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By-wash :: By-wash (n.) The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water..

Pool :: Pool (n.) A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon..

Root :: Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphy

Sump :: Sump (n.) The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there..

Cistern :: Cistern (n.) A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.

Urinarium :: Urinarium (n.) A reservoir for urine, etc., for manure..

Wasteweir :: Wasteweir (n.) An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like..

Fountain :: Fountain (n.) A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc..

Reservoir :: Reservoir (n.) A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like..

Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository..

Capaciousness :: Capaciousness (n.) The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc..

Trass :: Trass (n.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water..

Standpipe :: Standpipe (n.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance..

Air Gun :: Air gun () A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger..

Catchment :: Catchment (n.) A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.

Boss :: Boss (n.) A head or reservoir of water.

Head :: Head (n.) The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or the height of the surface, as of water, above a given place, as above an orifice at which it issues, and the pressure resulting from the height or from motion; sometimes also, the quantity in reserve; as, a mill or reservoir has a good head of water, or ten feet head; also, that part of a gulf or bay most remote from the outlet or the sea..

Cistern :: Cistern (n.) An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids..

Water Supply :: Water supply () A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like..

Reservoir :: Reservoir (n.) A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter..

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