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RAPIDS |
White water |
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CANOE |
White water craft |
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NENUPHAR |
The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphaea alba. |
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BROOKWEED |
A small white-flowered herb (Samolus Valerandi) found
usually in wet places; water pimpernel. |
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GAYLUSSITE |
A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of
the carbonates of lime and soda, with water. |
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ROACH |
A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus
rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. |
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DIRTY |
Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or
pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. |
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FROGBIT |
A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ranae), floating on
still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves
and small white flowers. |
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TROPIC |
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from
atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance
slightly soluble in water. |
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NYMPHAEA |
A genus of aquatic plants having showy flowers (white,
blue, pink, or yellow, often fragrant), including the white water lily
and the Egyptia lotus. |
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GUHR |
A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or
clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a
mixture of clay or ocher. |
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CALCIMINE |
A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other
plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris
white or zinc white, and water. |
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FIBRIN |
The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean
beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the
fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin. |
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ANHYDRITE |
A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually
massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in
not containing water (whence the name). |
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LAUMONTITE |
A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is
a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses
water, becomes opaque, and crumbles. |
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ARILLUS |
A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to
a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white
water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. |
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TRAVERTINE |
A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate,
usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of
springs or streams holding... |
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WATER BUCK |
...tive of
Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer.
It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water... |
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TRASS |
A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed
trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort
of plaster or mortar... |
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DOUBLE |
...sed beyond
the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the
expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily... |
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MEERSCHAUM |
A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough
when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of
magnesia, and is obtain... |
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ICE |
Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by
cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance,
crystalline,... |
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LIME |
Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance,
usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells,
the heat driving o... |
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ALBUMIN |
A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief
and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of
blood, and is fo... |
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THALLIUM |
... acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft,
bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by
keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomi... |