| watchman |
a man who keeps watch over or guards something, such as a building, esp. at night. |
| watch night |
New Year's Eve, or a religious meeting or service held at this time. |
| watch oneself |
to proceed with care. [2 definitions] |
| watch one's p's and q's |
to be careful in one's behavior, esp. not to give offense. |
| watch out |
to be alert and careful with respect to some danger (often fol. by "for" or a clause beginning with "that"). [2 definitions] |
| watch pocket |
a small pocket, as in a vest or trousers, for carrying a watch. |
| watchtower |
a tower from which someone may keep watch or observe. |
| watchword |
a secret word or phrase; password. [2 definitions] |
| water |
a transparent, tasteless, and odorless liquid that takes the form of rain, rivers, oceans, and lakes and is required to sustain most forms of life. [14 definitions] |
| water bed |
a bed whose mattress is a bag made of vinyl or other waterproof material filled with water. |
| water beetle |
any of various aquatic beetles, characterized by a smooth oval body and flattened or fringed hind legs adapted for swimming. |
| water bird |
any of numerous swimming or wading birds. |
| water biscuit |
a cracker made of water and flour, to which shortening is sometimes added. |
| water blister |
a blister containing a clear, serous fluid. (Cf. blood blister.) |
| water boatman |
any of a family of aquatic beetles with long, oarlike hind legs adapted for swimming. |
| waterborne |
carried on water; afloat. [3 definitions] |
| water boy |
a boy or man who supplies water to others, such as laborers or members of a football team. |
| waterbuck |
any of several large African antelopes with curved ridged horns, frequently found in marshes or near water. |
| water buffalo |
a large, slow, powerful buffalo of tropical Asia with flattened, curved horns, often domesticated as a draft animal. |
| water chestnut |
an Asian sedge with erect cylindrical leaves, or the succulent edible submerged tuber of this plant. [2 definitions] |
| water clock |
any of various devices that measure time by the flow of water, esp. a clepsydra. |