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backwater: an arm of the sea usually lying parallel with the coast,behind a narrow strip of land
Category: The cosmos

backwater: 1)water held or forced back in consequence of some obstruction,such as a dam or regulator,or the swelling up of the river below 2)a water reserve obtained at high tide and to be discharged at low tide
Category: Building industry

backwater: A rise in the water level immediately upstream of and due to a natural or artificial obstruction.
Category: The cosmos

breakwater: A small athwartship or V-shaped coaming abaft the hawse holes on the forecastle,acting as a protection against the seas shipped over the bows and preventing the water entering through the hawse pipes from rushing aft by diverting it to the ship`s sides.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

breakwater: a low bulk-head forward that prevents solid water from sweeping the deck of a ship.
Category: Transport

feedwater: the water,previously treated to remove air and impurities,which is supplied to a boiler for evaporation
Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics)

freshwater: naturally occurring water having a low concentration of salts,which is often acceptable as suitable for abstraction and treatment to produce drinking water
Category: The cosmos

groundwater: all water which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil
Category: The cosmos

groundwater: Subsurface water occupying the cavities and interstices beneath the land surface.
Category: The cosmos

headwater: water level prevailing in the supply channel
Category: Building industry

headwater: the upper reaches of a stream near its source
Category: The cosmos

heartwater: a disease of cattle,sheep,goats and wild ungulates caused by Cowdria ruminantium(called also Rickettsia ruminantium),transmitted by the`bont-tick`(Amblyomma hebraeum)in South Africa,and by Amblyomma variegatum in Kenya.The disease is characterised by the accumulation of a large amount of fluid in the pericardial sac and nervous symptoms
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

rainwater: an inlet providing entrance for surface water into a drain located below ground surface.
Category: Building industry

recirculating-water: washing unit in which semiconductor material or devices or partfinished devices may be washed in electronic-grade water,purified by an ion-exchange resin,in trays immersed in water that recirculates in a small-volume system consisting entirely of plastic or stainless-steel non-contaminating materials
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

sea-water: made by freezing sea-water
Category: Chemistry

Searchwater: a radar mounted on the Sea King helicopter
Category: Defense

seawater: magnesite made by a chemical process from sea water or other brines
Category: Iron and steel industries

seawater: /in addition to ocean waters, these include brackish waters...waste waters...Desalting is presently a accomplished mainly by distillation processes, membrane processes, or cristallization processes...E NBRT 74 19-651/
Category: Management in the public and private sector

still-water-level: the position of the free-surface in a dead calm
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

stormwater: a side-weir overflow or similar structure that separates excess water,discharging it into a stormwater sewer
Category: Environment

subsoil-water: system of irrigation in which water supplies are obtained from the subsurface water through shallow wells(water being lifted by some devices),tubewells,and kanats(in Iran and a few other countries)
Category: Building industry

tailwater: water level at the head of the watercourse of farm lateral just below the outlet
Category: The cosmos

underwater: That portion of a vessel`s hull or body that is immersed or floating in a fluid,e.g.salt water.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

underwater: a robot designed and built for operating in water
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

wastewater: the act of disposing of wastewater by any method...Common methods of disposal are:dispersion,dilution,broad irrigation,privy,cesspool
Category: Environment

wastewater: ?The collection and treatment of wastewater,including such ancillary matters as administration and financing,engineering planning and design,operation and maintenance and monitoring and evaluation of overall performance.
Category: Management in the public and private sector

water: translucency of pearls provided by the conchiolin
Category: Various industries and crafts

water-activated: a primary battery that contains the electrolyte but requires the addition of or immersion in water before it is usable
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

water-borne: a wood preservative soluble in water
Category: Various industries and crafts

water-borne: the transport and dissemination in the environment of micro-organisms by water
Category: Botany and zoology

water-colour: a picture executed in watercolours,paints whose liquid is a water dispersion of the binding material
Category: General

water-cooled: a condenser cooled by circulation of water through it
Category: Mechanical engineering

water-cooled: an air conditioner whose refrigerating system has a water-cooled condenser
Category: Mechanical engineering

water-equivalent: the depth of water which would result from melting the snow cover over a given area
Category: The cosmos

water-hammer: pression and depression waves created by relatively rapid flow changes and transmitted through the system
Category: Mechanical engineering

water-repellent: to coat the individual fibres with a water-resistant or hydrophobic film and obtain a fabric which allow the passage of air; perspiration and water vapour, but which will prevent the pas sage of liquid water
Category: Chemistry

water-resistant: an adhesive capable of withstanding limited exposure to water and moist conditions without adherent failure
Category: The chemical industry

water-resistant: cream which leaves a film of water-repellent substance,such as lanolin,wax,petroleum,shellac,ethyl cellulose,or silicones,on the skin in order to protect it from emulsified oils and solvents,liquid coolants,mist and spray from alkali baths or plating solutions,lime,cement,water and water solutions
Category: Medicine

water-sediment: mixture of water and sediment that traverses regime channels
Category: The cosmos

water-spout: the counterpart of a tornado over water
Category: The cosmos

water-spreading: the diversion of stream flow,generally storm flow,from a watercourse on to gently sloping and porous ground,so as to conserve waste-water,maintain or increase plant growth,reduce flood peaks and replenish or build up the groundwater
Category: Building industry

water-to-carbide: /a generator..where the water drops into the carbide...this latter type is commonly referred to as the water to carbide type.
Category: Iron and steel industries

waterbed: a cavity or hollow in the surface of the land which either permanently or temporarily is filled with water
Category: Physics

waterborne: an agreement by which goods are not insured against war risk except when on board an ocean-going vessel with a time limit after arriving at port of destination
Category: Insurance

waterborne: an aqueous solution of one or more toxic salts,e.g.CuSO4,NaF,Na arsenate
Category: The chemical industry

waterborne: disease spread by organic contaminants contained in the water supply
Category: Environment

waterbound: a course composed of single size broken stone compacted and then bound together by means of water and binder
Category: Building industry

watercourses: ditches,flumes or pipelines deriving their supplies from the outlet or turnout and primarily conveying water to the sub-watercourses and only secondarily to the fields
Category: Building industry

watered: term applied to wine which has been fraudulently diluted with water
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

waterflooding: the secondary recovery operation in which water is injected into a petroleum reservoir for the purpose of effecting a water drive
Category: Mining

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