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Waterless
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| water (ˈwɔːtə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a clear colourless tasteless odourless liquid that is essential for plant and animal life and constitutes, in impure form, rain, oceans, rivers, lakes, etc. It is a neutral substance, an effective solvent for many compounds, and is used as a standard for many physical properties. Formula: H2ORelated: aqueous, hydro-, aqua- |
| 2. | a. any body or area of this liquid, such as a sea, lake, river, etc |
| b. (as modifier): water sports; water transport; a water plant Related: aquatic | |
| 3. | the surface of such a body or area: fish swam below the water |
| 4. | any form or variety of this liquid, such as rain |
| 5. | high water See low water |
| 6. | any of various solutions of chemical substances in water: lithia water; ammonia water |
| 7. | physiol |
| a. any fluid secreted from the body, such as sweat, urine, or tears | |
| b. (usually plural) the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus in the womb | |
| 8. | a wavy lustrous finish on some fabrics, esp silk |
| 9. | archaic See also first water the degree of brilliance in a diamond |
| 10. | excellence, quality, or degree (in the phrase of the first water) |
| 11. | finance |
| a. capital stock issued without a corresponding increase in paid-up capital, so that the book value of the company's capital is not fully represented by assets or earning power | |
| b. the fictitious or unrealistic asset entries that reflect such inflated book value of capital | |
| 12. | (modifier) astrology air earth Compare fire of or relating to the three signs of the zodiac Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces |
| 13. | informal above the water out of trouble or difficulty, esp financial trouble |
| 14. | hold water to prove credible, logical, or consistent: the alibi did not hold water |
| 15. | in deep water in trouble or difficulty |
| 16. | make water |
| a. to urinate | |
| b. (of a boat, hull, etc) to let in water | |
| 17. | pass water to urinate |
| 18. | test the water See test |
| 19. | informal throw cold water on, pour cold water on to be unenthusiastic about or discourage |
| 20. | water under the bridge events that are past and done with |
| —vb (often foll by down) | |
| 21. | (tr) to sprinkle, moisten, or soak with water |
| 22. | to weaken by the addition of water |
| 23. | (intr) (of the eyes) to fill with tears |
| 24. | (intr) (of the mouth) to salivate, esp in anticipation of food (esp in the phrase make one's mouth water) |
| 25. | (tr) to irrigate or provide with water: to water the land; he watered the cattle |
| 26. | (intr) to drink water |
| 27. | (intr) (of a ship, etc) to take in a supply of water |
| 28. | (tr) finance to raise the par value of (issued capital stock) without a corresponding increase in the real value of assets |
| 29. | (tr) to produce a wavy lustrous finish on (fabrics, esp silk) |
| Related: aqueous, hydro-, aqua-, aquatic | |
| [Old English wæter, of Germanic origin; compare Old Saxon watar, Old High German wazzar, Gothic watō, Old Slavonic voda; related to Greek hudor] | |
| 'waterer | |
| —n | |
| 'waterish | |
| —adj | |
| 'waterless | |
| —adj | |
| 'water-like | |
| —adj | |
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