| baryta water | A saturated aqueous solution of barium hydroxide; used as an alkaline reagent. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| calcic water | A water containing appreciable quantities of calcium salts in solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carbonated water | Carbonic water, water that contains a considerable amount of carbonic acid in solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carbon dioxide-free water | Purified water that has been boiled vigorously for 5 minutes or more. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gentian aniline water | Gentian violet with saturated aniline water, a more effective stain than simple gentian violet. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vichy water | A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| chalybeate water | A water that contains salts of iron in appreciable quantities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rice-water stool | A watery fluid containing whitish flocculi, discharged from the bowel in cholera and occasionally in other cases of serous diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chlorine water | A water that contains the chlorides of sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium in varying amounts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ground water | That portion of the water below the surface of the ground whose pressure is greater than atmospheric pressure. (09 Oct 1997) |