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Water rocket: Definition and part of speech

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Water rocket

  1. A kind of firework to be discharged in the water.
  2. A cruciferous plant (Nasturtium sylvestre) with small yellow flowers.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Water rattler: Definition and part of speech

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Water rattler

  1. The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); — so called from its preference for damp places near water.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Water rat: Definition and part of speech

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Water rat

  1. A thief on the water; a pirate.
  2. The water vole. See under Vole.
  3. The muskrat.
  4. The beaver rat. See under Beaver.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Water radish: Definition and part of speech

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Water radish

  1. A coarse yellow-flowered plant (Nasturtium amphibium) related to the water cress and to the horse-radish.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.