(uncountable) The location of high tide on a coastal area. / The state of the tide when the water is at its highest. / (countable) The highest stage of a river.

A glass column that displays water levels.

A device for measuring time by letting water flow out of a container, usually through a tiny aperture. / A clepsydra.

(idiomatic, figuratively) A dangerous situation; trouble. / (idiomatic, figuratively) fierce criticism / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hot, water.

Alternative spelling of water vapor

(nautical) A small boat that can transport small groups of passengers for a fee

(geology) The level, underground, below which the ground is saturated with water. / (architecture) A molding or other projection in the wall of a building to throw off rainwater.

(nautical) Stationary with respect to the current, having no means of propulsion. / (idiomatic, figuratively) Doomed; unable to succeed.

plural of water strider

Any of a number of predatory insects in the family Gerridae, which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.