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- 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.
- English Word Water supply Definition A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
- English Word Water tabby Definition A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.
- English Word Water table Definition A molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the United States for the first table above the surface of the ground (see Table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.
- English Word Water thermometer Definition A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39¡ Fahr., or 4¡ Centigrade; and from that point down to 32¡ Fahr., or 0¡ Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.
- English Word Water thief Definition A pirate.
- English Word Water thrush Definition A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis).
- English Word Water thrush Definition The European water ousel.
- English Word Water thrush Definition The pied wagtail.
- English Word Water thyme Definition See Anacharis.
- English Word Water tick Definition Same as Water mite.