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.
Words to find
- BULWARKS
- FOREMAST
- TRAVEL
- FRIGATE
- BUNTLINE
- TOPSAIL
- CARDINAL
- FORESAIL
Plus 4 hidden bonus words.
Ocean & Navy word list, defined
- BULWARKS /ˈbʊlwərks/ · noun (plural)
- Bulwarks are defensive walls or ramparts protecting a fortification, ship, or place; by extension, they are any strong protection or safeguard against attack, harm, or unwanted change. Related: ramparts, fortifications, defenses, bastions.
- FOREMAST /ˈfɔːrməst/ (US), /ˈfɔːməst/ (UK) · noun
- The mast situated nearest the bow (front) of a sailing vessel, typically the second tallest after the mainmast.
- TRAVEL /ˈtrævəl/ · verb, noun
- To go from one place to another, especially for pleasure or business. A journey or trip. Related: journey, trip, tour, explore.
- FRIGATE /ˈfrɪɡət/ · noun
- A frigate is a medium-sized, fast warship, historically a square-rigged sailing vessel used for patrol and escort duties, and today a combat ship smaller than a destroyer used chiefly to escort convoys and protect other vessels. Related: warship, man-of-war, destroyer, corvette.
- BUNTLINE /ˈbʌntlaɪn/ · noun
- A rope attached to the foot of a square sail, used to haul the sail's middle up toward the yard when furling it. The term is also used in the names of knots, notably the buntline hitch. Related: halyard, sheet, brace, halliard.
- TOPSAIL /tɒpsɛɪl/ · noun
- A sail set above the fore-and-aft sails on a square-rigged ship, or a sail set above the mainsail on a fore-and-aft rig. Topsails are used to catch the wind above the main sails. Related: mainsail, jib, staysail, fore-and-aft sail.
- CARDINAL /ˈkɑːrdɪnəl/ · noun, adjective
- A cardinal is a high-ranking official of the Roman Catholic Church appointed by the Pope, or a North American songbird with brilliant red plumage and a pointed crest. As an adjective, it describes something of the greatest importance or serving as a basis on which other things depend. Related: prelate, primate, songbird, redbird.
- FORESAIL /ˈfɔːrseɪl/ · noun
- The principal sail set on the foremast of a square-rigged vessel, or, in fore-and-aft rigged craft such as sloops, the sail hoisted on the forestay at the front of the boat. Related: headsail, jib, mainsail, staysail.
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