dinoflagellate |
any of an order of single-celled marine organisms, classified variously as algae and protozoa, that have two flagella, are usu. luminescent, and include forms responsible for red tide. [1/2 definitions] |
ebb |
the retreating or flowing back of a tidal flow from the land to the sea; ebb tide. [2/4 definitions] |
ebb tide |
the tide in its outgoing phase. (Cf. flood tide.) |
flood |
the incoming or rising tide. (Cf. ebb.) [1/8 definitions] |
flood tide |
the inflowing tide; rising tide. [2/3 definitions] |
flow |
a smooth, steady outpouring or expansion, such as a tide or steady bleeding. [1/8 definitions] |
flux |
a flow or flowing in, as of the tide. [1/9 definitions] |
foreshore |
the part of the shore exposed at low tide and covered at high tide. [1/2 definitions] |
half tide |
the condition or point in time of a tide halfway between its peak ebb and flow. |
high tide |
the highest point reached by a tide, or the time of day when this occurs. [1/2 definitions] |
high water |
see "high tide." [1/2 definitions] |
intertidal |
of or concerning the section of a shore that lies between the high-tide and low-tide marks. |
low tide |
the tide at its lowest ebb, or the time at which this occurs. [1/2 definitions] |
low water |
low tide. [1/2 definitions] |
low-water mark |
the lowest point reached by a low tide, or the lowest level of a body of water. [1/2 definitions] |
lunitidal interval |
the period of time between the moon's transit and the next high lunar tide. |
mud flat |
a tract of land that is covered at high tide and exposed at low tide. |
neap |
designating the tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon when there is the least rise and fall of water. |
refluent |
flowing back, as in a tide; ebbing. |
rockweed |
any of numerous related, coarse, brownish seaweeds that grow on rocks exposed at low tide. |
sea level |
the surface level of the sea, esp. the mean between high and low tide, which is used as a standard in calculating land elevations and sea depths. |