Jim's word list

James D. (United States of America)
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  1. right
    free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
  2. starboard
    right side of a ship or aircraft to someone facing the bow
  3. port
    where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
  4. sea captain
    an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
  5. bar
    a rigid piece of metal or wood
  6. left
    being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
  7. bathymetry
    measuring the depths of the oceans
  8. hydrographic
    of or relating to the science of hydrography
  9. sonar
    a method of finding objects under water using sound waves
  10. stern
    serious and harsh in manner or behavior
  11. fantail
    an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
  12. Orion
    (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
  13. peace
    the state prevailing during the absence of war
  14. war
    the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
  15. primogeniture
    right of inheritance belonging exclusively to the eldest son
  16. amalgamation
    the combination of two or more commercial companies
  17. antebellum
    belonging to a period before a war
Created on Sat Apr 11 22:12:05 EDT 2009 (updated Mon Aug 17 19:11:14 EDT 2009)

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