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Water Definition–noun | 1. | a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight. | | 2. | a special form or variety of this liquid, as rain. | | 3. | Often, waters. this liquid in an impure state as obtained from a mineral spring: Last year we went to Marienbad for the waters. | | 4. | the liquid content of a river, inlet, etc., with reference to its relative height, esp. as dependent on tide: a difference of 20 feet between high and low water. | | 5. | the surface of a stream, river, lake, ocean, etc.: above, below, or on the water. | | 6. | waters, | a. | flowing water, or water moving in waves: The river's mighty waters. | | b. | the sea or seas bordering a particular country or continent or located in a particular part of the world: We left San Diego and sailed south for Mexican waters. | | | 7. | a liquid solution or preparation, esp. one used for cosmetic purposes: lavender water; lemon water. | | 8. | Often, waters.
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Medicine/Medical. | b. | the bag of waters; amnion: Her water broke at 2 a.m. | | | 9. | any of various solutions of volatile or gaseous substances in water: ammonia water. | | 10. | any liquid or aqueous organic secretion, exudation, humor, or the like, as tears, perspiration, or urine. | | 11. | Finance. fictitious assets or the inflated values they give to the stock of a corporation. | | 12. | a wavy, lustrous pattern or marking, as on silk fabrics or metal surfaces. | | 13. | (formerly) the degree of transparency and brilliancy of a diamond or other precious stone. | | 14. | take water, (of a boat) to allow water to enter through leaks or portholes or over the side. | –verb (used with object) | 15. | to sprinkle, moisten, or drench with water: to water the flowers; to water a street. | | 16. | to supply (animals) with water for drinking. | | 17. | to furnish with a supply of water, as a ship. | | 18. | to furnish water to (a region), as by streams; supply (land) with water, as by irrigation: The valley is watered by a branch of the Colorado River. Our land is watered by the All-American Canal. | | 19. | to dilute, weaken, soften, or adulterate with, or as with, water (often fol. by down): to water soup; to water down an unfavorable report. | | 20. | Finance. to issue or increase the par value of (shares of stock) without having the assets to warrant doing so (often fol. by down). | | 21. | to produce a wavy, lustrous pattern, marking, or finish on (fabrics, metals, etc.): watered silk. | –verb (used without object) | 22. | to discharge, fill with, or secrete water or liquid, as the eyes when irritated, or as the mouth at the sight or thought of tempting food. | | 23. | to drink water, as an animal. | | 24. | to take in a supply of water, as a ship: Our ship will water at Savannah. | –adjective | 25. | of or pertaining to water in any way: a water journey. | | 26. | holding, or designed to hold, water: a water jug. | | 27. | worked or powered by water: a water turbine. | | 28. | heating, pumping, or circulating water (often used in combination): hot-water furnace; city waterworks. | | 29. | used in or on water: water skis. | | 30. | containing or prepared with water, as for hardening or dilutio
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n: water mortar. | | 31. | located or occurring on, in, or by water: water music; water frontage. | | 32. | residing by or in, or ruling over, water: water people; water deities. | —Idioms | 33. | above water, out of embarrassment or trouble, esp. of a financial nature: They had so many medical bills that they could hardly keep their heads above water. | | 34. | break water, | a. | to break the surface of the water by emerging from it. | | b. | Swimming. to break the surface of the water with the feet, esp. in swimming the breaststroke doing the frog kick. | | c. | Medicine/Medical. to break the amniotic sac prior to parturition. | | | 35. | by water, by ship or boat: to send goods by water. | | 36. | dead in the water. dead (def. 41). | | 37. | hold water, | a. | to be logical, defensible, or valid: That accusation won't hold water. | | b. | to check the movement of a rowboat by keeping the oars steady with the blades vertical. | | | 38. | in deep water, in great distress or difficulty: Their marriage has been in deep water for some time. | | 40. | like water, lavishly; abundantly; freely: The champag
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ne flowed like water. | | 41. | make one's mouth water, to excite a desire or appetite for something: The roasting turkey made our mouths water. | | 42. | make water, | a. | (of a boat) to allow water to enter; leak. | | | 43. | tread water. tread (def. 23). | |
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Bed Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of furniture upon which or within which a perso
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n sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. | | 2. | the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. | | 4. | the act of or time for sleeping: Now for a cup of cocoa and then bed. | | 5. | the use of a bed for the night; lodging: I reserved a bed at the old inn. | | 6. | the marital relationship. | | 7. | any resting place: making his bed under a tree. | | 8. | something resembling a bed in form or position. | | 9. | a piece or area of ground in a garden or lawn in which plants are grown. | | 10. | an area in a greenhouse in which plants are grown. | | 11. | the plants in such areas. | | 12. | the bottom of a lake, river, sea, or other body of water. | | 13. | a piece or part forming a foundation or base. | | 14. | a layer of rock; a stratum. | | 15. | a foundation surface of earth or rock supporting a track, pavement, or the like: a gravel bed for the roadway. | | 16. | Building Trades. | a. | the underside of a stone, brick, slate, tile, etc., laid in position. | | b. | the upper side of a stone laid in position. | | c. | the layer of mortar in which a brick, stone, etc., is laid. | | d. | the natural stratification of a stone: a stone laid on bed. | | | 17. | Furniture. skirt (def. 6b). | | 18. | the flat surface in a printing press on which the form of type is laid. | | 19. |
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Transportation. the body or, sometimes, the floor or bottom of a truck or trailer. | | 20. | Chemistry. a compact mass of a substance functioning in a reaction as a catalyst or reactant. | | 21. | Sports. | a. | the canvas surface of a trampoline. | | b. | the smooth, wooden floor of a bowling alley. | | c. | the slate surface of a billiard table to which the cloth is fastened. | | | 22. | Zoology. flesh enveloping the base of a claw, esp. the germinative layer beneath the claw. | | 23. | Also called mock, mock mold. Shipbuilding. a shaped steel pattern upon which furnaced plates for the hull of a vessel are hammered to shape. | –verb (used with object) | 25. | to provide with a bed. | | 27. | Horticulture. to plant in or as in a bed. | | 29. | to place in a bed or layer: to bed oysters. | | 30. | to embed, as in a substance: bedding the flagstones in concrete. | | 31. | to take or accompany to bed for purposes of sexual intercourse. | –verb (used without object) <
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table class="luna-Ent"> | 32. | to have sleeping accommodations: He says we can bed there for the night. | |
| 33. | Geology. to form a compact layer or stratum. | | 34. | (of a metal structural part) to lie flat or close against another part. | | 35. | Archaic. to go to bed. | —Verb phrase | 36. | bed down, | a. | to make a bed for (a person, animal, etc.). | | b. | to retire to bed: They put out the fire and decided to bed down for the night. | | —Idioms | 37. | get up on the wrong side of the bed, to be irritable or bad-tempered from the start of a day: Never try to reason with him when he's gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. | | 38. | go to bed, | a. | to retire, esp. for the night. | | b. | to engage in se
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xual relations. | | | 39. | go to bed with, to have sexual intercourse with. | | 40. | in bed, | a. | beneath the covers of a bed. | | b. | engaged in sexual intercourse. | | | 41. | jump or get into bed with, to form a close, often temporary, alliance, usually with an unlikely ally: Industry was charged with jumping into bed with labor on the issue. | | 42. | make a bed, to fit a bed with sheets and blankets. | | 43. | make one's bed, to be responsible for one's own actions and their results: You've made your bed—now lie in it. | | 44. | put to bed, | a. | to help (a child, invalid, etc.) go to bed. | | b. | Printing. to lock up (forms) in a press in preparation for printing. | | c. | to work on the preparation of (an edition of a newspaper, periodical, etc.) up to the time of going to press. | | |
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In fixed-bed systems, lumps of coal, usually size-graded between 3 and 50 millimetres, are heaped onto a grate, and preheated primary air (called underfire air) is blown from under the bed to burn ...
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The hydrocarbons expelled from a source bed next move through the wider pores of carrier beds (e.g., sandstones or carbonates) that are coarser-grained and more permeable. This movement is termed ...
boundary ecosystem
Sea-grass beds are found just below low-tide mark in all latitudes. In north temperate waters Zostera is the most common genus, while in tropical climates Thalassia, known as turtle grass, is an ...
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The porosity (volume of pore spaces) and permeability (capacity for transmitting fluids) of carrier and reservoir beds are important factors in the migration and accumulation of oil. Most petroleum ...
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Knowing the maximum temperature reached by a potential source rock during its geologic history helps in estimating the maturity of the organic material contained within it. Also, this information may ...
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