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Main Entry:	sea [see] Show IPA/si/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	large body of water; large mass
Synonyms:	Davy Jones's locker, abundance, blue, bounding main, brine, briny deep, briny, deep, drink, expanse, lake, main, multitude, number, ocean, plethora, pond, profusion, sheet, splash*, surf, swell, waves
Antonyms:	land

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	green
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	emerald in color
Synonyms:	apple, aquamarine, beryl, bice, blue-green, chartreuse, fir, forest, grass, greenish-blue, jade, kelly, lime, malachite, moss, olive, pea, peacock, pine, sage, sap, sea, spinach, verdigris, vert, viridian, willow

Main Entry:	marine/maritime
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	concerning the sea
Synonyms:	Neptunian, abyssal, aquatic, coastal, deep-sea, hydrographic, littoral, maritime, natatorial, nautical, naval, navigational, oceangoing, oceanic, oceanographic, of the sea, pelagic, saltwater, sea, seafaring, seagoing, seashore, seaside, shore

Example Sentences

One of the many threats loggerhead sea turtles face is man-made pollution, but the extent of the risk is a question.

Ginger had to make a shaky craft of her paycheck to bear me across the sea.

America is missing out by being stand-offish towards the law of the sea.

One of the many threats loggerhead sea turtles face is man-made pollution, but the extent of the risk is a question.

Ginger had to make a shaky craft of her paycheck to bear me across the sea.

America is missing out by being stand-offish towards the law of the sea.

Typically, sea kayakers dream of calm waters and soft tail winds.

Studies have identified plastic pollution and fishing practices as major threats to sea turtles for several years.

But when there aren't enough of the cute little marine mammals, the sea urchins run rampant, feasting on the giant kelp.

Wandering paths divide a sea of drought-tolerant perennials.

It was amazing to see dolphins and sea lions and killer whales, despite the fact that they were in captivity.

One if by land and two if by sea are familiar signals.

Academic science and medicine are drowning in a sea of publications.

The scientists have studied the differences between green sea turtles and loggerhead sea turtles in this area.

Sea temperatures are much harder to change than air temperatures, as anyone trying to warm a swimming pool can attest.

Abandoning a ship in the open sea is the last thing a captain would order and a sailor would do.

Sprinkle each crisp with a large pinch of coarse sea salt.

Wild salmon are normally born in freshwater and migrate to the sea.

One area of my research is the chemistry and impact of oil spills in the sea.

The angry-looking deep sea anglerfish has a right to be cranky.

Giant tortoises lumber across the lava rocks, while iguanas defy desert stereotypes and plunge into the sea.

Not everyone needs to spend a couple of weeks earning their sea legs to feel at home.

Giant methane bubbles rising from the sea floor are capable of swamping a ship and sinking it, new research shows.

Ocean overfishing is simply the taking of wildlife from the sea at rates too high for fished species to replace themselves.

Meanwhile, as sea level rise approaches two feet, the barriers might simply spend more time closed.

Send it out to sea in search of a humanitarian aid ship to destroy.

Sea levels will rise a bit higher-but not catastrophically high-in the coming century, according to a new study.

Divers and snorkelers will enjoy views of the rich sea life here, as well.

Super high-resolution spy satellites have been imaging sea ice at the poles for the last decade on behalf of earth scientists.

Scientists find that some types of sea snake possess homing behavior that may scupper conservation efforts.

Salt literally gives us life, and reminds us of the origins of all life in the primordial sea.

The song of the sea has long entranced the sailor and the pirate, too.

Sea urchins and humans have a remarkable amount in common-genetically speaking.

Because every day at sea is expensive, divers try for three to four dives a day.

The beauty of the mountains or the sea can open second-home owners to a deeper spiritual experience.

Over the centuries the densely populated country has reclaimed land from the sea through a famed system of.

The sea kitten site aims to rebrand fish in the eyes of younger consumers.

Print detailed illustrations of green sea turtles and other animals to color or use in school projects.

Sea levels can rise and fall fast, even during an ice age, according to new research.

He's spent his life chasing a sea monster that's never been taken alive.

Sea levels have fluctuated greatly over much longer time scales, and glaciers and ice caps have had little to do with.

The long-awaited sea change in higher education is upon.

The vessels fired artillery shells and lobbed anti-submarine bombs into the wine-dark sea.

Leatherbacks are the largest of all the sea turtles.

The sea horse's neck morphology is bent on capturing prey.

Sea monster mamas, bat signals and opossum versus viper.

The sea lions have been gorging on endangered salmon migrating upriver to spawn.

Arctic sea ice is melting far faster than climate models predict.

Sea turtles migrate long distances through the world's oceans but lay their eggs on tropical and subtropical beaches.

The global financial capital may face flooding from rising sea levels as a result of climate change.

They're harvested by hand-raking, which doesn't damage the sea floor.

Geological survey have been capturing and studying sea otters as part of a new project to study the nearshore environment in the.

Kids can print illustrations of leatherback sea turtles and other animals to color or use in school projects.

The smell of rotting sea lampreys drives away the live ones, which could be a useful strategy for controlling the invasive pests.

When fisheries catch too many seabirds and sea turtles, forcing them to adopt safer practices, or even closing.

Something that would stand out in the sea of aging desert bungalows, but that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg.

But many applicants say they feel at sea when they try to write one.

Read a story about the dangers of eating sea turtles.

At the dock, commercial fishermen unload their catch before their boats are hoisted by crane from the sea.

Someone told you that you can hear the sea in a big sea shell because it came from the sea.

Some people do indeed have trouble concentrating, whether or not crossing over a sea is involved.

Emissions are making the oceans more acidic, threatening sea life.

It's actually cheaper to move across the sea than across land.

When diatoms bloom, they color the sea surface and are.

Picturesque scenery, mild weather, fertile soil and the teeming sea provide a banquet.

Unless removed, they'll remain in the sea for hundreds of years, breaking up into ever-smaller particles.

Mentor found herself in a roiling sea of graveyard green, deadly black, and toad brown.

Discover the ancient monsters of the sea with our time line.

The breakup and melting of floating ice has no direct effect on global sea levels.

Eruptions of lava built up the volcano until it reached the sea surface less than a.

Then the army set off, four corps divided into two columns, on its march to the sea.

Odd fossil tracks suggest the ancient sea beasts used other creatures' shells to help them breathe on land, a new study says.

Scientists are looking to strange sea life for records of climate's past--and forecasts of future warming.

Building proper legal tools for addressing piracy could have a powerful deterent effect on sea crime.

Largest of the hard-shelled turtles, the endangered loggerhead sea turtle can be found in all but the coldest ocean waters.

Ultimately, after five months at sea drilling, that relatively shallow hole reached nearly a mile deep.

The biggest obstacle is an awfully ironic one: sea air wreaks havoc on laser beams.

More than a dozen sea lions have been found shot to death on a beach, including several that were also decapitated.

Hydrothermal vents are geysers located on the ocean floor in the deep sea.

Main Entry:	multitude
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	large group
Synonyms:	aggregation, army, assemblage, assembly, collection, commonalty, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, drove, great number, heap, herd, horde, host, infinitude, infinity, jam, legion, loads, lot, lots, majority, mass, mob, much, myriad, number, numbers, ocean, oodles, people, plenitude, plurality, populace, proletariat, public, push, quantity, scores, sea*, slew, swarm, throng, turnout
Antonyms:	handful, portion, single, zero

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	ocean
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	very large body of water
Synonyms:	Davy Jones's locker, Seven Seas, blue, bounding main, brine, briny deep, briny, deep, drink, high seas, main, pond, puddle, salt water, sea, seaway, sink, tide

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	deep blue sea
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	the open ocean
Synonyms:	high seas, ocean, open sea, sea, the brine, the briny deep, the deep, the deep sea, the seven seas

Main Entry:	marine
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	sea
Synonyms:	Neptunian, abyssal, aquatic, coastal, deep-sea, hydrographic, littoral, maritime, natatorial, nautical, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic, oceanographic, pelagic, saltwater, sea, seafaring, seagoing, seashore, seaside, shore
Antonyms:	freshwater

Main Entry:	briny
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	salty
Synonyms:	ocean, saline, sea

Main Entry:	thalassic
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	marine
Synonyms:	Neptunian, abyssal, aquatic, coastal, deep-sea, hydrographic, littoral, maritime, natatorial, nautical, naval, navigational, oceangoing, oceanic, oceanographic, of the sea, pelagic, saltwater, sea, seafaring, seagoing, seashore, seaside, shore

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