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Ascites :: Ascites (n.) A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.

Stalagmitic :: Stalagmite (n.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material..

Enhydrous :: Enhydrous (a.) Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.

Misly :: Misly (a.) Raining in very small drops.

Drain :: Drain (v. i.) To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain..

Dropped :: Dropped (imp. & p. p.) of Dro.

Eavesdrop :: Eavesdrop (n.) The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.

Hydropathy :: Hydropathy (n.) The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally..

Sprinkle :: Sprinkle (v. i.) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify..

Dropper :: Dropper (n.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter..

Distillation :: Distillation (n.) The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops..

Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot..

Water Cure :: Water cure () A hydropathic institution.

Water Devil :: Water devil () The rapacious larva of a large water beetle (Hydrophilus piceus), and of other similar species. See Illust. of Water beetle..

Dropwise :: Dropwise (adv.) After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops.

Rupert''s Drop :: Rupert's drop () A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear..

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch..

Nummulation :: Nummulation (n.) The arrangement of the red blood corpuscles in rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope..

Hydropathic :: Hydropathic (a.) Alt. of Hydropathica.

Drop :: Drop (n.) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself..

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