heavywater

English

Etymology

From heavy +‎ water.

Noun

heavywater (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly attributive) Alternative form of heavy water.
    • 1975, Charles Whiting, chapter 7, in The Destroyers: Operation Kill Ike, London: Sphere Books Limited, →ISBN, page 35:
      In it he told me that he was working close to a factory involved in the production of heavywater.
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