tear, teardrop - a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"

perspiration, sudor, sweat - salty fluid secreted by sweat glands; "sweat poured off his brow"

tap water - water directly from the spigot

body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"

flake, snowflake - a crystal of snow

diamond dust, frost mist, frost snow, ice crystal, ice needle, poudrin, snow mist - small crystals of ice

binary compound - chemical compound composed of only two elements

atomic number 1, H, hydrogen - a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

atomic number 8, oxygen, O - a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

bath water - water used for a bath

dewdrop - a drop of dew

dishwater - water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed

distilled water - water that has been purified by distillation

holy water - water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification

ground water, spring water, well water - underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks

hard water - water that contains salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap

ice, water ice - water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"

limewater - solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid

liquid - a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

meltwater - melted snow or ice

brine, saltwater, seawater - water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater"

fresh water - water that is not salty

slush - partially melted snow

soft water - water that is not hard (does not contain salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap)

bilge, bilge water - water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

water of crystallisation, water of crystallization, water of hydration - the water present in hydrated compounds

thing - a separate and self-contained entity

backwater - a body of water that was created by a flood or tide or by being held or forced back by a dam; "the bayous and backwaters are breeding grounds for mosquitos"

bay - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

channel - a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel"

drink - any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"

estuary - the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix

flowage - a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area; "many campsites were located near the flowage"

crossing, ford - a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

gulf - an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

high sea, international waters - the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation

hydrosphere - the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor

inlet, recess - an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

briny, main - any very large body of (salt) water

mid-water - the water that is well below the surface but also well above the bottom; "many marine fishes inhabit the mid-waters"

ocean - a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

ocean - a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

offing - the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"

puddle, pool - a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"

river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles"

sea - a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

seven seas - an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world; "the old salt had sailed the seven seas"

shallow, shoal - a stretch of shallow water

sound - a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"

stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

Earth's surface, surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"

territorial waters - the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction

falls, waterfall - a steep descent of the water of a river

waterway - a navigable body of water

H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"

infrastructure, base - the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"

artificial lake, reservoir - lake used to store water for community use

water main - main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water

archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression

element - one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"

body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

food, nutrient - any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue

branch water - pure natural water from a stream or brook; often distinguished from soda water

spring water - water from a spring

drinking water - water suitable for drinking

wet - cause to become wet; "Wet your face"

hose, hose down - water with a hose; "hose the lawn"

flush - cause to flow or flood with or as if with water; "flush the meadows"

hush - run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals

furnish, provide, supply, render - provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

secrete, release - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"

fill, fill up - become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"