Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In zoology, the water-vascular system.

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Examples

  • Both lawmakers said that the president should urge Congress to invest more in road, bridge and water-system repairs and construction, projects they said would strengthen the infrastructure of the nation and create jobs.

    Black Caucus Warns Obama on Jobs Corey Boles 2011

  • We've set up volunteer committees--made up of citizens, officials, water-system operators, business owners and anyone that's interested in participating--to visit businesses near water-supply intakes and wells, and we try to educate them on best management practices to prevent pollution.

    Susan Buchanan: New Orleans Tap Water Beats Odds, Meets All Regulatory Standards Susan Buchanan 2011

  • He remembered the enlargement of the town water-system — how he had manoeuvred and financed, persuaded small loans at ruinous interest, and laid pipe and made joints by lantern light while the workmen slept, and then been up ahead of them to outline and direct and rack his brains over the raising of the next week-end wages.

    BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN 2010

  • The government also identified other contaminants, including the carcinogen benzene, in the water and has asked a nearby rural water-system operator to test its supplies.

    EPA Says Range Resources Contaminated Texas Wells Ryan Dezember 2010

  • Competent, efficient water-system operations require private participation

    Drivers of public-private partnerships in the water sector 2009

  • Mayor Dick Moore said transportation and water-system improvement projects, among others, will create 2,300 jobs if the funding filters down.

    Single-Industry Towns Wonder How Much Stimulus Will Help 2009

  • Many lawmakers want the spending legislation for Iraq, which is viewed as a must-pass bill, to serve as a vehicle for domestic priorities they say are urgent, such as funding for road projects and water-system improvements.

    Senate, White House Clash on War Bill 2008

  • In the present case, a city of 250,000 has been almost entirely evacuated following weeks of artillery bombardment, aerial bombing raids, downed power-lines and water-system, and house-to-house searches.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Tal Afar; crackdown in the Sunni Heartland 2005

  • In the present case, a city of 250,000 has been almost entirely evacuated following weeks of artillery bombardment, aerial bombing raids, downed power-lines and water-system, and house-to-house searches.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Tal Afar; crackdown in the Sunni Heartland 2005

  • In the present case, a city of 250,000 has been almost entirely evacuated following weeks of artillery bombardment, aerial bombing raids, downed power-lines and water-system, and house-to-house searches.

    Tal Afar; crackdown in the Sunni Heartland 2005

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