pelagic
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast
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brine
Webster Dictionary
the ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake
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stormy petrel
(ˈstɔr mi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the E Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean.
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gulf stream
(Gulf stream)
Princeton's WordNet
a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
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mindanao deep
(ˌmɪn dəˈnɑ oʊ, -ˈnaʊ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an area in the Pacific Ocean W of the Philippines: one of the deepest points in any ocean. 34,440 ft. (10,497 m).
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kuroshio current
(Japan current, Kuroshio current, Kuroshio)
Princeton's WordNet
a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
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japan current
(Japan current, Kuroshio current, Kuroshio)
Princeton's WordNet
a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
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kuroshio
(Japan current, Kuroshio current, Kuroshio)
Princeton's WordNet
a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
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hadal
(ˈheɪd l)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom below the abyssal zone, or from approximately 20,000 ft. (6500 m) to the greatest ocean depths.
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atlantic
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph
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indian ocean
(Indian Ocean)
Princeton's WordNet
the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south
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subocean
(suboceanic, subocean)
Princeton's WordNet
formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the ocean bed
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suboceanic
(suboceanic, subocean)
Princeton's WordNet
formed or situated or occurring beneath the ocean or the ocean bed
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trough
(trough)
Princeton's WordNet
a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
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baffin bay
(Baffin Bay)
Princeton's WordNet
a body of water between Greenland and northeastern Canada; connected with the Arctic Ocean to the north and with the Atlantic Ocean (via the Labrador Sea) to the south; icebound in winter
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sea
Webster Dictionary
one of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea
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pacific ocean
(əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an ocean bordered by the American continents, Asia, and Australia: largest ocean in the world; divided by the equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific. 70,000,000 sq. mi. (181,300,000 sq. km); greatest known depth, 35,433 ft. (10,800 m).
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java trench
(ˌʒɑ vəˈri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a trench in the Indian Ocean, S of Java: deepest known part of Indian Ocean. 25,344 ft. (7725 m) deep.
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sound
Webster Dictionary
a narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound
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northwest passage
(Northwest Passage)
Princeton's WordNet
a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans since the 16th century had searched for a short route to the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald Amundsen (1903-1906)
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profound
Webster Dictionary
the deep; the sea; the ocean
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neptunian
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the ocean or sea
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transatlantic
Webster Dictionary
lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean
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transatlantic
Webster Dictionary
crossing the Atlantic Ocean
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mediterranean
Webster Dictionary
inland; remote from the ocean
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toss
Webster Dictionary
to be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean
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crossing
Webster Dictionary
the act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean
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sea-roving
Webster Dictionary
cruising at random on the ocean
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mid-sea
Webster Dictionary
the middle part of the sea or ocean
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mid
Webster Dictionary
denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean
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