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aquaticole (verb), aquaticoles; aquaticoled; aquaticoling: water
Inhabiting or living in water or vegetation that exists in water.
mesocole (verb), mesocoles; mesocoled; mesocoling: water
To live in conditions in which there is neither an excess nor a deficiency of water.
phreaticole (verb), phreaticoles; phreaticoled; phreaticoling: water
An organism that lives in, or inhabits, ground-water areas.
subhydrocole (verb), subhydrocoles; subhydrocoled; subhydrocoling: water
Inhabiting places that are experiencing periodic inundations of fresh water.
This entry is located in the following unit: -cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous (page 23)
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(Greek: hydor, "water", plus gen, "born", "forming"; gas)
(Greek: water)
(Greek: water, yellowish fluid; connected with, or containing, lymph, a transparent fluid that is derived from body tissue and conveyed to the bloodstream by the lymphatic vessels)
(Greek: urine [water, rain, wet])
(Latin: stream of water, river)
(Latin: to be dry; lacking enough water for things to grow, dry and barren; by extension, not interesting, lifeless, dull)
(Greek: to immerse or to dip into water)
(Modern Latin: named for the mythical king Tantalus [who in the Greek myths was tortured by being placed in water up to his chin, which he was never able to drink, whence the word “tantalize”]; because of the element’s insolubility or “to illustrate the tantalizing work he had until he succeeded in isolating this element”; metal)
(Latin: leaf, leaves; a plant's device for intercepting light, obtaining and storing water and nutrients, exchanging gases, and providing a process for photosynthesis)
(Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is the practice of extracting natural gas from underground shale deposits by injecting high-pressure streams of water, sand, and chemicals)
(Latin: to draw out, to drink; to draw water, to swallow)
(Latin: wash, clean; washing of water against the shore; a flood)
(Greek: spring water, fountain)
(Greek: rain, rainstorm; showers of rain; aqueous vapor in the atmosphere; precipitation or falling down from the sky of a form of water; such as, rain, snow, hail, sleet, or mist)
(Greek: a well, a tank, a reservoir; ground water)
(Latin: rain, raining, rain water, rainy; rain fall; heavy showers)
(Greek > Latin: tube, pipe, or hose; a tube or pipe from which water or fluid springs out)
(Greek: marsh, pool, standing or stagnent water; mud of a pool)
(Greek: standing water, pool, pond, marsh, swamp)
(using plants; such as, algae to clean up waste water)
(unusual water recycling device is revealed)
(Latin: steam, mist, very small drops of water)
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A sponge is something that is full of holes but it still can hold water.
This entry is located in the following unit: paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia (page 2)
Antarctic bottom water
A cold, saline water mass that sinks below the 12,000-foot level in the South Atlantic and flows north from the Antarctic land mass, sometimes reaching latitudes of 45 degrees north; characterized by temperatures around minus four degrees centigrade and salinity of about 34.66 parts per thousand.
This entry is located in the following unit: arcto-, arct- + (page 1)
Arctic Intermediate Water
The relatively small intermediate water masses of the North Pacific and North Atlantic, respectively located north of a line between the Aleutian Islands and Japan and north of a line between Iceland and Labrador.
This entry is located in the following unit: arcto-, arct- + (page 2)
CAUTION: WATER ON ROAD DURING RAIN.
Seen on a highway sign.
This entry is located in the following unit: Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 4)
electrolytic rheostat, water rheostat
1. A variable rheostat whose electrodes are submerged to a conducting liquid.
2. A rheostat which consists of a tank of conducting liquid in which electrodes are placed, and resistance is varied by changing the distance between the electrodes, the depth of immersion of the electrodes, or the resistivity of the solution.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 37)
hot water heater
This entry is located in the following unit: Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 11)
hygroscopic water, hygroscopic moisture
Moisture that adheres to soil particles and does not evaporate at ordinary temperatures.
noma, water canker, stomatonecrosis, cancrum oris, gangrenous stomatitis
1. A severe gangrenous inflammation of the mouth or genitals, usually occurring in children who are malnourished or otherwise debilitated or after an infectious disease.
2. A gangrenous stomatitis, usually beginning in the mucous membrane of the corner of the mouth or cheek, and then progressing fairly rapidly to involve the entire thickness of the lips or cheek (or both), with conspicuous necrosis and complete sloughing of tissue; usually observed in poorly nourished children and debilitated adults; especially, in lower socioeconomic groups, and frequently preceded by another disease, e.g., kala azar, dysentery, or scarlet fever.

A similar process (noma pudendi, noma vulvae) may also involve the labia majora (larger (major) outside pair of labia (lips) of the vulva (the female external genitalia).

Several organisms are usually found in the necrotic material, but fusiform bacilli, Borrelia organisms, staphylococci, and anaerobic streptococci are most frequently observed.

3. Etymology: from Medical Latin, which came from Greek nome, "a feeding, a spreading"; literally, "pasturage, food from pasturage".

Noma, a disease that is spreading in certain parts of the world

Some strains of noma starts as a sore in the mouth, eats through facial muscles, cartilage, and skin, leaving a wound that often gapes open to the bone.

It is a gangrenous infection that thrives primarily where poor sanitation and malnutrition are common.

More than 100,000 children worldwide have noma; the rate in sub-Saharan Africa is as high as one in 1,000 a year. Most victims are children, and over 70 percent die from the disease.

Although no one knows exactly what causes noma, the disease is treatable if caught in time; and preventable with proper nutrition and health care.

—Based on information from
"Stopping Noma", National Geographic; April, 2008; page 148.
This entry is located in the following unit: nom-, nomo- + (page 1)
osmotic water
Water held in close contact by clay particles which is less available to soil organisms than capillary water.
This entry is located in the following unit: osmo-, osmia-, osmi-, -osmia, -osmatic (push) + (page 3)
pelagocole (verb), pelagocoles; pelagocoled; pelagocoling: surface water
Living in the open surface waters of the sea.
This entry is located in the following unit: -cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous (page 17)
saline-water reclamation
The demineralization of saline or brackish water.
This entry is located in the following unit: sal-, sali- (page 2)
soil water
Water in the zone of aeration immediately below the ground surface.
This entry is located in the following unit: soil- + (page 2)
stagnicole (verb), stagnicoles; stagnicoled; stagnicoling: stagnant water
Living in stagnant (still, motionless, inactive) water; such as certain birds, etc.
This entry is located in the following unit: -cola, -colas; -cole; -colent; -colid; -coline; -colous (page 23)
water closet (noun), WC, w.c.; privy, loo (primarily British) (s); water closets, privies, loos (pl)
1. A room or booth containing a toilet and often a washbowl; a toilet.
2. An enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.

For a special discussion about the WC or W.C., see this page about "A Harmless W.C. Joke by Jack Paar".

water hydrant
This entry is located in the following unit: Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 24)
water rigor
The contraction of one or more skeletal muscles caused by immersion into water.
This entry is located in the following unit: rigi-, rig- (page 3)
wet water
This entry is located in the following unit: Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 24)
Word Entries at Get Words: “water
water (s) (noun), waters (pl)
1. A colorless liquid that falls as rain and is used for such things as drinking, taking baths, washing things, cooking, etc.; and which is essential for all living things: Water has a freezing point of O°C (32°F) and a boiling point starting at 100°C (212°F).

2. Bodies of fluids; such as, seas, lakes, rivers, or streams: Waters are particular stretches of seas or oceans; especially, those of a country; such as, American waters, Canadian waters, British waters, etc.
3. Any of the aqueous liquids that are normally secreted or that come from the body: Water comes from the bodies of many creatures; including, urine, perspiration, tears, and saliva.
This entry is located in the following unit: English Words in Action, Group W (page 1)
water (verb), waters; watered, watering
1. To pour a liquid on plants to keep them alive and producing: Shirley waters her flowers at least once a day during the summer.
2. To cause aqueous fluid to form in the eyes because of irritation or tiredness: Sharon's eyes were watering because she was very tired and it caused tears to form in her eyes.

When Jim's father heard the sad news about his neighbor's son, his eyes started watering.

3. To form saliva in the mouth: When a person sees food, smells food, or thinks about food, the mouth begins to water; especially, when he or she is hungry.
4. To give drinkable aquatic liquids to animals: The farmer waters his livestock when he feeds them.
5. To supply with fluids, as with channels, ditches, or streams: In agricultural productions, if there is not sufficient rain, then it is necessary to water the fields from the canals.
This entry is located in the following unit: English Words in Action, Group W (page 1)
(the science of water which denotes the study of the properties, distribution, and movements of water on land surfaces, in the soil, and through the subsurface rocks of the earth)
(a description in which plants can be produced in containers filled with water and a number of other non-soil contents)
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fresh water (s) (noun), fresh waters (pl)
1. Aqueous liquid that is not salty: Rain is fresh water that falls as precipitation from clouds.
2. Inland bodies of unsalty aquatic fluids: Fresh water usually exists in ponds, lakes, or streams; as long as they don't contain salt.
This entry is located in the following unit: English Words in Action, Group W (page 1)
Frogs in Water
One frog in the stream.
—Photographed by Wolfram Bleul, E-mail: [email protected]

Frogs in the stream.
—Photographed by Wolfram Bleul, E-mail: [email protected]

This entry is located in the following unit: Views of Nature (page 1)
hydrologic cycle, water cycle
The interdependent and continuous circulation of water from the ocean, to the atmosphere, to the land, and back to the ocean.
This entry is located in the following unit: Hydrology (page 1)
tread water (verb), treads water; treaded water; treading water
1. To keep an upright position in deep water by moving the feet with a walking movement and the hands with a downward circular motion: Sam was treading water as a form of exercise.
2. Failing to advance or to make progress: There are some people who are treading water as they struggle to survive without jobs in these bad economic times.
This entry is located in the following unit: English Words in Action, Group T (page 5)
water table (s) (noun), water tables (pl)
The upper level of a saturated area of soil and rock, where it meets unsaturated soil and rock below it: Water tables tend to be higher under elevated zones and lower under valleys; they may be at the surface as in the case of swamps, or thousands of feet down in reservoirs under deserts.

In dry seasons, the water table may drop several feet in some areas before rising again during the next wet season.

This entry is located in the following units: English Words in Action, Group W (page 1) Ocean and Deep Sea Terms (page 6)