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nautiloids
/ˈnɔːtɪlɔɪdz/

A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea.

millepore
/ˈmɪlɪˌpɔːr/ /ˈmɪliˌpɔr/

Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells.

goober
goobernoun
/ˈɡuːbə/ /ˈɡubəɹ/

A very small clam.

coastline
/ˈkoʊstˌlaɪn/ /ˈkoʊstlaɪn/

The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast.

marinize
/ˈmærɪnaɪz/

To adapt for marine environments

greenroom
/ˈɡriːnˌruːm/

The inside of a tube (i.e. of a wave making a tube).

scuttle
/ˈskʌtəl/

To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.

cutlassfish
/ˈkʌtləsˌfɪʃ/

A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance.

bail
bailverb
/beɪ̯l/

To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.

"to bail water out of a boat"

advection
/ædˈvɛkʃən/

The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.

ferried
/ˈfɛrid/ /fɛrid/

To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.

landlord
/ˈlænd.lɔːd/ /ˈlænd.lɔɹd/

(with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.

thruster
/ˈθɹʌstɚ/

A bow thruster or a stern thruster.

desalinated
/diːˈsæləˌneɪtɪd/ /dɪˈsæləˌneɪtɪd/

To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply

chop
chopnoun
/tʃɒp/

Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.

submerse
/səbˈmɜrs/ /sʌbˈmɜrs/

To submerge.

frith
frithnoun
/fɹɪθ/

An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.

ichthyosaurs
/ˈɪkθiəˌsɔrz/ /ˈɪkθioʊˌsɔrz/

Any of several fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous period, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise.

monkey nut
/ˈmʌŋki ˌnʌt/

A very small clam.

chambered nautilus
/ˈtʃeɪmbərd ˈnɔːtɪləs/ /ˈtʃeɪmbərd ˈnɑːtɪləs/

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers.