These are the meanings of the letters WALTER when you unscramble them.
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Alert (a.)
Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.
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Alert (a.)
Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
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Alert (n.)
An alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.
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Alter (v. t.)
To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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Alter (v. t.)
To agitate; to affect mentally.
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Alter (v. t.)
To geld.
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Alter (v. i.)
To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure.
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Later (n.)
A brick or tile.
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Later (a.)
Compar. of Late, a. & adv.
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Ratel (n.)
Any carnivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also honey badger.
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Tawer (n.)
One who taws; a dresser of white leather.
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Trawl (v. t.)
To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
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Trawl (n.)
A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter.
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Trawl (n.)
A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.
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Water (n.)
The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
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Water (n.)
A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
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Water (n.)
Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.
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Water (n.)
A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water.
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Water (n.)
The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.
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Water (n.)
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.
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Water (v. t.)
An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or \"diluted.\"
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Water (v. t.)
To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers.
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Water (v. t.)
To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses.
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Water (v. t.)
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6.
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Water (n.)
To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken.
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Water (v. i.)
To shed, secrete, or fill with, water or liquid matter; as, his eyes began to water.
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Water (v. i.)
To get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water.