| breaker1 |
a heavy ocean wave that breaks into foam on the shore or at sea. [1/4 definitions] |
| brine |
the water of an ocean or sea. [1/4 definitions] |
| briny |
(informal) the ocean or sea (prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions] |
| coast |
the land or area next to the ocean; seashore. [2/7 definitions] |
| coho |
a small ocean salmon, now often introduced into fresh water as a game fish; coho salmon; silver salmon. |
| Colombia |
a South American country between Venezuela and the Pacific Ocean. |
| come over |
to travel across an ocean to settle in a new country. [1/6 definitions] |
| Congo |
a river of Central Africa flowing into the Atlantic Ocean; Zaire. [1/3 definitions] |
| Congo River |
a river of central Africa flowing into the Atlantic Ocean; Zaire River. |
| continental shelf |
the submerged rim of a continent, from which descent to the ocean floor is usu. precipitous. |
| Coral Sea |
an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean located off the northwestern coast of Australia, extending to the north as far as New Guinea and the Soloman Islands and to the east by Vanuatu. The sea is the location of the Great Barrier Reef. It was also the scene of a fierce naval battle between Japan and the United States in World War II. |
| cowfish |
a small dolphin, whale, or other ocean mammal. [1/2 definitions] |
| Davy Jones's locker |
the bottom of the ocean, esp. when referred to as the grave of all the sailors who have died or will die at sea. |
| deep |
a very deep place in the ocean or other body of water. [1/13 definitions] |
| dhow |
a vessel having a lateen sail or sails, sometimes having a raised deck at the stern, used primarily by Arabs along the coast of the Indian Ocean. |
| dodo |
any of several large, clumsy, flightless birds formerly found on islands in the Indian Ocean but now extinct. [1/2 definitions] |
| doldrums |
the ocean belt near the equator, characterized by calms and light, variable winds, or the characteristic weather of this region. [1/2 definitions] |
| dugong |
a large herbivorous sea mammal found in the Indian Ocean that has flipperlike forelimbs and a tail resembling that of a whale. |
| eel |
any of numerous long, snakelike fishes of fresh water or ocean. |
| El Niņo |
an unusually warm Pacific Ocean current that develops near the International Date Line in the center of the ocean and flows east toward Peru and then south along the coast of South America. El Niņo events, which occur every two to seven years approximately, are associated with various negative impacts including damage to the livelihoods of those dependent on fishing and disturbance to regional and global weather patterns, which in turn can increase the incidence of disease and the frequency of destructive weather events. |
| elver |
a young eel, esp. at the stage of upstream migration from the ocean. |