Vocabulary : Water lettuce to Water measurer

Water lettuce : A plant (Pistia stratiotes) which floats on tropical waters, and forms a rosette of spongy, wedge-shaped leaves.
Water level : The level formed by the surface of still water. ;; A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n.
Water lily : A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea.
Water lime : Hydraulic lime.
Water line : Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at various heights from the keel. ;; 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.

Water lizard : Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. See Monitor, n., 3.
Water locust : A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.
Water meadow : A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream.
Water measure : A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel.
Water measurer : Any one of numerous species of water; the skater. See Skater, n., 2.

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