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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Water of CrystallizationnounMWEthe water present in hydrated compoundsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water of HydrationnounMWEthe water present in hydrated compoundsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water on the KneenounMWEhydrarthrosis affecting the kneeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water OrchidnounMWEa tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water OuzelnounMWEsmall stocky diving bird without webbed feetverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water OxnounMWEan Asian buffalo that is often domesticated for use as a draft animalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water ParsnipnounMWEstout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PartingnounMWEa ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systemsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PillnounMWEany substance that tends to increase the flow of urine, which causes the body to get rid of excess waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PimpernelnounMWEa white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus SamolusverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PipenounMWEan oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PistolnounMWEplaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
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 hyacinthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PlantainnounMWEmarsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PollutionnounMWEpollution of the water in rivers and lakesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PolonounMWEa game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goalverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PorenounMWEa pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plantsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water ProgramnounMWEmaking an area of water more usefulverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water ProjectnounMWEmaking an area of water more usefulverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water PumpnounMWEthe pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulateverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water RatnounMWEa person who enjoys being in or on the waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water RightnounMWEright of access to waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SapphirenounMWEa deep blue cordierite often used as a gemstoneverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water ScooternounMWEa motorboat resembling a motor scooterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water ScorpionnounMWElong-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tubeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water ShamrocknounMWEperennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water ShrewnounMWEany of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streamsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SkaternounMWElong-legged bug that skims about on the surface of waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SkinounMWEbroad ski for skimming over water towed by a speedboatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SnakenounMWEany of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
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 powerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SpanielnounMWEany dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowlverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SpeedwellnounMWEplant of wet places in Eurasia and AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SpiritnounMWEa fairy that inhabits waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SportnounMWEsports that involve bodies of waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SpritenounMWEaquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariumsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water Star GrassnounMWEgrassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossomsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water StarwortnounMWEany of several aquatic plants having a star-shaped rosette of floating leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water StomanounMWEa pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plantsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water StridernounMWElong-legged bug that skims about on the surface of waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SupplynounMWEa facility that provides a source of waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water SystemnounMWEa facility that provides a source of waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water TablenounMWEunderground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water TanknounMWEa tank that holds the water used to flush a toiletverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water TapnounMWEa faucet for drawing water from a pipe or caskverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water TowernounMWEa large reservoir for waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water TravelnounMWEtravel by waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water TrumpetnounMWEany plant of the genus CryptocoryneverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water TurkeynounMWEblackish New World snakebird of swampy regionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water Under the BridgenounMWEpast events to be put asideverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water VapornounMWEwater in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperatureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water VapournounMWEwater in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperatureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water Vascular SystemnounMWEsystem of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respirationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water VioletnounMWEfeatherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water VolenounMWEcommon large Eurasian voleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water WaggonnounMWEa wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Water WagonnounMWEa wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Water WingsnounMWEa life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water WitchnounMWEsomeone who uses a divining rod to find underground waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water YamnounMWEgrown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white fleshverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Base PaintnounMWEpaint in which water is used as the vehicleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Cooled ReactornounMWEnuclear reactor using water as a coolantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Lily FamilynounMWEdicot aquatic plantsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Milfoil FamilynounMWEa family of dicotyledonous plants of the order MyrtalesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Mintnouna European mint that thrives in wet placesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Plantain FamilynounMWEperennial or annual aquatic or marsh plantsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Ratenounrate per quarter for water from a public supplyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Shieldnouncommon aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Shield FamilynounMWEin some classifications considered an independent family of water liliesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Skiingnounskiing on water while being towed by a motorboatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Soluble VitaminnounMWEany vitamin that is soluble in waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Water-Targetnounaquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterbucknounany of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and riversverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watercoloristnouna painter who paints with watercolorsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watercolouristnouna painter who paints with watercolorsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watercoursenouna natural body of running water flowing on or under the earthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watercraftnouna craft designed for water transportationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterdognouna person who enjoys being in or on the waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watered StocknounMWEstock representing ownership of overvalued assetsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watered-Silknounsilk fabric with a wavy surface patternverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterernounan assistant who supplies drinking waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterfallnouna steep descent of the water of a riververifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterfindernounforked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oilverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterfowlnounfreshwater aquatic birdverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterfrontnounthe area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterinessnounmeagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water, in a literary style as well as in a foodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Wateringnounwetting with waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watering CannounMWEa container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watering CartnounMWEwater cart with a tank and sprinkler for sprinkling roadsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watering PlacenounMWEa health resort near a spring or at the seasideverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watering PotnounMWEa container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterleaf FamilynounMWEperennial woodland herbsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterlessnessnounthe condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterlinenouna line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keelverifiedMay 18, 2026
Waterloonouna final crushing defeatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watermannounsomeone who drives or rides in a boatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watermarknouna distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufactureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watermelonnounlarge oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulpverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watermelon BegonianounMWEgrown as a houseplant for its silvery striped fleshy foliageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Watermelon VinenounMWEan African melonverifiedMay 18, 2026