A Alpha
admiral (rear a.; vice a., etc.)
Admiralty, the
admiralty law
admiral of the fleet
adze
aftercastle
aircraft
carrier
amphora
(pl. amphorae)
art
deco
Atlantic
ferry
B Bravo
bareboat
baroque
battlecruiser
battle
fleet
battle
line
battleship
bayman
beachcomber
beachfront
beachgoer
beach
grass
beachhead
beachside
Bermuda
rig
bilge
keel
bilgewater
Blackwall
hitch
blockade-runner
blue
water (n.)
blue-water
(adj.)
boatbuilder/-ing
boat
hook
boathouse
boatload
boatman
boatneck
boat
people
boat
shoe
boatswain
boat
train
boatyard
boltrope
bomb-ship,
-ketch, etc.
bosun
bowline
box
ship; box boat (container ship)
break-bulk
freighter
breakwater
bumboat
buntline
bycatch
bylaw
by-product
C Charlie
cable-laid
rope
cable
length
canal
boat
capital
ship
carrick
bend
carvel-built
carvel
construction
cat-o’-nine-tails
cat’s-paw
(knot)
centerboard
centerline
chain
pump
charter
party
-class:
King George V-class (e.g.)
clinker-built
clinker
(or lapstrake) construction
close-hauled
clove
hitch
coastwise
compound
engine
Coriolis
effect/force
counterclockwise
countercurrent
court-martial (n., v.)
crash-land
crisscrossing
cross-braced
crow’s
nest
D Delta
day-tripper
deadrise
deadweight
tonnnage
deck
chair
deckhand
deckhouse
deep-sea
deep-water
depth
charge (n.)
depth-charge
(v.)
depth
sounder
displacement
tonnage
dive-bomber
dockhand
dockland
dockmaster
dockside
dockworker
dockyard
downrange
downriver
downstream
downwind
dry-dock
(v.)
dry
dock (n.)
dugout
E Echo
ebb tide
en echelon [roman]
escort
carrier
F Foxtrot
ferryboat
ferryman
figure
eight
fireship
fisherman’s
bend
fishing
boat
flight
deck
floatplane
floodgate
floodplain
flood
tide
floodwater
floodway
flying
jib
focsle
fore
and aft (adv.)
fore-and-aft
(adj.)
fore-and-after
forecastle
foredeck
forefoot
fore
gaff-topsail
foreland
foremast
forepeak
forereach
foresail
foresheet
foreshore
forestay
forestaysail
foretop
foretopman
fore-topmast
frame-first
construction
freeboard
freshwater
(n., adj.)
full
speed
full-rigged
ship
G Golf
gaff
rig; gaff-rigged (adj.)
gaff-topsail
gale
force winds
gangplank
gangway
granny
knot
gappling
chain, ~ hook
great
galley
gunboat
gunboat
diplomacy
gun-deck
(OED)
gun-founder,
gun-foundry (OED)
gunpoint
gun-port (OED)
gunpowder
gun
room
gunrunning,
-er
gunship
H Hotel
half
hitch
harbormaster
harborside
Harbor
(as in Boston, or any named)
hawsehole
hawser-laid
rope
headland
headroom
headsail
headwater
headway
headwind
helm-deck
helmsman
high
tide
high
water
high-water
mark
home
port (n.)
homeport
(v.)
horsepower
(indicated horsepower, etc.)
hurricane
force winds
I India
ice
age
ice
ax
iceberg
iceblink
iceboat
icebound
ice
cap
ice-cold
(adj.)
icefall
ice
field
ice
floe
ice
fog
icehouse
iceman
ice-out
ice
pick
ice
sheet
ice
storm
ironclad
J Juliet
jolly
boat
jury
rig (n.)
jury-rig
(v.)
K Kilo
keelboat
keelhaul
keel-rope
keelson
kunlun bo
L Lima
laborsaving
land
breeze
landing
craft
landmark
land
mass
landward
lapstrake
construction
lateen
sail
lay-up
(n)
layover
leeboard
lee
gauge
lee
shore
leeward
leeway
Liberty
ship
lieutenant commander
lieutenant junior grade
life belt
lifeboat
life buoy
lifeguard
life jacket
lifeline
life preserver
life raft
life ring
lifesaver, ~ing
life vest
lightship
line-ahead
(adj.)
line-abreast
(adj.)
line
officer
line
of sight
line
squall
load
line (n.)
load-line (adj.)
logboat
long-range
long-time
longship
longshoreman
loose-footed
low
water
low-water
mark
lubber
line
lubber’s
hole
lugsail
M Mike
made
mast (OED)
main
deck
main
gaff-topsail
mainland
mainmast
mansail
mainsheet
mainstay
maintop
main-topmast
main
yard
man-of-war
manrope
masthead
mast-step
(OED)
matériel
merchant
cruiser
merchant
shp
merchantman
midatlantic
Middle
Ages
minelayer
mine-laying
mizzenmast
mizzen
sail
Morse
code
mortise-and-tenon
(adj.)
motor
schooner
motorship
N November
navaid
Navy
Cross
navy
yard
noncombatant
noncommissioned officer
Northeast
Passage
Northwest
Passage
O Oscar
oarlock
oceanfront
oceangoing
ocean
liner
off
course
offload
offshore
(adj., adv., prep.)
orlop
deck
outrigger
overhand
knot
P Papa
paddleboat
paddle
steamer
paddle
wheel(-er)
pilot
cutter
point-blank
(adj./adv.)
pole
mast
poop
deck
porthole
port
of call
port
of entry
port
of trade
promenade
deck
propeller
PT-boat
purpose-built
(adj.)
Q Quebec
quadruple-expansion
engine
quarter
rudder
R Romeo
radio
beacon
retour
ship
right(s)-of-way
riverbank
riverbed
riverboat
river-craft
riverfront
river
plain
riverside
riverward
rolling
hitch
round
ship
round-trip
roustabout
rowboat
rowing
boat
rowing
machine
rowlock
rudderpost
running
light
running
rigging
S Sierra
sailboard
sailboat
sailcloth
sailmaker
sailing
school (n.)
sailing-school
(adj.)
sail
training
sail
training ship
Saint
Elmo’s fire
saltwater
(n., adj.)
schoolship
sea
anchor
seabag
sea
bass
seabed
Seebee
seabird
sea
biscuit
seaboard
seaborne
sea
breeze
sea
buoy
sea
captain
sea
change
sea
chest
seacoast
seacraft
sea
dog
sea
duty
Sea
Explorer
seafarer,
-ing
sea
fire
seafloor
seafood
seafront
seagirt
seagoing
sea
green
seagull
sea
king
sea-lane
sea
lawyer
sea
legs
sea
level
sealift
sea
lion
sealskin
sea-maid
seaman
seamanlike
seamanship
seamark
sea
mile
seamount
seaplane
seaport
sea
power
seaquake
sea
room
sea
rover
sea
scallop
seascape
sea
serpent
seashell
seashore
sea
serpent
seasick
seaside
sea
slug (sea cucumber)
sea
snake
sea
stores
seatrain
sea
trout
sea
turtle
sea
urchin
seawall
seaward(s)
seawater
seaway
seaweed
seaworthy
sea
wrack
shallow-draft
(adj.)
shear-hook
sheepshank
sheerstrake
sheet
bend
shell-first
construction
ship
biscuit
shipboard
shipborne
ship
breaker
shipbuilder/-ing
shipfitter
shiphandling
shiplap
shipload
shipman
shipmaster
shipmate
ship
of state
ship
of the line
shipowner,
-ing
shipping
lane
shipshape
ship’s
papers
ship
timber
ship
time
shipway
shipworm
shipwreck
(n., v.)
shipwright
shipyard
shoal-draft
(adj.)
shoal
water
shorebird
shorefront
shore
leave
shore
patrol
shoreside
(adj.)
shroud-laid
rope
sick
bay
side-wheel
(-er)
single-handed
(adj./adv.)
single-hander
sister-ship
slave
owner
slave
ship
slipknot
sloop
of war
snagboat
spar
torpedo
spritsail
squall
line
square
rig
square-rigged
square-rigger
square
knot
square
sail
standing
rigging
staysail
steamboat
steamboat
Gothic
steam
boiler
steam
chest
steam
engine
steamer
rug
steamer
trunk
steamfitter
steamship
steam
turbine
steering
oar
stempost
sterncastle
stern
chase (n.)
stern
chaser
sternmost
sternpost
stern
sheets
sternward
sternway
stern-wheel(-er)
stevedore
knot
streambed
streamside
sundeck
surgeon’s
knot
T Tango
tabernacle
mast
tall
ship
the
Crown
the
equator
thole
pin
tideland
tidemark
tide
pool
tidewater
timber
hitch
tonnage:
gross register tonnage, etc.
topcastle
topgallant
topgallant
mast
top-hamper
top-heavy
topmast
topsail
torpedo boat
torpedo-boat
destroyer
torpedo
bomber
torpedo
tube
trade
route
trade
wind
training
ship
transatlantic
transoceanic
transpacific
transship
treenail
triple-expansion
engine
turboelectric
Turk’s
head
tween
deck
U Uniform
ultra
large crude carrier (ULCC)
UN
(adj,)
undertow
underwater
under
way (adv.)
underway
(adj.)
upriver
upstream
U.S.
(adj,)
V Victor
very
large crude carrier (VLCC)
V-bottom
hull
Victory
ship
W Whiskey
waterborne
watercourse
watercraft
waterfront
water
gate
water gauge
water level
waterline
waterlog
waterman
watermark
waterpower
water privilege
waterproof
water rat
water-repellent
water-resistant
water right
waterscape
watershed
waterside
water ski (n.)
water-ski (v.)
water-skier
waterspout
water
taxi
watertight
waterway
waterwheel
water
wings
waterworks
waterworn
waybill
waypoint
way
station
weather
gauge
weather-leech
whale
catcher
whaleback
whaleboat
whalebone
whale
shark
whaleship
wharf
boat
wharfmaster
windage
windblown
wind-borne
Windbreaker
(™)
windchill
windjammer
windlass
windproof
windscreen
windshield
wind
tunnel
windward
wing
and wing (adv.)
wolf
pack
X X-ray
Y Yankee
yacht club
yachtsman
yardarm
yardarm-to-yardarm
year-round