Category: nautical (234 terms)
- abandon ship
- accommodation ladder
- all hands on deck
- all standing
- angle of attack
- armed merchantman
- a taunto
- at sea
- at the helm
- aye aye
- azimuth thruster
- back and fill
- back water
- bail out
- ballast up
- banyan day
- batten down
- beam reach
- bear off
- becket hitch
- bell rope
- best bower
- between decks
- between wind and water
- bitter end
- black gang
- blue peter
- blue pigeon
- body plan
- bone in her teeth
- boom off
- bow rudder
- bow thruster
- box off
- box the compass
- brace of shakes
- break ground
- breast line
- broad in the beam
- broad reach
- brown-water navy
- buoy tender
- buoy up
- capstan screw
- cargo liner
- cast adrift
- cast anchor
- cast away
- cast off
- change of tack
- change tack
- cigarette boat
- clap on
- claw off
- close reach
- close to the wind
- coach roof
- cocked hat
- come about
- conning tower
- cow hitch
- crash dive
- damage control
- dead calm
- dead men
- dead water
- dead weight
- dead wood
- death roll
- deep water
- depth charge
- dog basket
- down the wind
- draw ahead
- drop anchor
- dry nurse
- engine room
- even keel
- fall off
- first port of call
- fisherman's knot
- fleet captain
- fleet landing
- floating dock
- flotsam and jetsam
- flying bridge
- fore and aft
- from stem to stern
- full sail
- full speed ahead
- gather way
- gingerbread work
- glory hole
- goat boat
- go down with
- go large
- gone north about
- green hand
- green water
- green-water navy
- ground-effect vehicle
- harbor of refuge
- harden up
- haul in
- haul off
- haul out
- haul up
- head up
- heave to
- hen and chicken
- high tide
- horse marine
- hot bed
- hull splash
- in irons
- jury mast
- keel over
- laid up
- lay by
- lay to
- lazy jacks
- let go by the run
- letter of marque
- life buoy
- life preserver
- line abreast
- line gun
- lock down
- lower deck
- low water
- mackinaw skiff
- main belt
- make landfall
- make sail
- make water
- make way
- middle body
- monkey bridge
- monkey jacket
- monkey ladder
- monkey's fist
- monkey tail
- moor up
- on deck
- on keel
- on the deck
- on the tack
- open order
- pay off
- pay out
- pilot coat
- pirate ship
- pointy end
- port of call
- powder monkey
- prop wash
- put about
- put in
- rag bagger
- rear admiral
- red ensign
- ride down
- ride out
- river runner
- rope yarn
- round in
- round ship
- round turn
- rubber duck
- run adrift
- run aground
- run in with
- safe harbor
- sag off
- sail close to the wind
- sailing vessel
- sea card
- sea chest
- sea lawyer
- sea legs
- sea load
- sea rat
- sea rover
- sharp end
- sheet anchor
- ship's company
- ship's days
- shove off
- shrimp boat
- single up
- slip the cable
- snatch block
- snubbing post
- sounding rod
- spring line
- stage plank
- stand off
- strike sail