| DW | daily weight; deionized water; dextrose in water; distilled water; doing well; dry weight |
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| SW | seriously wounded; short waves; sinewave; slow wave; soap and water; social worker; spike wave; spir... |
| TW | tap water; terminal web; test weight; total body water; travelling wave |
| TWE | tap water enema; tepid water enema |
| WS | Waardenburg syndrome; ward secretary; Warkany syndrome; Warthin-Starry [stain]; water soluble; water... |
| w/o/w | Water-in-oil in water |
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| ADC | Apparent diffusion coefficient of water |
| ASW | Artificial sea water |
| BPW | Buffered Peptone Water |
| CWS | Cold water swim |
| water willow | <botany> An American aquatic plant (Dianthera Americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| willow | 1. <botany> Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterised often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." . Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. "And I must wear the willow garland For him that's dead or false to me." (Campbell) 2. A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Synonym: willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil. Almond willow, Pussy willow, Weeping willow. <botany> A very small European warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus). Synonym: bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William, Tom Thumb, and willow wren. Origin: OE. Wilowe, wilwe, AS. Wilig, welig; akin to OD. Wilge, D. Wilg, LG. Wilge. Cf. Willy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| willow-herb | <botany> A perennial herb (Epilobium spicatum) with narrow willowlike leaves and showy rose-purple flowers. The name is sometimes made to include other species of the same genus. Spiked willow-herb, a perennial herb (Lythrum Salicaria) with willowy leaves and spiked purplish flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| willow-thorn | <botany> A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| willow wattle | <botany, ecology> A living, permeable barrier made of willow stems set into the ground with willow branches woven around the stems, used to reduce erosion on steep banks or to act as a check dam in a stream. (09 Oct 1997) |
| willow-weed | <botany> A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris). Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| willow-wort | <botany> Same as Willow-weed. Any plant of the order Salicaceae, or the Willow family. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea willow | <zoology> A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alkaline water | A water that contains appreciable amounts of the bicarbonates of calcium, lithium, potassium, or sodium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aromatic water | 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. "With tears watering the ground." (Milton) "Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands." (Longfellow) 2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses. 3. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water. 4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. To water stock, to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares. Cf. Water. Origin: AS. Waeterian, gewaeterian. 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. "We will drink water." ."Powers of fire, air, water, and earth." . Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, and is a colourless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. at its maximum density, 39 deg Fahr. Or 4 deg C, it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32 deg Fahr. Or 0 deg C. And boils at 212 deg Fahr. Or 100 deg C. (see Ice, Steam). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. "Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled." (Fuller) 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; especially, the urine. 4. <pharmacology> A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, 3, Damask, and Damaskeen. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted." Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. Hard water. See Hard. Inch of water, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called miner's inch, and water inch. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from 1/12 of an inch to 1 inch above its top. Mineral water, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. Soft water, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. To hold water. See Hold, To keep one's head above water, to keep afloat; fig, to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. To make water. To pass urine. <medicine> Hydrothorax. Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. Origin: AS. Waeter; akin to OS. Watar, OFries. Wetir, weter, LG. & D. Water, G. Wasser, OHG. Wazzar, Icel. Vatn, Sw. Vatten, Dan. Vand, Goth. Wat, O. Slav. & Russ. Voda, Gr, Skr. Udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. Unda wave. Cf. Dropsy, Hydra, Otter, Wet, Whisky. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| baryta water | A saturated aqueous solution of barium hydroxide; used as an alkaline reagent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter water | A natural mineral water containing Epsom salt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black water | azoturia of horses |
| boiling water reactor | <radiobiology> Class of fission reactor where water is used as a coolant and allowed to boil into steam. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bound water | Water held to colloids and other substances and not removed by simple filtration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bromine water | A water containing the bromides of magnesium, potassium, or sodium in therapeutic amounts. (05 Mar 2000) |
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