Global Warming
Terms
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- winches
- lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
- dory
- marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
- deck
- any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel
- Tropical Storm
- tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force
- mackerel
- any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
- angling
- fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)
- masts
- a vertical spar for supporting sails
- bow
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
- berth
- A place for sleeping on a train or plane; a place for a ship to tie up;an adequate room to move in;a distance kept for the sake of safety; to bring to a rest port;
- Tsunami
- an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption.
- bail
- remove (water) from a vessel with a container
- trawl
- a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
- Distinction
- A marking off or distinguishing as different
- dilapidated
- in deplorable condition
- stern
- the rear part of a ship
- degenerate
- a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- Hurricane
- a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 mph
- wharf
- a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles
- cod
- major food fish of arctic and cold-temperate waters
- Precipitation
- falling products of condensation in the atmosphere, as rain, snow, or hail.
- Swordfish
- large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw
- schooners
- sailing vessel used in former times
- foresail
- the lowest sail on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel
- fisherman
- someone whose occupation is catching fish
- Global Warming
- The rise in temperature, which may be due to increases in green house gases., an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
- Greenhouse Effect
- A similar retention of solar radiation, as by another planet or in a solar panel., warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere
- Weather
- the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- Tempest
- (literary) a violent wind
- LITHE
- gracefully slender
- Storm
- a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- morose
- ill-tempered unsocial
- skipper
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
- Tornado
- a localized, violently destructive windstorm occurring over land, esp. in the Middle West, and characterized by a long, funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground and made visible by condensation and debris
- commercial
- connected with or engaged in or sponsored by or used in commerce or commercial enterprises
- ballast
- any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
- premonitions
- a presentiment of the future; a foreboding
- immense
- Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity.
- Temperature
- a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal equilibrium.
- hull
- the frame or body of ship
- fathoms
- measurement of depth in ocean [6 ft]