| water horehound | <botany> Bugleweed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| water hyacinth | <botany> Either of several tropical aquatic plants of the genus Eichhornia, related to the pickerel weed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water intoxication | The condition induced by the undue retention of water with sodium depletion. It is marked by lethargy, nausea, vomiting, and mild mental aberrations, and in severe cases by convulsions and coma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| water itch | Cutaneous larva migrans caused by larvae of hookworms. Synonym: ancylostoma dermatitis, ancylostomiasis cutis, coolie itch, dew itch, ground itch, swamp itch, swimmer's itch, toe itch, water itch, water sore. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water junket | <zoology> The common sandpiper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water laverock | <zoology> The common sandpiper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water lemon | <botany> The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. Maliformis); so called in the West Indies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water lettuce | <botany> A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water lily | <botany> A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea. The name is extended to various plants of other related genera, as Nuphar, Euryale, Nelumbo, and Victoria. See Euryale, Lotus, and Victoria. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water lizard | <zoology> Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water locust | <botany> A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water loss, insensible | Loss of water by diffusion through the skin and by evaporation from the respiratory tract. It is so called because we do not know that we are actually losing water at the time that it is leaving the body. (guyton, textbook of medical physiology, 8th ed, p274) (12 Dec 1998) |
| water meadow | <agriculture> A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water measurer | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water microbiology | The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in water. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| water table |
The level of ground water. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater above an impermeable layer of soil or rock (through which water cannot move) as in an unconfined aquifer. This level can be very near the surface of the ground or far below it.
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| watchful waiting |
Careful observation without immediate treatment.
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The land area that drains water to a particular stream, river, or lake. It is a land feature that can be identified by tracing a line along the highest elevations between two areas on a map, often a ridge. Large watersheds, like the Mississippi River basin contain thousands of smaller watersheds.
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A watt is a unit of power equal to one joule of energy per second. The watt was named for the Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt (1736-1819). WAVE A wave is an energy-carrying disturbance that moves through space. Some examples of waves are waves in water, sound waves, and light waves.
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no treatment, but your doctor tests periodically to see if the cancer is growing. Suggested for:
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| WAT | freshwater aquatic bird |
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| WAT | a thin flour-and-water biscuit usually made without shortening |
| WAT | hickory of southern United States having many narrow leaflets and rather bitter nuts |
| WAT | blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content |
| WAT | carnivorous aquatic bug having paddle-like hind legs |
| WAT | a bottle for holding water |
| WAT | an assistant who supplies drinking water |
| WAT | Asiatic buffalo often domesticated for use as a draft animal |
| WAT | small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe |
| WAT | a true bug: large aquatic bug adapted to living in or on the surface of water |
| WAT | a butt set on end to contain water especially to store rainwater |
| WAT | plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers |