| water chicken | <zoology> The common American gallinule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| water chickweed | <botany> A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water chinquapin | <botany> The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water cock | <zoology> A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Synonym: kora. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water crake | <zoology> The dipper. The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water cress | <botany> A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water crow | <zoology> The dipper. The European coot. Origin: So called in allusion to its dark plumage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water crowfoot | <botany> An aquatic kind of buttercup (Ranunculus aquatilis), used as food for cattle in parts of England. Great water crowfoot, an American water plant (Ranunculus multifidus), having deep yellow flowers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water cure | 1. <medicine> Hydropathy. 2. A hydropathic institution. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water deer | <zoology> A small Chinese deer (Hydropotes inermis). Both sexes are destitute of antlers, but the male has large, descending canine tusks. The water chevrotain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water deprivation | The withholding of water in a structured experimental situation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| water devil | <zoology> The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water diuresis | Diuresis following the drinking of water; due to reduced secretion of the antidiuretic hormone of the neurohypophysis in response to the lowered osmotic pressure of the blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water dock | <botany> A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water doctor | <medicine> One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine. A physician who treats diseases with water; an hydropathist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| selters water | A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| purified water | Water obtained by distillation or deionization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soft water | Water lacking those ions, such as Magnesium and Calcium, that form insoluble salts with fatty acids, so that ordinary soap will lather easily in it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| strong-water | 1. An acid. 2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulfate water | A water holding in solution appreciable quantities of the sulfates of calcium, magnesium, or sodium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sulfur water | A water containing hydrogen sulfide or the metallic sulfides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surface water | <ecology> Water present above the substrate or soil surface. (09 Oct 1997) |
| deionised water | Water purified by passing through ion-exchange columns. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dissociation constant of water | Expressed by the equation [H+][OH-] = Kw = 10-14 at 25캜. (05 Mar 2000) |
| distilled water | Water purified by distillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| indifferent water | A mineral water containing only a small quantity of saline matter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ordinary high water mark | <marine biology> That line on the shore established by the fluctuations of water and indicated by physical characteristics such as clear, natural line impressed on the bank, shelving, changes in the character of the soil, destruction of terrestrial vegetation, the presence of litter and debris, or other appropriate means that consider the characteristics of the surrounding areas. (11 Jan 1998) |
| tar-water | A cold infusion of tar in water, formerly regarded as a cure-all. (webster, 3d ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
| earthy water | A water containing a large amount of mineral matter, chiefly sulfate, in solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| total body water | The sum of intracellular water and extracellular water (volume). About 60% of body weight. (05 Mar 2000) |