Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Water: a word designating various spirituous waters, particularly perfumes and cordials; it also enters into several French heraldic phrases.
Examples
“„ bed covers not excepted You will be plyed on the quay by failors, fome belonging to the Diligencepar eau y fome to the Cache par eau% that. is* the Diligence by. water, and the coach by water; But by all means prefer the Dili - gence, as you are lure of better company* and quicker paflage.”
Internet Archive: The Gentleman's Guide in His Tour Through France
“Roughly translated into 'castle of water', the chateau de l'eau is an enormous silver water tower that sits up high on a plateau overlooking Moussoro.”
“Perhaps the main color would be bluegreen, the shade they called eau de NO although it was not a bit like the muddy water of the Nile.”
The Key to Rebecca
“Who is that exquisite creature in eau de nil satin?”
“Brownie, still protesting, had been put on her bed with a handkerchief steeped in eau-de-Cologne on her throbbing forehead, and Norah had returned to the kitchen to varied occupations.”
“To wash the feet first in eau de Cologne is most refreshing.”
“The pool staff fancy a lie-in themselves and a caca dans l’eau is a sure-fire way of turning people away with no insistence!”
“In northern Europe, where it is too cold to grow grapes, a distilled spirit called eau de vie is made from fruit.”
“Had she done so, her teeth would probably be permeated with a god-awful stench that could only be described as eau decarrion, the quintessential odor of Death on a bender, the Devil's vomit.”
Blood Lure
“What is called eau bouillie in Tarascon consists of several slices of bread soaked in warm water, with a clove of garlic, a little thyme and a bay leaf.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘eau’.
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Written on Water
An eclectic list of words pertaining to and describing water.
"...I am the faithful husband of the rain,
I love the water of wells and springs
and the taste of roofs in the...water, rain, cistern, thirst, dead-water, eddy-water, surge, flood, ebb, fluid, flow, liquor amnii and 180 more...
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Vowels only. And I mean: ONLY
Words containing no consonants and found in at least one major dictionary.
Foreign words permitted.aa, eau, oui, aiee, I, oo, euouae, eye, you, ye, yo, yay and 17 more...

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