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Water ChestnutnounMWEa plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruitsverified
Water Chestnut PlantnounMWEa plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruitsverified
Water ChinquapinnounMWEwater lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seedsverified
Water ChutenounMWEchute with flowing water down which toboggans and inner tubes and people slide into a poolverified
Water ClovernounMWEwater fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leavesverified
Water CrowfootnounMWEplant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowersverified
Water DragonnounMWENorth American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowersverified
Water DropwortnounMWEEuropean poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celeryverified
Water ElmnounMWElarge ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North Americaverified
Water FlaxseednounMWEcosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islandsverified
Water FleanounMWEminute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimmingverified
Water GagenounMWEgauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoirverified
Water GatenounMWEregulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluiceverified
Water GaugenounMWEgauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoirverified
Water GillyflowernounMWEa featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowersverified
Water GlassnounMWEgauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoirverified
Water GumnounMWEcolumnar swamp tree of southeastern to midwestern North America yielding pale soft easily worked woodverified
Water HemlocknounMWEtall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areasverified
Water HennounMWEany of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hensverified
Water HickorynounMWEhickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nutsverified
Water LevelnounMWEa water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tubeverified
Water LobelianounMWEerect perennial aquatic herb of Europe and North America having submerged spongy leaves and pendulous racemes of blue flowers above the waterverified
Water MeternounMWEmeter for measuring the quantity of water passing through a particular outletverified
Water MilfoilnounMWEan aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowersverified
Water MoldnounMWEparasitic or saprobic organisms living chiefly in fresh water or moist soilverified
Water NymphnounMWEa water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the waterverified
Water OaknounMWErelatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade treeverified
Water PillnounMWEany substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess waterverified
Water PipenounMWEan oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through waterverified
Water PlantnounMWEa plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinthverified
Water PlantainnounMWEmarsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leavesverified
Water PolonounMWEa game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goalverified
Water PorenounMWEa pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plantsverified
Water PumpnounMWEthe pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulateverified
Water ScorpionnounMWElong-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tubeverified
Water ShamrocknounMWEperennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leavesverified
Water ShrewnounMWEany of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streamsverified
Water SoftenernounMWEa substance (such as sodium chloride) that lessens the hardness of water by replacing calcium and magnesium ions with sodium ions and so gives the water more efficient sudsing powerverified