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Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..

Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo..

Mannitan :: Mannitan (n.) A white amorphous or crystalline substance obtained by the partial dehydration of mannite.

Arabin :: Arabin (n.) A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance..

Methylate :: Methylate (n.) An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa..

Hydrangea :: Hydrangea (n.) A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan..

Hose :: Hose (n.) A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine..

Xanthopuccine :: Xanthopuccine (n.) One of three alkaloids found in the root of the yellow puccoon (Hydrastis Canadensis). It is a yellow crystalline substance, and resembles berberine..

Hydractinian :: Hydractinian (n.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata..

Sinistrin :: Sinistrin (n.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory..

Salicylide :: Salicylide (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.

Hydration :: Hydration (n.) The act of becoming, or state of being, a hydrate..

Hydra :: Hydra (n.) Any small fresh-water hydroid of the genus Hydra, usually found attached to sticks, stones, etc., by a basal sucker..

Hydrated :: Hydrated (imp. & p. p.) of Hydrat.

Hydrarthrosis :: Hydrarthrosis (n.) An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.

Hydrargyrum :: Hydrargyrum (n.) Quicksilver; mercury.

Seminose :: Seminose (n.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste..

Isogonism :: Isogonism (n.) The quality of having similar sexual zooids or gonophores and dissimilar hydrants; -- said of certain hydroids.

Hydrastine :: Hydrastine (n.) An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge..

Saccharonic :: Saccharonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts..

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