Dictionary
Found: 2,467 words.
Waste
14 defs
Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.
See Washboard, 3.
A book in which rough entries of transactions are made, previous to their being carried into the journal.
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Wasteful
3 defs
Expending, or tending to expend, property, or that which is valuable, in a needless or useless manner; lavish; prodigal; as, a wasteful person; a wasteful disposition.
A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread, and wastel cake.
Wasteness
2 defs
That which is waste; a desert; a waste.
Waster
3 defs
A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
A spendthrift.
An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.
Wasting
2 defs
Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.
A waster; a thief.
See Wastrel.
Wastrel
5 defs
A neglected child; a street Arab.
Watch
14 defs
A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders.
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One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.
The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.
Pale or light blue.
Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; a...
Watchhouse
2 defs
A house in which a watch or guard is placed.
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One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
Watchman
2 defs
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
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A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.
Watchword
2 defs
A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.
Water
13 defs
A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
Water adder
2 defs
The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake.
A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe.
See Water soldier.
See Water buck.
An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.
See under 1st Back.
An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.
Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.
A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet ...
A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired t...
Water battery
2 defs
A battery nearly on a level with the water.
Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.
A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients.
The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.
Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidae, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidae. These beetles sw...
Same as Tromp.
Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.
The European water ousel, or dipper.
A boat bug.