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- English Word Water rat Definition A thief on the water; a pirate.
- English Word Water rate Definition A rate or tax for a supply of water.
- English Word Water rattle Definition Alt. of Water rattler
- English Word Water rattler Definition The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
- English Word Water rice Definition Indian rice. See under Rice.
- English Word Water rocket Definition A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.
- English Word Water rocket Definition A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.
- English Word Water sail Definition A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water.
- English Word Water sapphire Definition A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau.
- English Word Water scorpion Definition See Nepa.
- English Word Water screw Definition A screw propeller.
- English Word Water shield Definition An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.
- English Word Water shrew Definition Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species (Crossopus fodiens, and C. ciliatus) are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew (Neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
- English Word Water snail Definition Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail.
- English Word Water snail Definition The Archimedean screw.
- English Word Water snake Definition A common North American colubrine snake (Tropidonotus sipedon) which lives chiefly in the water.
- English Word Water snake Definition Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits.
- English Word Water soldier Definition An aquatic European plant (Stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
- English Word Water souchy Definition A dish consisting of small fish stewed and served in a little water.
- English Word Water spaniel Definition A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.
- English Word Water sparrow Definition The reed warbler.
- English Word Water sparrow Definition The reed bunting.
- English Word Water speedwell Definition A kind of speedwell (Veronica Anagallis) found in wet places in Europe and America.
- English Word Water spider Definition An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also diving spider.
- English Word Water spider Definition A water mite.
- English Word Water spider Definition Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species (Dolomedes lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also raft spider.
- English Word Water spinner Definition The water spider.
- English Word Water sprite Definition A sprite, or spirit, imagined as inhabiting the water.
- English Word Water star grass Definition An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.
- English Word Water starwort Definition See under Starwort.