Ocean & Navy Word Search — Medium

Play a free online Ocean & Navy word search puzzle. Difficulty: Medium. Find all 12 hidden words on the 11×11 grid below.

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Ocean & Navy word list, defined

HEELING /hɪlɪŋ/ · verb
To support or steady something, especially a boat, by placing one's heel against it. To move or walk with one's heels. Related: supporting, steadying, anchoring, balancing.
WINDWARD /ˈwɪndwərd/ · adjective
Facing or directed towards the wind; on the side of the wind. In sailing, the side of the ship or boat that is away from the wind. Related: leeward, upwind, downwind, weather side.
BOW /baʊ/ (to bend; also rhymes with 'cow'); /boʊ/ (front of a ship; archery weapon) · noun & verb
As a verb, to bend the head or body forward as a gesture of respect, greeting, or submission, or to bend something into a curve. As a noun, it denotes such an act of bending, a curved shape or object (as in a bow tie or archery bow), or, pronounced /boʊ/, the forward part of a ship. Related: stoop, kneel, crouch, curtsy.
LAZARET /læzəˈrɛt/ · noun
A lazaret is a hospital or ward for the treatment of patients with contagious diseases, especially leprosy. It can also refer to a quarantine ship or a place of quarantine. Related: hospital, ward, quarantine ship.
PLANING /plɛɪnɪŋ/ · verb
The act of smoothing or flattening a surface, especially by removing wood or other material. A type of surfboard riding where the board is moved forward by the rider's feet. Related: smoothing, flattening, surfing, skimming.
TITANIC /tɪˈtænɪk/ · noun
A ship that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, resulting in the loss of over 1,500 lives. The name is also used to describe something of enormous size and power. Related: gigantic, enormous, massive, colossal.
COAMING /ˈkoʊmɪŋ/ · noun
A raised frame or lip around an opening, especially one around a ship's deck hatch to keep water out, or around a fireplace or cockpit opening. Related: rim, lip, frame, border.
BILGE /bɪldʒ/ · noun, verb
The lowest internal part of a ship's hull, where water tends to collect; figuratively, worthless talk or nonsense. Related: nonsense, rubbish, drivel, hogwash.

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