Water Bear :: Water bear () Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada..

Water Bed :: Water bed () A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients..

Water Beech :: Water beech () The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.

Water Beetle :: Water beetle () 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 swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like oars..

Water Bellows :: Water bellows () Same as Tromp.

Water Tube :: Water tube () One of a system of tubular excretory organs having external openings, found in many invertebrates. They are believed to be analogous in function to the kidneys of vertebrates. See Illust. under Trematodea, and Sporocyst..

Water-bearer :: Water-bearer (n.) The constellation Aquarius.

Waxberry :: Waxberry (n.) The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree..

Weather-beaten :: Weather-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather..

Webbed :: Webbed (imp. & p. p.) of We.

Webbed :: Webbed (a.) Provided with a web.

Webbed :: Webbed (a.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbed feet of aquatic fowls..

Webber :: Webber (n.) One who forms webs; a weaver; a webster.

Weber :: Weber (n.) The standard unit of electrical quantity, and also of current. See Coulomb, and Amp/re..

Webeye :: Webeye (n.) See Web, n., 8..

Weighbeam :: Weighbeam (n.) A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.

Wel-begone :: Wel-begone (a.) Surrounded with happiness or prosperity.

Well-being :: Well-being (n.) The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential to the well-being of men or of society..

Whinberry :: Whinberry (n.) The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze..

Whitebeam :: Whitebeam (n.) The common beam tree of England (Pyrus Aria); -- so called from the white, woolly under surface of the leaves..

Whitebeard :: Whitebeard (n.) An old man; a graybeard.

Whitebelly :: Whitebelly (n.) The American widgeon, or baldpate..

Whitebelly :: Whitebelly (n.) The prairie chicken.

Whortleberry :: Whortleberry (n.) In England, the fruit of Vaccinium Myrtillus; also, the plant itself. See Bilberry, 1..

Whortleberry :: Whortleberry (n.) The fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus Gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants. See Huckleberry..

Wildebeest :: Wildebeest (n.) The gnu.

Wineberry :: Wineberry (n.) The red currant.

Wineberry :: Wineberry (n.) The bilberry.

Wineberry :: Wineberry (n.) A peculiar New Zealand shrub (Coriaria ruscifolia), in which the petals ripen and afford an abundant purple juice from which a kind of wine is made. The plant also grows in Chili..

Winebibber :: Winebibber (n.) One who drinks much wine.

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