Vocabulary : Watchmaker to Water antelope

Watchmaker : One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.
Watchman : One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel. ;; Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
Watchmen : of Watchman
Watchtower : A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.
Watchword : A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password. ;; A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.

Water : The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. ;; A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. ;; Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine. ;; A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. ;; The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. ;; A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen. ;; An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted." ;; To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. ;; To supply with
Water adder : The water moccasin. ;; The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake.
Water agrimony : A kind of bur marigold (Bidens tripartita) found in wet places in Europe.
Water aloe : See Water soldier.
Water antelope : See Water buck.

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