water
Webster Dictionary
to wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers
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ice
Webster Dictionary
water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4¡ C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
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hydrosphere
(ˈhaɪ drəˌsfɪər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere.
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hydraulic ram
(hydraulic pump, hydraulic ram)
Princeton's WordNet
a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level
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hydraulic pump
(hydraulic pump, hydraulic ram)
Princeton's WordNet
a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level
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water-cool
(ˈwɔ tərˌkʌl ər, ˈwɒt ər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to cool by means of water, esp. by water circulating in pipes or a water jacket.
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camel
Webster Dictionary
a water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted
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whirlpool
Webster Dictionary
an eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like
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water ouzel
Webster Dictionary
any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food
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fresh-water
Webster Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels
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draw
Webster Dictionary
to require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water
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wash
Webster Dictionary
to cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or as with water; as, to wash the hands or body; to wash garments; to wash sheep or wool; to wash the pavement or floor; to wash the bark of trees
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subaqueous
Webster Dictionary
being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet
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water power
Webster Dictionary
a fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege
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injector
Webster Dictionary
a contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor
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slop
Webster Dictionary
dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc
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lymph
Webster Dictionary
a spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water
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hydrophobic
(hydrophobic)
Princeton's WordNet
lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water
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flood
Webster Dictionary
a great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation
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water-rot
Webster Dictionary
to rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax
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cryophorus
Webster Dictionary
an instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32¡ Fahr.
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bathe
Webster Dictionary
to apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor
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water moccasin
Webster Dictionary
a venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper
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water mite
Webster Dictionary
any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider
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slip
Webster Dictionary
the motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller
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atomic number 11
(sodium, Na, atomic number 11)
Princeton's WordNet
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
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na
(sodium, Na, atomic number 11)
Princeton's WordNet
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
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sodium
(sodium, Na, atomic number 11)
Princeton's WordNet
a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
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water motor
Webster Dictionary
a water wheel; especially, a small water wheel driven by water from a street main
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breastwheel
Webster Dictionary
a water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight
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