sea | (noun) a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land | - |
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(noun) turbulent water with swells of considerable size | - |
(noun) anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume | Synonyms: ocean |
seabag | (noun) a cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear | - |
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seabed | (noun) the bottom of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor |
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seabird | (noun) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc. | Synonyms: sea bird, seafowl |
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seaboard | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort | Synonyms: seaside |
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seaborgium | (noun) a transuranic element with atomic number 106 | Synonyms: atomic number 106, element 106, Sg |
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seaborne | (adjective) conveyed by sea | - |
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seacoast | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: coast, sea-coast, seashore |
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seafarer | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seaman, tar |
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seafaring | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: oceangoing, seagoing |
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(noun) the work of a sailor | Synonyms: navigation, sailing |
(noun) travel by water | Synonyms: water travel |
seafood | (noun) edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc | - |
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seafowl | (noun) a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls, pelicans, gannets, cormorants, albatrosses, petrels, etc. | Synonyms: sea bird, seabird |
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seafront | (noun) the waterfront of a seaside town | - |
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seagirt | (adjective) surrounded or enclosed by the sea | - |
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seagoing | (adjective) used on the high seas | Synonyms: oceangoing, seafaring |
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seagrass | (noun) any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds | - |
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seagull | (noun) mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs | Synonyms: gull, sea gull |
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seahorse | (noun) small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position | Synonyms: sea horse |
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(noun) either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber | Synonyms: sea horse, walrus |
seal | (noun) any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions | - |
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(noun) a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents | Synonyms: stamp |
(noun) fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters | Synonyms: sealing wax |
(noun) fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure | - |
(noun) a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture | - |
(noun) an indication of approved or superior status | Synonyms: cachet, seal of approval |
(noun) a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it) | - |
(noun) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal | Synonyms: sealskin |
(verb) decide irrevocably | - |
(verb) hunt seals | - |
(verb) close with or as if with a seal | - |
(verb) affix a seal to | - |
(verb) make tight; secure against leakage | Synonyms: seal off |
(verb) cover with varnish | Synonyms: varnish |
sealant | (noun) a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface) | Synonyms: sealer |
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sealed | (adjective) closed or secured with or as if with a seal | - |
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(adjective) established irrevocably | Synonyms: certain |
(adjective) undisclosed for the time being | - |
(adjective) determined irrevocably | - |
(adjective) apply a non-porous coating to something so as to ensure it is impervious | - |
(adjective) covered with a waterproof coating | - |
(adjective) (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster | Synonyms: plastered |
sealer | (noun) an official who affixes a seal to a document | - |
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(noun) a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface) | Synonyms: sealant |
sealing | (noun) the act of treating something to make it repel water | Synonyms: waterproofing |
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sealskin | (noun) a garment (as a jacket or coat or robe) made of sealskin | - |
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(noun) the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal | Synonyms: seal |
seam | (noun) joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces | - |
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(noun) a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit | Synonyms: bed |
(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, furrow, line, wrinkle |
(verb) put together with a seam | - |
seaman | (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, tar |
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seamanlike | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship | Synonyms: seamanly |
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seamanly | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship | Synonyms: seamanlike |
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seamanship | (noun) skill in sailing | - |
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seamed | (adjective) having or joined by a seam or seams | - |
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(adjective) (used especially of skin) marked by lines or seams | Synonyms: lined |
seamless | (adjective) not having or joined by a seam or seams | - |
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(adjective) perfectly consistent and coherent | - |
(adjective) smooth, especially of skin | Synonyms: unlined, unseamed |
seamount | (noun) an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor | - |
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seamster | (noun) a person whose occupation is making and altering garments | Synonyms: sartor, tailor |
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seamstress | (noun) a woman who makes or mends dresses | Synonyms: modiste, needlewoman, sempstress |
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seamy | (adjective) morally degraded | Synonyms: seedy, sleazy, sordid, squalid |
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(adjective) showing a seam | - |
seance | (noun) a meeting of spiritualists | Synonyms: session, sitting |
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seaplane | (noun) an airplane that can land on or take off from water | Synonyms: hydroplane |
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(verb) glide on the water in a hydroplane | Synonyms: hydroplane |
seaport | (noun) a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo | Synonyms: harbor, harbour, haven |
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seaquake | (noun) an earthquake at the sea bed | Synonyms: submarine earthquake |
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sear | (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered |
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(verb) make very hot and dry | Synonyms: scorch |
(verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, char, scorch |
(verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: parch |
(verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: scorch, singe |
search | (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | Synonyms: hunt, hunting |
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(noun) boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas | - |
(noun) an investigation seeking answers | - |
(noun) the examination of alternative hypotheses | - |
(noun) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | Synonyms: lookup |
(verb) inquire into | Synonyms: explore, research |
(verb) try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of | Synonyms: look for, seek |
(verb) subject to a search | - |
(verb) search or seek | Synonyms: look |
searcher | (noun) large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America | Synonyms: Calosoma scrutator, searcher beetle |
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(noun) someone making a search or inquiry | Synonyms: quester, seeker |
(noun) a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items | - |
searching | (adjective) exploring thoroughly | - |
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(adjective) diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation | Synonyms: inquisitory, probing |
(adjective) having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect | Synonyms: trenchant |
searchingly | (adverb) in a searching manner | - |
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searchlight | (noun) a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction | - |
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seared | (adjective) having the surface burned quickly with intense heat | - |
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searing | (adjective) severely critical | - |
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searobin | (noun) American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries | Synonyms: sea robin |
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seascape | (noun) a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) | Synonyms: waterscape |
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(noun) a view of the sea | - |
seashell | (noun) the shell of a marine organism | - |
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seashore | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean | Synonyms: coast, sea-coast, seacoast |
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seasick | (adjective) experiencing motion sickness | Synonyms: air sick, airsick, carsick |
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seasickness | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling on water | Synonyms: mal de mer, naupathia |
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seaside | (noun) the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort | Synonyms: seaboard |
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seasnail | (noun) small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish | Synonyms: Liparis liparis, sea snail, snailfish |
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(noun) any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks, tritons, moon shells, neritids | - |
season | (noun) one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions | Synonyms: time of year |
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(noun) a recurrent time marked by major holidays | - |
(noun) a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field | - |
(verb) make healthy | Synonyms: harden |
(verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, mollify, temper |
(verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavor, flavour |
seasonable | (adjective) in keeping with the season | - |
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(adjective) done or happening at the appropriate or proper time | Synonyms: timely, well-timed, well timed |
seasonableness | (noun) being at the right time | Synonyms: timeliness |
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seasonably | (adverb) at an opportune time | Synonyms: apropos, timely, well-timed |
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(adverb) in accordance with the season | - |
seasonal | (adjective) occurring at or dependent on a particular season | - |
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(noun) a worker who finds employment only in certain seasons | Synonyms: seasonal worker |
seasonally | (adverb) depending on the season | - |
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seasoned | (adjective) aged or processed | - |
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(adjective) rendered competent through trial and experience | Synonyms: veteran |
seasoner | (noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning |
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(noun) a cook who uses seasonings | - |
seasoning | (noun) the act of adding a seasoning to food | - |
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(noun) something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts | Synonyms: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner |
seat | (noun) any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) | - |
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(noun) furniture that is designed for sitting on | - |
(noun) the cloth covering for the buttocks | - |
(noun) a part of a machine that supports or guides another part | - |
(noun) the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body | - |
(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
(noun) a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) | - |
(noun) a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) | Synonyms: place |
(noun) the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based | - |
(verb) show to a seat; assign a seat for | Synonyms: sit, sit down |
(verb) place or attach firmly in or on a base | - |
(verb) place in or on a seat | - |
(verb) provide with seats | - |
(verb) put a seat on a chair | - |
(verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position | Synonyms: induct, invest |
(verb) be able to seat | - |
seatbelt | (noun) a safety belt used in a car or plane to hold you in your seat in case of an accident | Synonyms: seat belt |
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seated | (adjective) (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks | Synonyms: sitting |
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seating | (noun) the service of ushering people to their seats | - |
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(noun) an area that includes places where several people can sit | Synonyms: seating area, seating room, seats |
seats | (noun) an area that includes places where several people can sit | Synonyms: seating, seating area, seating room |
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seawall | (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | Synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groin, groyne, jetty, mole |
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seaward | (adjective) (of winds) coming from the land | Synonyms: offshore |
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(adjective) directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast | - |
(noun) the direction toward the sea | - |
(adverb) in the direction of the sea | Synonyms: asea, seawards |
seawards | (adverb) in the direction of the sea | Synonyms: asea, seaward |
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seawater | (noun) water containing salts | Synonyms: brine, saltwater |
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seaway | (noun) a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels | Synonyms: sea lane, ship route, trade route |
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seaweed | (noun) plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae | - |
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seaworthiness | (noun) fitness to traverse the seas | - |
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seaworthy | (adjective) fit for a sea voyage | - |
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seax | (noun) a type of sword or dagger typical of the Germanic peoples of the Migration period and the Early Middle Ages, especially the Saxons. | - |
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