water-soluble: Soluble in water. watercourse: The bed of a stream that flows only seasonally. watershed: The region or area drained by a river, stream, etc.. weevil: Also called the snout beetle, any of numerous beetles of the family Curculionidae, which have the head prolonged into a snout, and which are destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, etc. whooping cough: Also called chincough and pertussis. An infectious disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, especially of children, characterized by a series of short, convulsive coughs followed by a deep inspiration accompanied by a whooping sound.
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