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   water arum
         n 1: plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having
               small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe
               and red berries [syn: {wild calla}, {water arum}, {Calla
               palustris}]

English Dictionary: Wiederherstellungen by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
water horehound
n
  1. aromatic perennial herb of United States [syn: {water horehound}, Lycopus americanus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
water horsetail
n
  1. Eurasia; northern North America to Virginia [syn: {swamp horsetail}, water horsetail, Equisetum fluviatile]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
water orchid
n
  1. a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
    Synonym(s): water hyacinth, water orchid, Eichhornia crassipes, Eichhornia spesiosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waterer
n
  1. someone who waters plants or crops
  2. an assistant who supplies drinking water
    Synonym(s): water boy, waterer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waterworks
n
  1. a public utility that provides water [syn: water company, waterworks]
  2. workplace where water is stored and purified and distributed for a community
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waterworn
adj
  1. (of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weatherworn
adj
  1. worn by exposure to the weather; "a house of weathered shingles"
    Synonym(s): weather-beaten, weatherworn, weathered
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water arum \Wa"ter a"rum\ (Bot.)
      An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is
      an inhabitant of the north temperate zone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water hare \Wa"ter hare\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A small American hare or rabbit ({Lepus aquaticus}) found on
      or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
      also {water rabbit}, and {swamp hare}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water horehound \Wa"ter hore"hound`\ (Bot.)
      Bugleweed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[be]rhune;
      h[be]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species
      of organum, Gr. [?], Skr. kn[?]y to smell.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({M. vulgare}), which has a
      bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy
      for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also {hoarhound}.]
  
      {Fetid horehound}, [or] {Black horehound}, a disagreeable
            plant resembling horehound ({Ballota nigra}).
  
      {Water horehound}, a species of the genus {Lycopus},
            resembling mint, but not aromatic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Water ordeal \Wa"ter or"de*al\
      Same as {Ordeal by water}. See the Note under {Ordeal}, n.,
      1.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wraith \Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a
      guardian angel, from Icel. v[94]r[eb]r a warden, guardian,
      akin to E. ward. See {Ward} a guard.]
      1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen
            before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a
            specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
  
                     She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her
                     wraith.                                             --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     O, hollow wraith of dying fame.         --Tennyson.
  
      2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over
            the waters; -- called also {water wraith}. --M. G. Lewis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waterer \Wa"ter*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, waters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waterhorse \Wa"ter*horse`\, n.
      A pile of salted fish heaped up to drain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waterwork \Wa"ter*work`\, n.
      1. (Paint.) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas
            or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of
            tapestry. --Shak. Fairholt.
  
      2. An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures,
            by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or
            ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps,
            aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used
            chiefly in the plural.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waterworn \Wa"ter*worn`\, a.
      Worn, smoothed, or polished by the action of water; as,
      waterworn stones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Waterwort \Wa"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      Any plant of the natural order {Elatine[91]}, consisting of
      two genera ({Elatine}, and {Bergia}), mostly small annual
      herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or
      acrid taste.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weatherworn \Weath"er*worn`\, a.
      Worn by the action of, or by exposure to, the weather.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whether \Wheth"er\, conj.
      In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more
      alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by
      or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is
      the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only
      indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative,
      and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly
      implied in the whether of the first.
  
               And now who knows But you, Lorenzo, whether I am yours?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
               You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest
               judge.                                                   --Shak.
  
               For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether
               we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live
               therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.      --Rom. xiv. 8.
  
               But whether thus these things, or whether not; Whether
               the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth, or
               earth rise on the sun, . . . Solicit not thy thoughts
               with matters hid.                                    --Milton.
  
      {Whether or no}, in either case; in any case; as, I will go
            whether or no.
  
      {Whether that}, whether. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whitherward \Whith"er*ward\, adv.
      In what direction; toward what or which place. --R. of
      Brunne.
  
               Whitherward to turn for a good course of life was by no
               means too apparent.                                 --Carlyle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wither-wrung \With"er-wrung`\, a.
      Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
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