lagoon
wash
shallow
ground
gut
shallows
sleeve
shoal
coulee
ballow
submersed
underwater
submerged
floss
periaquatic
bunny
impoundment
shallow end
pondage
warrambool
watermark
debouch
water line
intertidal
subaqueous
waterstream
ocean
deep end
demersal
lum
arm
water level
midwater
German Bight
wing bar
deep-water
stoor
flood pool
infralittoral
Tyne
tidal basin
low water
dock
dragnet
strait
waterway
ford
crossing
mouth
seawater
swimming hole
trickle
ice
plash
freshwater
drag sail
drock
slip dock
lode
rodham
sublacustrine
sunglade
watery
ridge
channel
foreshore
narrows
load line
narrow sea
freeboard
benthon
left bank
adrift
dump
swim
streamwater
slew
water core
submarine fan
tongue
sound
gauge
waste
spit
waterfall
falls
mid-water
dry wash
freshet
sandspit
lock chamber
emissary
floor
lock
water-hugging
submersed
underwater
submerged
periaquatic
intertidal
subaqueous
demersal
deep-water
infralittoral
seawater
sublacustrine
watery
adrift
water-hugging
lagoon
wash
shallow
ground
gut
shallows
sleeve
shoal
coulee
ballow
floss
bunny
impoundment
shallow end
pondage
warrambool
watermark
debouch
water line
waterstream
ocean
deep end
lum
arm
water level
midwater
wing bar
stoor
flood pool
tidal basin
low water
dock
dragnet
strait
waterway
ford
crossing
mouth
swimming hole
trickle
ice
plash
freshwater
drag sail
drock
slip dock
lode
rodham
sunglade
ridge
channel
foreshore
narrows
load line
narrow sea
freeboard
benthon
left bank
dump
swim
streamwater
slew
water core
submarine fan
tongue
sound
gauge
waste
spit
waterfall
falls
mid-water
dry wash
freshet
sandspit
lock chamber
emissary
floor
lock
noun
- A shallow body of water.
- The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
- A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
- The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
- The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.
- A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
- A liquid used for washing.
- In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
- A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
- A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.
- The blade of an oar.
- A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
- Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
- Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.
- The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
- A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.
- Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
- The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
- In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
- The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
verb
- To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
- To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
- To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
- To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
- To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
- To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
- To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
- To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
- To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
- To clean oneself with water.
- To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
- To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
- To clean with water.
- To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
noun
verb
adj
- Not steep; close to horizontal.
- Not far forward, close to the net.
- Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
- Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
- Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
- Extending not far downward.
- Lacking interest or substance.
noun
- The bottom of a body of water.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Terrain.
- The pit of a theatre.
- A soccer stadium.
- Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- Soil, earth.
- A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
adj
verb
- To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- To place something on the ground.
- To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
noun
- A narrow passage of water.
- A class that is not demanding or challenging.
- The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
- The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
- The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
- A person's emotional, visceral self.
- The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
adj
verb
noun
- A narrow channel of water.
- The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- A serving of beer smaller than a pint, typically measuring between 12 and 16 ounces.
- A double tube of copper into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.
- A long, cylindrical plastic bag of cookies or crackers.
- A protective jacket or case, especially for a record, containing art and information about the contents; also the analogous leaflet found in a packaged CD.
- A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc.
- Sleave; untwisted thread.
- A tattoo covering the whole arm.
verb
noun
- A small stream of water.
- Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present.
- A body feather of an ostrich.
- The common rush (Juncus effusus).
- Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other.
- A thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
- Raw silk fibres.
- The fibres covering a corncob etc.; the loose downy or silky material inside the husks of certain plants, such as beans.
- Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss".
- A dance move in which the dancer repeatedly swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back of their body to the front, on each side.
verb
noun
- A small pool of water.
- Bunny chow; a snack of bread filled with curry.
- A chine or gully formed by water running over the edge of a cliff; a wooded glen or small ravine opening through the cliff line to the sea.
- A brick arch or wooden bridge, covered with earth across a drawn or carriage in a water-meadow, just wide enough to allow a hay-wagon to pass over.
- A rabbit, especially a juvenile.
- In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
- Any small drain or culvert.
- A sudden enlargement or mass of ore, as opposed to a vein or lode.
- A culvert or short covered drain connecting two ditches.
- A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
- A swelling from a blow; a bump.
adj
noun
noun
- A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
- A pitcher
- A group of patients in a medical trial.
- A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
- A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
- The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
- The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
- One of the two parts of a chromosome.
- Heraldic bearings or insignia.
- A branch of an organization.
- A weapon.
- The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
- Power; might; strength; support.
verb
- To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
- To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
- To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
- To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
- To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
- To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
- To become prepared for action; to activate.
adj
noun
- The level of the water table below ground.
- Of a route that follows a riverbank or shoreline.
- The waterline of a ship.
- An instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe.
- The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.
noun
- A sand bar or spit at the side of a river, bay, or harbor.
- One of two shallow bars on either side of the flue of a small boiler, designed to fill the space resulting from the extreme curvature of the flue.
- A band of contrasting color or of feathers with a distinct appearance that crosses a bird's wing.
- A support strut on for the wing of an airplane.
name
- A coastal sea area that includes the mouth of this river
- A river in East Lothian council area, in southern Scotland
- A river in the counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, in north east England. The city of Newcastle upon Tyne is found upon its northern bank and Gateshead is found upon its southern bank.
noun
- The body of water between two piers.
- The place of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
- A section of a hotel or restaurant.
- A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance such as a laptop computer (in this case, referred to as a docking station), or a mobile telephone, for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
- Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
- A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
- A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
- The fleshy root of an animal's tail.
- A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications, and switching between running applications.
- An act of docking; joining two things together.
- Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
- A structure attached to shore for loading and unloading vessels.
- The part of the tail which remains after the tail has been docked.
- A leather case to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
verb
- To join two moving items.
- To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.
- To engage in the sexual practice of docking (where the tip of one participant's penis is inserted into the foreskin of the other participant).
- To cut off, bar, or destroy.
- To pierce with holes, as pricking pastry or dough with a fork to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
- To cut off a section of an animal's tail, to practise a caudectomy.
- To land at a harbour.
- To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
- To reduce (wages); to deduct from.
- To place (an electronic device) in its dock.
noun
- a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
- traveling across
- a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
- a junction where one street or road crosses another
- a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
noun
- The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
- The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
- The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
- An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- A loud or overly talkative person.
verb
- To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
- To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
- To form a mouth or opening in.
- To carry in the mouth.
- To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
- The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
- To form with the mouth.
- To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
- To speak; to utter.
- To examine the teeth of.
- To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
- To exit at a mouth (such as a river mouth)
noun
- the frozen part of a body of water
- water frozen in the solid state
- diamonds
- a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
- a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating
verb
noun
noun
noun
- a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
- a long narrow natural elevation or striation
- any long raised strip
- a long narrow range of hills
- any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
- a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
verb
noun
- A narrow body of water between two land masses.
- A distribution channel
- The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
- The navigable part of a river.
- A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
- A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
- A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
- A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
- The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
- A means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
- A channel was dredged to allow ocean-going vessels to reach the city.
- A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.
- The part of a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
- A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chat room and often dedicated to a specific topic.
- Something through which another thing passes; a means of conveying or transmitting.
- A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
- The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
- The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
- A structural member with a cross section shaped like a squared-off letter C.
- A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
- The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
- A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
- The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
verb
noun
- The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel.
- The distance between a water level and the top of something that contains or restrains it (such as a dam).
- The distance between the top of sea ice and the water level.
- A type of skateboard which simulates the movement of a snowboard when used on a downhill coarse, allowing snowboarding techniques, which has an addition of two centerline casters that extend below the traditional skateboard wheels and bogies.
noun
- A deep hole in a river bed; a pool.
- An act of defecation; a defecating.
- A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
- An act of dumping, or its result.
- That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
- An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
- Absence of mind; reverie.
- A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
- A pile of ore or rock.
- A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold.
- A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar).
- A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency.
- A storage place for supplies, especially military.
- A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.
verb
- To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping.
- To precipitate (especially snow) heavily.
- To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it
- To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.
- To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug.
- Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards.
- To end a romantic relationship with.
- To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.
- To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants.
noun
- A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
- The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
- An act or instance of swimming.
- A dizziness; swoon.
- A dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in a freestyle swimming manner.
verb
- To move around freely because of excess space.
- To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- To glide along with a waving motion.
- My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine.
- To cause to swim.
- To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
- To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.
- To be overflowed or drenched.
- To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid
- To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
noun
- a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
- a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
- a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
- any long thin projection that is transient
- a manner of speaking
- the tongue of certain animals used as meat
- the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
- metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
verb
noun
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay
- the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
- the subjective sensation of hearing something
- mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
- the sudden occurrence of an audible event
- the audible part of a transmitted signal
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
adj
- exercising or showing good judgment
- in excellent physical condition
- logically valid
- having legal efficacy or force
- vigorous or severe
- free from moral defect
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- complete; thorough
adj
verb
noun
- The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
- Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
- A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector space.
- The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
- An act of measuring.
- That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles.
- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard
- Cannabis.
- An estimate.
- Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things
- A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat and hunting shotguns).
- A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
- A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
- The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
- A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be had from one pound of lead; 12 gauge is roughly equivalent to .75 caliber.
verb
- To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
- To estimate.
- To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
- To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.
- To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
- To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
noun
- A vast expanse of water.
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- A disused mine or part of one.
- Excrement or urine.
- Gradual loss or decay.
- Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
adj
- Barren; desert.
- Superfluous; needless.
- Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
- Useless and contemptible.
- Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
- Unfortunate; disappointing.
verb
- To devastate; to destroy.
- To kill; to murder.
- To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
noun
noun
- the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
- the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
- a lower limit
- the ground on which people and animals move about
- the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
- the occupants of a floor
- the parliamentary right to address an assembly
- the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
- a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
verb
noun
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- a strand or cluster of hair
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
verb
- fasten with a lock
- keep engaged
- become rigid or immoveable
- hold in a locking position
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
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