loose water
31Soliman's Water — was a brand of 16th century cosmetic lotion that was marketed as being able to remove blemishes on the skin, such as warts, spots and freckles. However, the main ingredient of this lotion was mercury, so it caused side effects such as severe… …
32To cast the water — Cast Cast (k[.a]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cast}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casting}.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. {gerere} to bear, carry. E. jest.] 1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. [1913… …
33Hot Water — is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published on August 17 1932, in the U.K. by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States by Doubleday Doran, New York.The story takes place at the Chateau Blissac, Brittany, and recounts the various… …
34hot-water treatment — noun : a treatment of plant or plant parts for the eradication or parasites (as loose smut of wheat) involving immersion in water at a temperature above the thermal death point of the parasite but below that of the host …
35fast and loose — Synonyms and related words: adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, capricious, changeable, changeful, desultory, deviable, dizzy, eccentric, erratic, fickle, fitful, flickering, flighty, flitting, fluctuating, freakish, giddy, impetuous,… …
36beach — a) A gently sloping zone of unconsolidated material, typically with a slightly concave profile, extending landward from the low water line to the place where there is a definite change in material or physiographic form (such as a cliff) or to …
37Quicksand (disambiguation) — Quicksand may refer to:In geology: * Quicksand, loose, water logged sand which yields easily to weight or pressure * Dry quicksand, loose sand which yields easily to weight or pressureIn music: * Quicksand (song), a 1960s soul song recorded by… …
38beach — {{11}}beach (n.) 1530s, loose, water worn pebbles of the seashore, probably from O.E. bæce, bece stream, from P.Gmc. *bakiz. Extended to loose, pebbly shores (1590s), and in dialect around Sussex and Kent beach still has the meaning pebbles worn… …
39Vienna school of medicine — At the beginning of the 18th century, Western medical science still accepted the doctrine of the four humors present in human body fluids. Disease was present when one or more of the humors were out of balance; the common cures for restoring… …
40beach — /bitʃ / (say beech) noun 1. the sand or loose water worn pebbles of the seashore. 2. that part of the shore of the sea, or of a large river or lake, washed by the tide or waves. 3. → beach volleyball. –verb (t) 4. Nautical to run or haul up (a… …
