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Dowsing

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dowsing"

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Word	Definition
douseverb	(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
soakverb	(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
sopnoun	A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
drenchverb	(transitive) To make (someone or something) completely wet by having water or some other liquid fall or thrown on them or it; to saturate, to soak; also (archaic), to make (someone or something) completely wet by immersing in water or some other liquid; to soak, to steep.
sousenoun	(transitive) To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench.
water diviningnoun	dowsing
water witchingnoun	The practice of dowsing.
dowsernoun	A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod.
water divinernoun	A person who practices dowsing, a dowser.
divining rodnoun	Rod used for dowsing, a technique of divination used to locate subterranean sources of water, metal, other mineral resources or even various other things through magic, or according to many believers a natural phenomenon.
dowsing rodnoun	Synonym of divining rod.
doodlebuggingnoun	(US) dowsing in search of petroleum
hydroscopistnoun	(dated) dowser, water diviner
doodlebuggernoun	(slang, by extension) A geophysicist working in the field to explore oil or other natural resources.
dowstnoun	Obsolete form of dowse.
doodlebugnoun	(informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb.
ditchdiggingnoun	The digging of ditches.
delvingverb	The act of one who delves.
dumb wellnoun	(dated) Synonym of dry well.
daphnomancynoun	(rare) Divination by laurel branches or trees, leaves etc.