English words starting with wate

Meanings of Water:

noun

A colourless, transparent, odourless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Usage examples:

Sodium chloride dissolves in water

verb

Pour or sprinkle water over (a plant or area) in order to encourage plant growth.

Usage examples:

I went out to water the geraniums

Meanings of Water down:

phrasal verb

To make something weaker or less effective

Usage examples:

The law was watered down after it failed to pass the legislature the first time.

Meanings of Water-heater:

noun

A metal container, usually found in or near the bathroom, that holds and heats the water for a house

Meanings of Water-meadow:

noun

A field that floods with water from a river when there is a lot of rain

Meanings of Water-mouth:

idiom

If the smell or sight of food makes your mouth water, it makes you want to eat it

Usage examples:

The smell of that bacon cooking is making my mouth water.

Meanings of Water-power:

noun

Power that is obtained from water flowing from one level to a lower level

Meanings of Water-resistant:

adjective

Able to keep rain from being absorbed

Meanings of Water-supply:

noun

The water that is provided and treated for a particular area

Usage examples:

When we don’t get enough rainfall, we have to worry about our water supply.

Meanings of Waterbed:

noun

A bed with a water-filled rubber or plastic mattress.

Usage examples:

There should be no cut-outs in the headboard or footboard, and no waterbeds.

Meanings of Waterbeds:

noun

A bed with a water-filled rubber or plastic mattress.

Usage examples:

There should be no cut-outs in the headboard or footboard, and no waterbeds.

Meanings of Waterboard:

verb

Subject (someone) to the process of waterboarding.

Usage examples:

He was waterboarded and deprived of sleep

noun

The board or bench on to which a person is strapped during the process of waterboarding.

Usage examples:

In our limited experience, extensive use of the waterboard can introduce new risks.

Meanings of Waterbok:

noun

The waterbuck, kobus ellipsiprymnus.

Meanings of Waterborne:

adjective

Conveyed by, travelling on, or involving travel or transport on water.

Usage examples:

Troops were deployed by waterborne craft

Meanings of Waterbuck:

noun

A large african antelope occurring near rivers and lakes in the savannah.

Usage examples:

Also on sale were burchell's zebra, warthog, blue and black wildebeest, lechwe, waterbuck, eland, i…

Meanings of Waterbucks:

noun

A large african antelope occurring near rivers and lakes in the savannah.

Usage examples:

Also on sale were burchell's zebra, warthog, blue and black wildebeest, lechwe, waterbuck, eland, i…

Meanings of Watercoloring:

noun

The action, art, or method of painting with watercolours. also occasionally: watercolours, water-based paint.

adjective

That paints in watercolours.

Meanings of Watercolors:

noun

Artists' paint made with a water-soluble binder such as gum arabic, and thinned with water rather than oil, giving a transparent colour.

Usage examples:

A self-portrait in watercolour

Meanings of Watercourses:

noun

A brook, stream, or artificially constructed water channel.

Usage examples:

It should never be spread close to a watercourse, and tanks should never be cleaned beside a stream…

Meanings of Watercraft:

noun

A boat or other vessel that travels on water.

Usage examples:

Seriously, it was a great two days of sun, surf and boating in barely legal watercraft.

Meanings of Watercress:

noun

A eurasian cress which grows in running water and whose pungent leaves are used in salad.

Usage examples:

Edible plants for your pond include watercress, water chestnuts, and arrowhead or wapato.

Meanings of Waterdog:

noun

An aquatic north american salamander that is a smaller relative of the mud puppy, typically living in flowing water.

Usage examples:

Four necturus species, the waterdogs, grow to 28 cm in length, and the fifth, n. maculosus, the mud…

Meanings of Waterdogs:

noun

An aquatic north american salamander that is a smaller relative of the mud puppy, typically living in flowing water.

Usage examples:

Four necturus species, the waterdogs, grow to 28 cm in length, and the fifth, n. maculosus, the mud…

Meanings of Watered:

verb

Pour or sprinkle water over (a plant or area) in order to encourage plant growth.

Usage examples:

I went out to water the geraniums

noun

A colourless, transparent, odourless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

Usage examples:

Sodium chloride dissolves in water

Meanings of Watered-down:

adjective

A watered-down idea or opinion has been made less extreme than it originally was, usually so that people are more likely to accept it

Usage examples:

They have returned with a watered-down version of the proposal.

Meanings of Waterfall:

noun

A cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a precipice or steep incline.

Usage examples:

It is mantled with rainforest and there are rivers, lakes and waterfalls.

adjective

Relating to or denoting a method of project management that is characterized by sequential stages and a fixed plan of work.

Usage examples:

Each phase of a waterfall project must be complete prior to moving to the next phase