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Watermark: Definition and part of speech

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Watermark

  1. n. See Water line, 2.
  2. n. A mark indicating the height to which water has risen, or at which it has stood; the usual limit of high or low water.
  3. n. A letter, device, or the like, wrought into paper during the process of manufacture.

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 level: Definition and part of speech

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Water level

  1. A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n.
  2. The level formed by the surface of still 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 lily: Definition and part of speech

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Water lily

  1. A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea.

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 line: Definition and part of speech

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Water line

  1. Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel’s proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.
  2. Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel.

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 lizard: Definition and part of speech

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Water lizard

  1. Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.

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 lemon: Definition and part of speech

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Water lemon

  1. The edible fruit of two species of passion flower (Passiflora laurifolia, and P. maliformis); — so called in the West Indies.

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 lettuce: Definition and part of speech

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Water lettuce

  1. A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.

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.