These are the meanings of the letters WATERWORT when you unscramble them.
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Ratter (n.)
One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party.
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Ratter (n.)
Anything which catches rats; esp., a dog trained to catch rats; a rat terrier. See Terrier.
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Retort (n.)
To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
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Retort (n.)
To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
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Retort (n.)
To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
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Retort (v. i.)
To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
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Retort (v. t.)
The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.
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Retort (v. t.)
A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.
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Rotate (a.)
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
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Rotate (v. i.)
To turn, as a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
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Rotate (v. i.)
To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.
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Rotate (v. i.)
To cause to turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
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Rotate (v. i.)
To cause to succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some one, in office.