Water

Timothy S. (United States of America)
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  1. water
    compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear liquid
  2. H2O
    binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
  3. water supply
    a facility that provides a source of water
  4. liquid
    fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
  5. fill
    make full, also in a metaphorical sense
  6. nutrient
    any substance that can be metabolized to give energy
  7. ocean
    a large body of water that is part of the hydrosphere
  8. sea
    a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
  9. turbulent flow
    flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically
  10. body of water
    the part of the earth's surface covered with water
  11. hydrosphere
    the watery layer of the earth's surface
  12. lake
    a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
  13. seven seas
    an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world
  14. stream
    a natural body of water flowing on or under the earth
  15. waterway
    a navigable body of water
  16. waterfall
    a place where a river or stream flows down
  17. river
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
  18. drink
    take in liquids
  19. flowage
    a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area
  20. offing
    the distant part of the sea visible from the shore
  21. polynya
    a stretch of open water surrounded by ice
  22. channel
    a deep and relatively narrow body of water
  23. territorial waters
    the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
  24. watercourse
    a conduit through which water flows
  25. waterway
    a navigable body of water
  26. falls
    a place where a river or stream flows down
  27. bay
    an indentation of a shoreline smaller than a gulf
  28. shallow
    lacking physical depth
  29. lake
    a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
  30. puddle
    a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
  31. pool
    a small body of standing water or other liquid
  32. gulf
    an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land
  33. inlet
    an arm off of a larger body of water
  34. ford
    cross a river where it's shallow
  35. estuary
    the wide part of a river where it nears the sea
  36. high sea
    the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation
Created on Mon Dec 27 07:42:17 EST 2010 (updated Mon Dec 27 07:43:26 EST 2010)

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