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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
Water Star GrassnounMWEgrassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossomsverified
Water StarwortnounMWEany of several aquatic plants having a star-shaped rosette of floating leavesverified
Water StomanounMWEa pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plantsverified
Water VapornounMWEwater in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperatureverified
Water VapournounMWEwater in a vaporous form diffused in the atmosphere but below boiling temperatureverified
Water Vascular SystemnounMWEsystem of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respirationverified
Water VioletnounMWEfeatherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowersverified
Water WaggonnounMWEa wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)verified
Water WagonnounMWEa wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)verified
Water WingsnounMWEa life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancyverified
Water YamnounMWEgrown in Australasia and Polynesia for its large root with fine edible white fleshverified
Water-Shieldnouncommon aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowersverified
Water-Shield FamilynounMWEin some classifications considered an independent family of water liliesverified
Waterbucknounany of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus having curved ridged horns and frequenting e.g. swamps and riversverified
Waterinessnounmeagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water, in a literary style as well as in a foodverified
Waterlessnessnounthe condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)verified
Waterlinenouna line corresponding to the surface of the water when the vessel is afloat on an even keelverified
Watermelonnounlarge oblong or roundish melon with a hard green rind and sweet watery red or occasionally yellowish pulpverified