |
feeder | an animal that feeds on a particular source of food, a bark feeder, a mud feeder |
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 |
dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
water rat | any of various amphibious rats |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |