| BTPS | at body temperature and ambient pressure, and saturated with water vapor [gas] |
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| BW | bacteriological warfare; bed wetting; below waist; biological warfare; biological weapon; birth weig... |
| BWFI | bacteriostatic water for injection |
| CH2O | water clearance |
| cmH2O | centimeters of water |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
| water dog | 1. <zoology> A dog accustomed to the water, or trained to retrieve waterfowl. Retrievers, waters spaniels, and Newfoundland dogs are so trained. 2. <zoology> The menobranchus. 3. A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain. 4. A sailor, especially. An old sailor; an old salt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water dressing | <medicine> The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water-drinking test | A test of the assessment of open-angle glaucoma, measuring intraocular pressure after drinking a quart of water in five minutes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water dropwort | <botany> A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water eagle | <zoology> The osprey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| water table |
The level below the land surface at which the subsurface material is fully saturated with water. The depth of the water table reflects the minimum level to which wells must be drilled for water extraction.
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| water table |
The surface separating the upper layer of non-saturated soil and the lower layer of saturated soil.
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