قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

The capybara.

A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot.

A cell containing water; specifically (Zool.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel.

Hydraulic cement.

The fruit of Trapa natans and Trapa bicornis, Old World water plants bearing edible nutlike fruits armed with several hard and sharp points; also, the plant itself; -- called also water caltrop.

A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.

The common American gallinule.

A small annual plant (Montia fontana) growing in wet places in southern regions.

The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.

An instrument or machine serving to measure time by the fall, or flow, of a certain quantity of water; a clepsydra.

A large gallinule (Gallicrex cristatus) native of Australia, India, and the East Indies. In the breeding season the male is black and has a fleshy red caruncle, or horn, on the top of its head. Called also kora.

A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; -- so called in distinction from oil color.

A picture painted with such colors.

A stream of water; a river or brook.

A natural channel for water; also, a canal for the conveyance of water, especially in draining lands.

A running stream of water having a bed and banks; the easement one may have in the flowing of such a stream in its accustomed course. A water course may be sometimes dry.

Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.

The dipper.

The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake.

The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia.