Reverse Dictionary: WATER

ADJECTIVES
► BOLD of running water: swift → 1805 Amer. dial.
► CALF-LEG-DEEP of water or snow: so deep as to reach up to the calf of the leg → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALLER of air or water: cool, fresh, refreshing → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DANK wet, watery, wetting: said of dew, rain, clouds, water, etc. → ? a1400 obs.
► FAIR of water: clean, pure → c1340
► FAT of water: thick, turbid → 1387 obs.
► FUMING of water: foaming or seething → 1598 obs.
► GELID of water: refreshingly cold → 1755
► GURLIE ► GURLY of water: gurgling; of infants: gurgling, crowing → 1823 Sc.
► HUMIDIOUS moist, wet, watery → 1630 obs.
► HYDROPHOBIOUS having a dread of water; tending to repel water → 1850
► HYDROPHOBOUS having a dread of water → 1748
► HYGRIC relating to water or moisture → 1902
► QUICK of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing → c1000
► RILEY ► ROILY of liquids, chiefly water: turbid, muddy; agitated → 1805 Amer. dial.
► SALIENT of water: jetting forth; leaping upwards → 1669
► SAMMY watery, moist, sodden; in a state of perspiration → 1809 Eng. dial.
► SKIRE of water: pure, clear → a1300 obs.
► SMALL low, shallow: said of a river, water, etc. → 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► STRICK of running water: swift, rapid → 1629 Sc.
► SUBAQUEAN existing, formed, or constructed under water; taking place under water → 1782
► SUBAQUEOUS existing, formed, or constructed under water; taking place under water → 1677
► SUBRIGUOUS moist, wet, and watery underneath → 1656 obs.
► SUBTERAQUEAN living, situated, performed, etc. under water → 1865
► SUBTERAQUEOUS living, situated, performed, etc. under water → 1682
► TROUBLY of water, wine, etc.: troubled, turbid, muddy, thick → 1398 obs.
► ULIGINOUS of a watery, oozy, or slimy nature → 1576
► YEDDLIE of water: thick, muddy → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► BOLD of running water: swiftly, abundantly → 1805 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► ADAM water → L15 sl.
► ADAM’S ALE water, as the only drink of our first parents → 1643 humorous usage
► ADAM’S BEVERAGE water → L15 sl.
► ADAM’S LIQUOR water → L15 sl.
► ADAM’S WINE water as a beverage → L15 colloq.
► ADDEL ► ADDLE putrid or stagnant water → 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ALBERCA a water hole, a water pocket, a watering place → 1892 Amer. dial.
► ANGEL JUICE rainwater; water → 1944 Amer. jocular usage
► AQUA water → M19 sl.
► AQUA FLUMINIS FILTRATA water from the well → Aust. pharmaceutical chemists’ usage
► AQUA POMPAGINIS ► AQUA PUMPAGINIS water from the well → 18C sl.
► AQUA PURA water → 1921 sl. (Bk.)
► BARBER the vapour rising from the water on a frosty day → 1895 Amer. dial.
► BRANCH WATER 1. water from a stream, rather than from a well → 1836 Amer. dial.
2. plain water as opposed to soda water → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CALL the movement of the surface of water when driven by the wind → 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CATARACT a violent downpour or rush of water → 1634
► CHASER OF ADAM’S ALE a glass of water → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHASER OF ADAM’S WINE a glass of water → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHOW WATER drinking water → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CHUCK water; a body of water → 1899 Amer. dial.
► CITY COKE a glass of water → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COLD ADAM water as a drink → 1699 obs.
► COUNCIL POP water as a drink, esp. tap water → 1999 Brit. sl.
► CRYSTAL water that is clear or transparent → a1450 poetic usage
► CURGLAFF the shock felt when one first plunges into cold water → 18C Sc.
► DARLING DAUGHTER water → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► DAY-WATER surface water → 1808
► DEAD LAP OF THE SEA, THE the noise of water among stones → 1898 Sc.
► DEG ► DEGG damp, moisture; a drop of water → 1897 Eng. dial.  
► DIMSEL a piece of stagnant water, larger than a pond and smaller than a lake → 1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► DITCH plain water, as opposed to soda water → 1966 Amer. dial.
► DUCK-OIL water, moisture → M19
► DUCK’S DINNER a drink of water without anything to eat → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► EA a river or the channel; a watercourse; also, water generally → 1662 Eng. dial.
► EARTH JUICE water → 1939 Amer. jocular usage
► EATING-WATER water fit for drinking; drinking water → 1877 Eng. dial.
► FISH BROTH water → 1921 sl. (Bk.)
► FISHEYE SLICK an area of smooth calm water → 1984 Amer. dial.
► GABBY water → M19 Aust. sl.
► GAIT two buckets of water, carried with a yoke over the shoulders → 1809 Eng. dial.
► GLASS a smooth water surface → 1979 US sl.
► GLIFF the shock felt when plunging into water → 19C Sc.
► GLOX the sound of liquids when shaken in a barrel or vessel that is not quite full; the sound of falling, gurgling water → 19C  Eng. dial.
► GREENTAIL a patch of rough or choppy water → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GREEN WATER a patch of rough or choppy water → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GREENY a patch of rough or choppy water → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HOBO COCKTAIL a glass of water, esp. when requested (rather than alcohol) in a restaurant → 1940s US sl.
► HOLY WATER water that has been laced with whisky → 20C sl.
► HYDRODIPSOMANIA an abnormal love of drinking water → 1991 (Bk.)
► HYDROMANIA a mania or craze for water → 1803
► HYDROPHOBIA dread or horror of water → 1760
► HYGROPHOBIA an abnormal fear of liquids, esp. water and wine → 1991 (Bk.)
► INDIAN ALARM CLOCK a glass of water taken before going to bed → 1980 Amer. dial.
► JABBLE a slight agitated movement of water or other liquid; a splashing or dashing in small waves or ripples → 1831 Sc.
► JAUP ► JAWP the splash of water against any surface, or one of the drops or spurts of water which this scatters on adjacent bodies; a spot of water or wet mud splashed upon the clothes from wet or muddy ground, etc. → 1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► JAW a quantity of water or other liquid dashed, splashed, or thrown out; an outpour of water, etc. → a1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► LAG ► LAGE ► LAGGE water; urine → 1567 cant obs.
► LAND-SWELL the roll of the water near the shore → 1812
► LAPPIE a place where water stands → 1825 Sc.
► LEA-WATER clear water → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LIQUORS water → 1925 Brit. sl.
► LYMPH pure water; water in general; a stream → a1630 poetic usage 
► MAIN FLOOD high water; a large or full-flowing body of water; the ocean or ‘main sea’, the high sea → c1303 obs.
► MANTLE the green vegetable coating on standing water → 1605 obs.
► MIZE water → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER water → 1935 US rhyming sl.
► OFFLET a channel for letting water run away → 1744 Sc.
► ONE ON THE CITY a glass of water → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PEENICKER PAWNEE ► PINNICKY PAWNEE ► PINNICKY PAWNIE drinking water → M19 Indian, chiefly army usage
► POLYNYA an area of open water in the middle of an expanse of sea ice, esp. in Arctic waters → 1852
► POND any large body of water → 1950s Amer. sl.
► PURE ELEMENT water → 1921 sl. (Bk.)
► QUICK-WATER running water → 1897 Eng. dial.
► RAINJUICE water → 1950s US sl.
► REAM water lying near the surface → 1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RIFT a patch of broken water; a rapid → 1727 Amer. dial.
► ROIL a turbulent stretch of water → L17 now chiefly US
► SALTCHUCK any body of salt water → 20C Can.
► SCOOT a gush or flow of water; the pipe or opening from which it flows → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SHIRLEY TEMPLE a glass of water → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SKOOKUM CHUCK a turbulent channel of water, as a rapids in a river, or a tidal channel, falls → 1854 Amer. dial.
► SKY JUICE rain; water → 1941 Amer. dial.
► SOSS the sound made by impact upon water → 1885 chiefly Eng. dial.
► SPLASH any form of water, eg. a river, a lake, a sea, a bath → 1940s African-American sl.
► SPLIT a small bottle of mineral water → L19 sl.
► SPOSH a mixture of mud and water; slush, soft snow mixed with water in thawing weather; water partially frozen → 1845 US
► SQUATTER’S DAUGHTER water → 1999 Aust. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► ST. MARGET’S ALE ► ST. MARGRET’S ALE water → E17 sl.
► STROOL a stream of water, or other liquid → 1867 Sc.
► SUDS flood-water; the water of the fens; water mixed with drift-sand and mud; drift-sand left by a flood → 1599 obs.
► SWELTH foul or troubled water → 1563 chiefly Sc., obs.
► TAFFLE the aimless movement of light matter; a slight movement on water → 19C Eng. dial.
► TANK a piece of deep water, natural or artificial; a pond or pool → 1678 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► WAI fresh water → 1938 Hawaii usage
► WAKE a piece of open water, in the midst of a frozen lake, river, etc. → 1895 Eng. dial.
► WALM a gushing fort or upwelling of water; a spring, fountain, water-source; the water of such → a897 obs.
► WINDMILL COCKTAIL a glass of water → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► AQUABIBE a water drinker → 1731
► HYDROMANIAC a person having a mania or craze for water→ 1860
► HYDROPHANTIC a discoverer of water → 1729 obs. rare
► HYDROPHOBIST one who has a dread of or an aversion to water → 1840
► HYDROPOT ► HYDROPOTE a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks → 1727
► HYDROPOTIC a water drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks → 1623 obs.
► HYDROPOTIST a water-drinker; an abstainer from alcoholic drinks; a teetotaller → 1678 obs.
► TANKARD-BEARER one employed in drawing and carrying water from the public pumps and conduits → c1515 obs.
► WATER-FUNK a person who is afraid to go in the water; a boy shy of water, either in the way of personal cleanliness or aquatics → 1899
► WATER-SOP a water-drinker, a teetotaller → 1500 obs.

VERBS
► CRIZZLE  to become rough on the surface, as water hen it begins to freeze → 1673
► DAP to dip lightly or suddenly into water → L19
► DEG ► DEGG to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak → 1781 Eng. dial.  
► DRUMBLE  of water: to make muddy → 1825 Sc.
► FALL IN of water: to subside → 1900 Sc.
► GLIFF to feel a shock in consequence of plunging into water → 19C Sc.
► GO A-DUCKING to take to the water (like ducks) → 1623 obs.
► HAVE ONE ON THE CITY to have a drink of water → 1926 US sl.
► KEACH to sip water, as from a brook → 1809 Eng. dial.
► KEECH of water: to film over, to begin to freeze → 1901 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAAG to pour water on; to bale out water → 1898 Sc.
► LADE to bale out, to empty water by means of a vessel; to ladle → 1777 Eng. dial.
► LAVE to draw water out or up with a bucket, ladle, or scoop → a1300 obs.
► LEACH to water, to wet → c888 obs.
► LECK to moisten; to water; to sprinkle, esp. clothes before ironing or a floor to lay the dust → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LOPPER of water: to lap, to splash gently, to ripple → 1893 Sc.
► LOSH to make the lapping sound caused by a running stream flowing over stones, etc.; to splash in water; of water in a barrel or boat: to roll to and fro → 1629 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MAKE THE GARDYLOO to throw the dirty water out → 1808
► MANTLE of liquids: to be or become covered with a coating or scum → 1626
► PUT OUT THE MILLER’S EYE to add too much water or milk to any mixture → 1839 Eng. dial.
► QUIGLE of water: to make a lapping or gurgling sound → 1955 Sc.
► ROOSE to water; to sprinkle with water → 19C Sc. obs.
► SAG of wind or water: to fall, subside → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SICKER of water: to trickle; to ooze or leak → c897
► WAFT to convey safely by water; to carry over or across a river, sea, etc. → 1593  obs. exc. poetic usage
► WALM of water: to well up, to gush or spout forth → a1300 obs.
► WALTER of waves: to surge or roll high; of water, etc.: to flow, to gush → a1300 obs.
► WAMBLE of water, the blood: to seethe, to boil → 1636 obs.
► WANE of the sea, water: to subside, to ebb → c1290 obs.