Waterproofing :: Waterproofing (n.) Same as Waterproof, n., 1..

Waterscape :: Waterscape (n.) A sea view; -- distinguished from landscape.

Watershed :: Watershed (n.) The whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.

Watershed :: Watershed (n.) The line of division between two adjacent rivers or lakes with respect to the flow of water by natural channels into them; the natural boundary of a basin.

Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.

Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.

Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A trough for discharging water.

Waterspout :: Waterspout (n.) A remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land..

Watertath :: Watertath (n.) A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep..

Waterway :: Waterway (n.) Heavy plank or timber extending fore and aft the whole length of a vessel's deck at the line of junction with the sides, forming a channel to the scuppers, which are cut through it. In iron vessels the waterway is variously constructed..

Waterweed :: Waterweed (n.) See Anacharis.

Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry..

Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..

Waterworn :: Waterworn (a.) Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as, waterworn stones..

Waterwort :: Waterwort (n.) Any plant of the natural order Elatineae, consisting of two genera (Elatine, and Bergia), mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste..

Watery :: Watery (a.) Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.

Watery :: Watery (a.) Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful..

Watery :: Watery (a.) Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors..

Watery :: Watery (a.) Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless..

Watt :: Watt (n.) A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts..

Wattle :: Wattle (n.) A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods..

Wattle :: Wattle (n.) A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.

Wattle :: Wattle (n.) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile..

Wattle :: Wattle (n.) Barbel of a fish.

Wattle :: Wattle (n.) The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark..

Wattle :: Wattle (n.) The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna..

Wattle :: Wattle (v. t.) To bind with twigs.

Wattle :: Wattle (v. t.) To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches..

Wattle :: Wattle (v. t.) To form, by interweaving or platting twigs..

Wattlebird :: Wattlebird (n.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands.

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