movement of water (noun)
1Water cure (therapy) — This article is about a form of therapy used in the 18th and 19th century. For the form of torture, see water cure (torture). A water cure in the therapeutic sense is a course of medical treatment by hydrotherapy.[1] Contents 1 Overview 2 …
2water power — 1. the power of water used, or capable of being used, to drive machinery, turbines, etc. 2. a waterfall or descent in a watercourse capable of being so used. 3. a water right possessed by a mill. Also, waterpower. [1820 30] * * * ˈwater power… …
3water brake — noun : a brake working by water pressure; especially : a locomotive brake that admits water to the locomotive cylinders and offers resistance to the movement of the pistons while descending a grade …
4water-vascular system — noun Date: 1870 a system of canals in echinoderms containing a circulating watery fluid that is used for the movement of the tentacles and tube feet …
5water-vascular system — noun : a system of vessels in echinoderms containing a watery fluid that is analogous to blood, is used for the movement of tentacles and tube feet, and may also function in excretion and respiration …
6slack water — noun 1. a stretch of water without current or movement suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless • Syn: ↑slack • Derivationally related forms: ↑slack (for: ↑slack) • Hypernyms …
7capillary water — noun : water that remains in the soil after gravitational water is drained out, that is subject to the laws of capillary movement, and that is in the form of a film around the soil grains …
8Goddess movement — The Goddess movement is a loose grouping of social and religious phenomena growing out of second wave feminism, predominantly in North America, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand in the 1970s, and the metaphysical community as well.… …
9dead water — /dɛd ˈwɔtə/ (say ded wawtuh) noun water which impedes the movement of a ship, comprising a layer of fresh or brackish water, as from a rapidly melting glacier, on top of a denser layer of salt water; the ship s propeller creates turbulence… …
10white water — /waɪt ˈwɔtə / (say wuyt wawtuh) noun 1. any stretch of water in which the surface is broken as in rapids or breakers, due to movement over a shallow bottom. 2. water in which air bubbles are suspended, indicating the presence of fish …
