| afloat |
on the water; floating. [2/6 definitions] |
| awash |
floating on and carried along by waves. [2/4 definitions] |
| ball cock |
a device used to regulate the supply of water in a tank or toilet, consisting of a lever connected to a floating ball that shuts a valve when raised and opens it when lowered. |
| barnacle |
any of a large group of marine crustaceans that are free-floating as larvae, but attach to submerged or intertidal surfaces such as wharves, rocks, ship bottoms, and the like, and form sharp-edged shells as adults. [1/3 definitions] |
| basking shark |
any of several large plankton-eating sharks, often found floating near the ocean's surface. |
| birl |
to rotate (a floating log) by running in place on its exposed surface, as in a contest among lumberjacks. |
| birling |
a game or contest of skill between two lumberjacks, won by whoever maintains his balance longest while balancing on and rotating a floating log. |
| bob2 |
to try to seize floating or dangling objects with the mouth, as in a game. [1/5 definitions] |
| boom2 |
a floating enclosure, made of chains or ropes, that is used to confine floating objects such as boats and timber. [1/5 definitions] |
| displacement |
the weight or volume of fluid displaced by a floating object, esp. the amount of water displaced by a ship. [1/4 definitions] |
| driftwood |
wood that has been left upon a beach by water or is floating on water. |
| floating island |
a dessert of soft custard having whipped cream or meringue floating atop it. [2 definitions] |
| float valve |
a valve controlled by a floating device. |
| floe |
a mass of sheet ice floating usu. on the sea, or a detached piece of such a mass. |
| flotation |
the act or condition of floating. [1/3 definitions] |
| flotsam |
floating wreckage and cargo of a ship that has sunk. (See "jetsam.") [1/2 definitions] |
| flying boat |
a large floating seaplane with a hull-shaped body. |
| gossamer |
a delicate spider web, esp. one that has become attached to a plant or is floating freely in the air. [1/3 definitions] |
| Great Pacific Garbage Patch |
a vast accummulation of debris made up primarily of tiny plastic particles floating in the upper column of water in the north central region of the Pacific Ocean. |
| iceberg |
a large floating mass of ice that has broken from a glacier. [1/2 definitions] |
| ice field |
a large mass of floating sea ice, larger than an ice floe and usu. at least five miles wide. [1/2 definitions] |