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Watchbandnouna band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wristverified
Watchstrapnouna band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wristverified
Watchtowernounan observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemiesverified
Water ArumnounMWEplant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berriesverified
Water AvensnounMWEerect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petalsverified
Water BacknounMWEwater heater consisting of a tank or pipes set at the back of a fireplace or in the firebox of a stoveverified
Water BeetlenounMWEany of numerous aquatic beetles usually having a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs for swimmingverified
Water BirchnounMWEbirch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish barkverified
Water BitternutnounMWEhickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nutsverified
Water BugnounMWEa true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of waterverified
Water ButtercupnounMWEplant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowersverified
Water CannonnounMWEa hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)verified
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