by land and (by) sea
101sea level — noun level of the ocean s surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth • Hypernyms: ↑water level * * * noun [noncount] : the average height of the sea s surface ◇… …
102sea — [[t]si͟ː[/t]] ♦♦ seas 1) N SING: the N, also by N The sea is the salty water that covers about three quarters of the earth s surface. Most of the kids have never seen the sea... All transport operations, whether by sea, rail or road, are closely… …
103land — /lænd / (say land) noun 1. the solid substance of the earth s surface. 2. the exposed part of the earth s surface, as distinguished from the submerged part: to travel by land. 3. ground, especially with reference to quality, character, or use:… …
104Sea monk — The sea monk, or sometimes monk fish, was the name given to a sea animal found off the coast of Denmark almost certainly in 1546.Paxton, C.G.M. R. Holland (2005). Was Steenstrup Right? A new interpretation of the 16th century sea monk of the… …
105sea control operations — The employment of naval forces, supported by land and air forces as appropriate, in order to achieve military objectives in vital sea areas. Such operations include destruction of enemy naval forces, suppression of enemy sea commerce, protection… …
106land — 1. Ground. Āina, honua; one (poetic); puluwai (rare). See legendary place. ♦ Native land, āina hānau, kulāiwi, one hānau. ♦ Land one has lived on for a long time, āpa a. ♦ Once uncultivated land, fallow land, mahakea. ♦ Foreign land …
107land breeze — a wind blowing from the land towards the sea. Often found at night under anticyclonic conditions when heat is lost rapidly from the land and the air above is cooled and increases in pressure. The relative warmth of air over the sea leads to… …
108sea dust — noun 1. : fine and usually reddish dust blown to sea by winds from arid lands and when caught in falling raindrops giving rise to blood rain 2. slang : salt * * * sea dust noun Dust deposited on the sea from a distant land • • • Main Entry: ↑sea …
109Land tortoise — Tortoise Tor toise, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked, fr. L. tortus twisted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere, tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca, tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called in… …
110land mass — noun a large continuous extent of land • Syn: ↑landmass • Hypernyms: ↑land, ↑dry land, ↑earth, ↑ground, ↑solid ground, ↑terra firma • Hypo …
