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- English Word Water dog Definition A small floating cloud, supposed to indicate rain.
- English Word Water dog Definition A sailor, esp. an old sailor; an old salt.
- English Word Water drain Definition A drain or channel for draining off water.
- English Word Water drainage Definition The draining off of water.
- English Word Water dressing Definition 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.
- English Word Water dropwort Definition A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves.
- English Word Water eagle Definition The osprey.
- English Word Water elder Definition The guelder-rose.
- English Word Water elephant Definition The hippopotamus.
- English Word Water engine Definition An engine to raise water; or an engine moved by water; also, an engine or machine for extinguishing fires; a fire engine.
- English Word Water feather Definition Alt. of Water feather-foil
- English Word Water feather-foil Definition The water violet (Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy American plant H. inflata.
- English Word Water flag Definition A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.
- English Word Water flannel Definition A floating mass formed in pools by the entangled filaments of a European fresh-water alga (Cladophora crispata).
- English Word Water flea Definition Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts.
- English Word Water flounder Definition The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus).
- English Word Water fox Definition The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning.
- English Word Water frame Definition A name given to the first power spinning machine, because driven by water power.
- English Word Water furrow Definition A deep furrow for conducting water from the ground, and keeping the surface soil dry.
- English Word Water gage Definition See Water gauge.