water
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water |
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April showers, BO, Davy, Davy Jones, Dylan, Foamite, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Proteus, Thetis, Triton, Varuna, acid, adulterate, agua, air, aqua, aquarelle, asperge, atom, atomic particles, attenuate, automatic sprinkler, baptize, bastardize,
beaded brow, beads of sweat, bed, bed down, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, beverage, blood, body odor, break, bridle, brush, brute matter, building block,
cambric tea, canvas, carbon-dioxide foam, carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, cast the lead, chameleon, chemical element, cloud shapes, cobweb, cold sweat, component, constituent, contaminate, corrupt, curry, currycomb, cut, dabble, damp,
dampen, dash, debase, deck gun, deluge set, denaturalize, denature, dew, diaphoresis, dilute, dishwater, doctor,
doctor up, douche, drench,
drink, drinking water, drool,
earth, easel-picture, eau, element, elementary particle, elementary unit, emacerate, emaciate, etherealize, excrete, expand, extinguisher, exudate, exudation, fathom,
feed, finger painting, fire, fire apparatus, fire engine, fire hose, fire hydrant, fireplug, fluid, fluid extract, fluid mechanics, foam,
foam extinguisher, fodder, fortify,
fundamental particle, gentle, give out,
gossamer, gouache, groom,
ground water, gruel, hair,
handle, hard water, harness,
head, heavy water, hitch,
honest sweat, hook-and-ladder, hose,
hose down, house of cards, humect, humectate, humidify, hydraulics, hydrogeology, hydrol, hydrometeor, hydrosphere, hyle, hypostasis, irrigate, juice, kaleidoscope, lace, lactate, ladder pipe, latex,
lather, limewater, liquid,
liquid extract, liquor, litter,
make a sounding, manage, matchwood, material, material world, materiality,
matter, mercury, mermaid, merman, micturition, milk,
milk and water, mineral water, moisten, molecule, monad, moon,
natural world, nature, oil, oil painting, paddle, painting, pee-pee, pee, perspiration,
perspiration odor, physical world, piddle, pish, piss, plenum, plumb-line,
plumb, plumb the depths, pollute,
produce, pumper, quicksilver,
rain, rainwater, rarefy,
reduce, reed, rolling stone, rope of sand, rub down, saddle, salt water, sand castle, sap, sea devil, sea god, sea water, seaman, secern, secrete, semiliquid, shifting sands, siren, slaver, sling the lead, slobber, slop, slosh, snorkel, soda, soft water, sound, sparge, spatter, spike, spit, spittle, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, spring water, sprinkle, sprinkler, sprinkler head, sprinkler system, stale, steam, streams of sweat, stuff, substance, substratum, subtilize, sudor, sudoresis, super-pumper, swash, sweat, swelter, syringe, take soundings, tame, tamper with, tear, tempera,
tend, the four elements, the weather, thin, thin away, thin down, thin
out, thread, train, unit of being,
urea, urination, urine, wash, wash drawing, water cannon, water down,
water vapor, weaken, weather vane, weathercock, wee-wee, weep, well water, wet, wet blanket, wet down, wetting-out agent, wetting agent,
wheel of fortune, whey, whirligig, yoke
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above water |
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all clear, all straight, at anchor,
clear, free and clear, high and dry, in harbor, in safety, in the clear, on, out of danger, out of debt,
past danger, solvent, terra firma,
under cover, unindebted, unowing
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fish out of water |
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Bohemian, anomaly, beatnik, crosspatch, deviant, dissenter, dropout, flower child, freak, heretic, hippie, individualist, inner-directed person, maverick, misfit, naysayer,
nonconformist, nonjuror, oddball,
original, sectarian, sectary, sport, swinger, ugly duckling, unconformist, yippie
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high-water mark |
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Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, break boundary, breakoff point,
ceiling, circumscription, compass, confine, cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, delimitation, determinant, division line, end, extremity, finish, floor, frontier, hedge, interface,
limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, line, line of
demarcation, load waterline, low-water mark, lower limit, march, mark, mete, start, starting line, starting point,
target date, term, terminal date,
terminus, threshold, tidemark,
time allotment, upper limit, waterline, watermark
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hold water |
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afford proof of, ascertain, be consistent,
be demonstrable, be irrefutable, be logical, be
reasonable, be the case, be true, be truthful, bring home to, cinch, clinch,
conform to fact, demonstrate, determine, establish, figure, fix, follow, follow from, have a case, hold, hold good, hold together, hold true, hold up, make good, make out, make sense, nail down, prove, prove out, prove to be, prove true, remain valid,
remove all doubt, set at rest, settle, settle the matter, show, stand the test, stand to reason, stand up, stick together, wash
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hot water |
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Dutch, Old Faithful, bind, boiling water, box, clutch, complication, corner, crunch, deep, embarrassing position, embarrassment, fine how-do-you-do, geyser, hell to pay, hobble, hot spring, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, jam, mess, mix, morass, parlous straits, pass, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament,
pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, quagmire, quicksand, scrape, slough, spot, squeeze,
steam, stew, sticky wicket, strait, straits, swamp, thermae, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tricky spot, unholy mess, vapor
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salt water |
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agua, aqua, big drink, blue
water, drink, drinking water, eau, ground water, hard water, head, heavy
water, high sea, high seas, hydrol, hydrometeor, hydrosphere, limewater, main, main sea, mineral water, ocean,
ocean depths, ocean main, ocean sea, rain, rainwater, salt sea, sea, sea water, soft water, spring water, steam, thalassa, the bounding main, the
brine, the briny, the briny deep, the deep, the deep sea, the seven seas, the vasty deep, tide,
water, water vapor, well water,
wetting-out agent, wetting agent
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tread water |
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abide, bathe, be still, coast, dive, float, freeze, go in swimming, go in wading, keep quiet, lie still, mark time, not breathe, not stir, remain,
remain motionless, repose, rest,
skinny-dip, stand, stand fast,
stand firm, stand still, stay,
stay put, stick, stick fast,
swim, tarry, wade
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water carrier |
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Aquarius, Cloudcuckooland, Ganymede, Hebe, alto-cumulus, alto-stratus, anvil cloud, aqueduct, arroyo, banner cloud, bearer, bed, bheesty, billowy cloud,
busboy, caddie, canal, cap cloud, cargo handler, carrier,
carrier pigeon, carter, cirro-cumulus, cirro-fillum, cirro-nebula, cirro-stratus, cirro-velum, cirrus, cirrus cloud, cirrus
haze, cirrus stripe, cloud, cloud band, cloud bank, cloud drift, cloud mass, cloud street,
cloudland, cloudling, cloudscape, cocktail, common carrier, conveyer, coolie, cottony cloud, creek bed, culvert, cumulo-cirro-stratus, cumulo-cirrus, cumulo-nimbus,
cumulo-stratus, cumulus, cumulus cloud, cupbearer, curl cloud, donga, drayman, dry bed, express, expressman, fleecy
cloud, flume, fractocumulus, freighter, gulch, gully, gullyhole, gun bearer, hauler, headrace, high fog, homing pigeon, irrigation ditch, letter carrier, litter-bearer, mackerel sky, mammatocumulus,
mushroom cloud, nimbus, nimbus
cloud, nullah, porter, race,
rain cloud, redcap, river bed, riverway,
runnel, scud, shield-bearer,
skycap, sluice, snail cloud, spillbox, spillway, squall cloud, stevedore, storm cloud, strato-cumulus, stratus, stratus cloud, stream bed, streamway, stretcher-bearer, swash, swash channel,
tailrace, the Water Bearer, thundercloud, thunderhead, transporter, truck driver, trucker, wadi, wagoner, water boy, water channel, water furrow, water gap,
water gate, watercourse, waterway, waterworks, woolpack
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water closet |
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WC, backhouse, basement,
bathroom, bedpan, can, chamber, chamber pot, chemical closet, chemical toilet, closet, comfort station, commode, convenience, crapper, earth closet, head, jerry,
john, johnny, johnny house,
jordan, latrine, lavatory,
loo, necessary, outhouse, piss pot, potty-chair, potty,
powder room, privy, rest room,
stool, throne, thunder mug,
toilet, toilet room, urinal,
washroom
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water gate |
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aboideau, air lock, aqueduct, arroyo, bed, canal, creek bed, culvert, dock gate,
donga, dry bed, flood-hatch, floodgate, flume, gate, gulch, gully, gullyhole, head gate, headrace, irrigation ditch, lock,
lock gate, nullah, penstock, race, river bed, riverway, runnel, sluice, sluice gate, spillbox,
spillway, stream bed, streamway, swash, swash channel, tailrace, tide gate, wadi, water carrier, water channel, water furrow, water gap, watercourse, waterway, waterworks, weir
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water god |
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Davy, Davy Jones, Dylan, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Oceanid, Oceanus, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Varuna, mermaid, merman, sea devil, sea god, seaman, siren
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water hole |
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artificial lake, bayou lake, cistern, dam, dead water, dike, etang, farm pond, fishpond, freshwater
lake, glacial lake, inland sea, lagoon, laguna, lake, lakelet, landlocked water, linn, loch, lough, mere, millpond, millpool, nyanza, oxbow lake, plash, pond, pondlet, pool, puddle, reservoir, salina, salt pond, stagnant water, standing water, still water, sump,
tank, tarn, tidal pond, volcanic lake, water pocket, well
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water sprite |
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Davy, Davy Jones, Neptune, Nereid, Oceanid, Oceanus,
Poseidon, Thetis, Triton,
fresh-water nymph, kelpie, limniad, man fish, mermaid, merman, naiad, nix, nixie, ocean nymph,
sea-maid, sea-maiden, sea nymph, siren, undine, water god, water spirit
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water vapor |
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afterdamp, agua, aqua, blackdamp, breath, chokedamp, cloud, damp, drinking water, eau, effluvium, exhalation, fetid air, firedamp, flatus, fluid, fume, ground water, hard water,
head, heavy water, hydrol, hydrometeor, hydrosphere, limewater, malaria, mephitis, miasma, mineral water,
puff of smoke, rain, rainwater, reek, salt water, sea water, smoke, smudge, soft water, spring water, steam, vapor, volatile, water, well water, wetting-out
agent, wetting agent
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water wings |
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Mae West, breeches buoy, buoy, cork jacket, ejection capsule, ejection seat, ejector seat, life belt, life buoy, life jacket, life net, life preserver,
life raft, life ring, life vest, lifeboat, lifeline, parachute, rubber dinghy, safety belt
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water witch |
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Comus, Faust, conjurer, diabolist, diviner, divining rod, doodlebug, dowser, dowsing, dowsing rod, miracle-worker, necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, wand,
warlock, water witching, witching,
witching stick, wizard
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white water |
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breakers, collar, foam,
froth, head, lather, meringue, mousse, offscum, puff, scud, scum, sea foam, soapsuds, souffle, spindrift, spoondrift, spray, spume, stinging, suds, surf
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Main entries similar to: water
acid, adulterate, air, air pollution, alcohol, atom, attenuate, baptize, bastardize, bathymetry, bed, bespatter, beverage, blood, BO, body odor, break, bridle,
brush, building block, canvas, carbon tetrachloride, chameleon,
chemical element, cobweb, cold sweat, component, constituent,
contaminate, corrupt, curry, cut, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, debase, denature, dew,
dilute, dishwater, doctor, douche, drench, drink, drool, earth,
element, elementary particle, emaciate, etherealize, excrete,
expand, extinguisher, feed, finger painting, fire, fire extinguisher, fire hydrant, fireplug, fluid, foam, fodder, fortify, gentle,
give out, gossamer, groom, gruel, hair, handle, harmfulness, harness,
head, hitch, hook-and-ladder, hose, house of cards,
humidify, hydrant, hydraulics, hydrosphere, hypostasis, insalubrity, irrigate, juice, lace, lactate, lather, liquid, liquor,
litter, manage, material, materiality, matter, mercury, milk, moisten,
molecule, monad, moon, natural world, nature, oceanography, oil, paddle, painting, perspiration, piddle, plenum, pollute, pollution, produce, quicksilver, rain, rarefy, reduce, reed, rolling stone, rub down, saddle,
saliva, salt water, sap, secrete, slaver, slobber, slop, slosh,
snorkel, soda, solvent, sonar, sounding, sparge, spatter, spike,
spit, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, sprinkler, steam, stuff, substance, substratum, subtilize, swash, sweat, swelter, syringe, tame, tamper
with, tear, tempera, tend, thin, thread, train, transparency, transparent
things, urine, wash, water vapor, weaken, weather vane, weathercock, weep, wet,
wet blanket, wheel of fortune, whey, whirligig, yoke
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