| DW | daily weight; deionized water; dextrose in water; distilled water; doing well; dry weight |
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| Para. | Parere; to Bear; ̉Ȑ |
| BEAR | biological effects of atomic radiation |
| 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 |
| 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 bear | <zoology> Any species of Tardigrada. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ant-bear | <zoology> An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bear | 1. To produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness. "This age to blossom, and the next to bear." (Dryden) 2. To suffer, as in carrying a burden. "But man is born to bear." (Pope) 3. To endure with patience; to be patient. "I can not, can not bear." (Dryden) 4. To press; with on or upon, or against. "These men bear hard on the suspected party." (Addison) 5. To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear. 6. To relate or refer; with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question? 7. To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect. "Her sentence bore that she should stand a certain time upon the platform." (Hawthorne) 8. To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. By E. To bear against, to approach for attack or seizure; as, a lion bears against his prey. To bear away, to be pointed or situated so as to affect; to be pointed directly against, or so as to hit (the object); as, to bring or plant guns so as to bear upon a fort or a ship; the artillery bore upon the center. To bear up to, to tend or move toward; as, to bear up to one another. To bear with, to endure; to be indulgent to; to forbear to resent, oppose, or punish. 1. To support or sustain; to hold up. 2. To support and remove or carry; to convey. "I 'll bear your logs the while." (Shak) 3. To conduct; to bring; said of persons. "Bear them to my house." (Shak) 4. To possess and use, as power; to exercise. "Every man should bear rule in his own house." (Esther i. 22) 5. To sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription. 6. To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name. 7. To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor "The ancient grudge I bear him." (Shak) 8. To endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer. "Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne." (Pope) "I cannot bear The murmur of this lake to hear." (Shelley) "My punishment is greater than I can bear." (Gen. Iv. 13) 9. To gain or win. "Some think to bear it by speaking a great word." (Bacon) "She was . . . Found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge." (Latimer) 10. To sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc. "He shall bear their iniquities." (Is. Liii. 11) "Somewhat that will bear your charges." (Dryden) 11. To render or give; to bring forward. "Your testimony bear" 12. To carry on, or maintain; to have. "The credit of bearing a part in the conversation." 13. To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change. "In all criminal cases the most favorable interpretation should be put on words that they can possibly bear." (Swift) 14. To manage, wield, or direct. "Thus must thou thy body bear." . Hence: To behave; to conduct. "Hath he borne himself penitently in prison ?" (Shak) 15. To afford; to be to; to supply with. "is faithful dog shall bear him company." (Pope) 16. To bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest. "Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore." (Dryden) In the passive form of this verb, the best modern usage restricts the past participle born to the sense of brought forth, while borne is used in the other senses of the word. In the active form, borne alone is used as the past participle. To bear down. To force into a lower place; to carry down; to depress or sink. "His nose, . . . Large as were the others, bore them down into insignificance." . To overthrow or crush by force; as, to bear down an enemy. To bear a hand. To help; to give assistance. To remove to a distance; to keep clear from rubbing against anything; as, to bear off a blow; to bear off a boat. To gain; to carry off, as a prize. To bear one hard, to owe one a grudge. "Caesar doth bear me hard." . To bear out. To maintain and support to the end; to defend to the last. "Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing." . To corroborate; to confirm. To bear up, to support; to keep from falling or sinking. "Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings." . Synonym: To uphold, sustain, maintain, support, undergo, suffer, endure, tolerate, carry, convey, transport, waft. Origin: Bore (formerly Bare); Born, Borne; Bearing] [OE. Beren, AS. Beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. Baren to bring forth, G. Gebaren, Goth. Bairan to bear or carry, Icel. Bera, Sw. Bara, Dan. Baere, OHG. Beran, peran, L. Ferre to bear, carry, produce, Gr, OSlav brati to take, carry, OIr. Berim I bear, Skr. Bh to bear. Cf. Fertile. 1. <zoology> Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects. The European brown bear (U. Arctos), the white polar bear (U. Maritimus), the grizzly bear (U. Horribilis), the American black bear, and its variety the cinnamon bear (U. Americanus), the Syrian bear (Ursus Syriacus), and the sloth bear, are among the notable species. 2. <zoology> An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear. 3. <astronomy> One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. 4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person. 5. A person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market. The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of tossing up. 6. <machinery> A portable punching machine. 7. A block covered with coarse matting; used to scour the deck. Australian bear. <zoology> The hairy larva of a moth, especially. Of the genus Euprepia. Bear garden. A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. Bear leader, one who leads about a performing bear for money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of a young man on his travels. Origin: OE. Bere, AS. Bera; akin to D. Beer, OHG. Bero, pero, G. Bar, Icel. & Sw. Bjorn, and possibly to L. Fera wild beast, Gr. Beast, Skr. Bhalla bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bear's-breech | <botany> See Acanthus. The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bear's-ear | <botany> A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bear's-foot | <botany> A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bear's-paw | <zoology> A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sea bear | <zoology> Any fur seal. See Fur. The white bear. 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) |
| water bear | the eleventh sign of the zodiac |
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| water bear | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius |
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