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Decistere :: Decistere (n.) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere..

Bernardine :: Bernardine (n.) A Cistercian monk.

Cistern :: Cistern (n.) A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water.

Pharmacist :: Pharmacist (n.) One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.

Port-royalist :: Port-royalist (n.) One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist..

Compluvium :: Compluvium (n.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern..

Steepiness :: Steeper (n.) A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped..

Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern..

Steen :: Steen (n.) A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening..

Ancistroid :: Ancistroid (a.) Hook-shaped.

Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated..

Water Moccasin :: Water moccasin () A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper..

Rubricist :: Rubricist (n.) One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics..

Solon :: Solon (n.) A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically..

Cistercian :: Cistercian (n.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor..

Solecistical :: Solecistical (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect..

Classicist :: Classicist (n.) One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.

Hylicist :: Hylicist (n.) A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.

Sump :: Sump (n.) The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there..

Trass :: Trass (n.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water..

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