AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
water rail: any one of numerous species of rails of the genus rallus, as the common european species (rallus aquaticus).  see illust. of rail.
water rat: the water vole.  see under vole.-the muskrat.-the beaver rat.  see under beaver.-a thief on the water; a pirate.
water rattler: the diamond rattlesnake (crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
water rocket: a cruciferous plant (nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.-a kind of firework to be discharged in the water.
water sail: a small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water.
water sapphire: a deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau.
water shield: an aquatic american plant (brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.
water shrew: any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. the two common european species (crossopus fodiens, and c. ciliatus) are the best known. the most common american water shrew, or marsh shrew (neosorex palustris), is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
water snail: any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to planorbis, limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail.-the archimedean screw.
water snake: a common north american colubrine snake (tropidonotus sipedon) which lives chiefly in the water.-any species of snakes of the family homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits.
water soldier: an aquatic european plant (stratiotes aloides) with bayonet-shaped leaves.
water spaniel: a curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the water.
water speedwell: a kind of speedwell (veronica anagallis) found in wet places in europe and america.
water spider: an aquatic european spider (argyoneta aquatica) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. it lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. called also diving spider.-a water mite.-any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large american species (dolomedes lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also raft spider.
water star grass: an aquatic plant (schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.
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.
water tabby: a kind of waved or watered tabby.  see tabby, n., 1.
water table: a molding, or other projection, in the wall of a building, to throw off the water, -- generally used in the united states for the first table above the surface of the ground (see table, n., 9), that is, for the table at the top of the foundation and the beginning of the upper wall.
water thermometer: a thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. this is about 39¡ fahr., or 4¡ centigrade; and from that point down to 32¡ fahr., or 0¡ centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.
water thrush: a north american bird of the genus seiurus, belonging to the warbler family, especially the common species (s. noveboracensis).-the european water ousel.-the pied wagtail.
water tiger: a diving, or water, beetle, especially the larva of a water beetle.  see illust. b of water beetle.
water torch: the common cat-tail (typha latifolia), the spike of which makes a good torch soaked in oil.
water tower: a large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.
water tree: a climbing shrub (tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of western africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.
water tu tuyere: a tuyere kept cool by water circulating within a casing. it is used for hot blast.
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 tupelo: a species of large tupelo (nyssa aquatica) growing in swamps in the southern of the united states.  see ogeechee lime.
water vine: any plant of the genus phytocrene, climbing shrubs of asia and africa, the stems of which are singularly porous, and when cut stream with a limpid potable juice.
water wheel: any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine wheel, etc.-the paddle wheel of a steam vessel.-a wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.
water willow: an american aquatic plant (dianthera americana) with long willowlike leaves, and spikes of small purplish flowers.
water wing: one of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.
water-closet: a privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it.
water-laid: having a left-hand twist; -- said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope.
water-logged: filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.
water-ret: to ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.
water-rot: to rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot hemp or flax.
water-tight: so tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
water-white: a vinelike plant (vitis caribaea) growing in parched districts in the west indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.
waterfall: a fall, or perpendicular descent, of the water of a river or stream, or a descent nearly perpendicular; a cascade; a cataract.-an arrangement of a woman's back hair over a cushion or frame in some resemblance to a waterfall.-a certain kind of neck scarf.
waterfowl: any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively.
waterish: resembling water; thin; watery.-somewhat watery; moist; as, waterish land.
waterlandian: one of a body of dutch anabaptists who separated from the mennonites in the sixteenth century; -- so called from a district in north holland denominated waterland.
waterleaf: any plant of the american genus hydrophyllum, herbs having white or pale blue bell-shaped flowers.
waterman: a man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman.-an attendant on cab stands, etc., who supplies water to the horses.-a water demon.
watermark: a mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.-a letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.-see water line, 2.
watermelon: the very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. the fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. it is a native of tropical africa, but is now cultivated in many countries.  see illust. of melon.
waterpot: a vessel for holding or conveying water, or for sprinkling water on cloth, plants, etc.
waterproof: proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.-a substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water.-cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; esp., an outer garment made of such material.-to render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc.
waterproofing: the act or process of making waterproof.-same as waterproof, n., 1.
watershed: the whole region or extent of country which contributes to the supply of a river or lake.-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: a sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.-that which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.-a trough for discharging water.
waterspout: a remarkable meteorological phenomenon, of the nature of a tornado or whirlwind, usually observed over the sea, but sometimes over the land.
watertath: a kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep.
waterway: 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.
waterwork: painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.-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: worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as, waterworn stones.
waterwort: 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: of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.-abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.-resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors.-hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
watt: 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: a twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods.-a rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.-a naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile.-barbel of a fish.-the astringent bark of several australian trees of the genus acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark.-the trees from which the bark is obtained.  see savanna wattle, under savanna.-to bind with twigs.-to twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches.-to form, by interweaving or platting twigs.
wattlebird: 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.-the australian brush turkey.
wattled: of wattle-furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat.
wattling: of wattle-the act or process of binding or platting with twigs; also, the network so formed.
wattmeter: an instrument for measuring power in watts, -- much used in measuring the energy of an electric current.
wave: see waive.-to play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.-to be moved to and fro as a signal.-to fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.-to move one way and the other; to brandish.-to raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.-to move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.-to call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.-an advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation.-a vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation.  see undulation.-water; a body of water.-unevenness; inequality of surface.-a waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.-the undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.-fig.: a swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.-woe.
waved: of wave-exhibiting a wavelike form or outline; undulating; intended; wavy; as, waved edge.-having a wavelike appearance; marked with wavelike lines of color; as, waved, or watered, silk.-having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc.
waveless: free from waves; undisturbed; not agitated; as, the waveless sea.
wavellite: a hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow, green, or black.
waver: to play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.-to be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.-a sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
waverer: one who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like.
waveson: goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea.
wavy: rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.-playing to and fro; undulating; as, wavy flames.-undulating on the border or surface; waved.
wax: to increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.-to pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.-a fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. it is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. its natural color is pale or dull yellow.-hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.-cerumen, or earwax.-a waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.-a waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.-a substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the chinese wax.  see wax insect, below.-a waxlike product secreted by certain plants.  see vegetable wax, under vegetable.-a substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.-thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.-to smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.
waxberry: the wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry.  see bayberry, and candleberry tree.
waxbill: any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to estrelda and allied genera, native of asia, africa, and australia. the bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. several of the species are often kept as cage birds.
waxen: of wax-made of wax.-covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.-resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
waxwing: any one of several species of small birds of the genus ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. the bohemian waxwing (see under bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. called also waxbird.
waxwork: work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.-an american climbing shrub (celastrus scandens). it bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
waxworker: one who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.-a bee that makes or produces wax.
waxy: resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.
way: away.-that by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.-length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.-a moving; passage; procession; journey.-course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.-the means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.-manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.-regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.-sphere or scope of observation.-determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.-progress; as, a ship has way.-the timbers on which a ship is launched.-the longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.-right of way.  see below.-to go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.-to move; to progress; to go.
way-wise: skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.
waybill: a list of passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage or gods transported by a common carrier on a land route. when the goods are transported by water, the list is called a bill of lading.
waybung: an australian insessorial bird (corcorax melanorhamphus) noted for the curious actions of the male during the breeding season. it is black with a white patch on each wing.
wayfare: to journey; to travel; to go to and fro.-the act of journeying; travel; passage.
waylay: to lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
wayment: to lament; to grieve; to wail.-grief; lamentation; mourning.
wayside: the side of the way; the edge or border of a road or path.-of or pertaining to the wayside; as, wayside flowers.
wayward: taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.
waywiser: an instrument for measuring the distance which one has traveled on the road; an odometer, pedometer, or perambulator.
waywode: originally, the title of a military commander in various slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. it was assumed for a time by the rulers of moldavia and wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior turkish officers.
wayz-goose: a stubble goose.-an annual feast of the persons employed in a printing office.
we: of i-the plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb.
weak: wanting physical strength.-deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.-not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.-not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.-not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.-not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.-lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.-not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.-lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.-not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.-feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.-resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.-not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.-not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.-wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.-not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.-wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.-not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.-lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.-tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.-pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt.  see strong, 19 (a).-pertaining to, or designating, a noun in anglo-saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n.  see strong, 19 (b).-to make or become weak; to weaken.
weak-hearted: having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted.
weak-minded: having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic.
weaken: to make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.-to reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.-to become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination.
weakfish: any fish of the genus cynoscion; a squeteague; -- so called from its tender mouth.  see squeteague.
weakly: in a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.-not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution.
weakness: the quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.-that which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect.
weal: the mark of a stripe.  see wale.-to mark with stripes.  see wale.-a sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.-the body politic; the state; common wealth.-to promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous.
weald: a wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.
wealden: of or pertaining to the lowest division of the cretaceous formation in england and on the continent, which overlies the oolitic series.-the wealden group or strata.
wealdish: of or pertaining to a weald, esp. to the weald in the county of kent, england.
wealth: weal; welfare; prosperity; good.-large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
wealthiness: the quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence.
wealthy: having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.-hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant.