Vocabulary : Water arum to Water beech

Water arum : An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.
Water back : See under 1st Back.
Water bailiff : An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to search vessels.
Water ballast : Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.
Water barometer : A barometer in which the changes of atmospheric pressure are indicated by the motion of a column of water instead of mercury. It requires a column of water about thirty-three feet in height.

Water bath : A device for regulating the temperature of anything subjected to heat, by surrounding the vessel containing it with another vessel containing water which can be kept at a desired temperature; also, a vessel designed for this purpose.
Water battery : A voltaic battery in which the exciting fluid is water. ;; A battery nearly on a level with the water.
Water bear : Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See Illust. of Tardigrada.
Water bed : A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used in hospitals for bedridden patients.
Water beech : The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.

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