English words starting with oce

Meanings of Ocean:

noun

A very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.

Usage examples:

The atlantic ocean

Meanings of Ocean-going:

adjective

(of a ship, boat, etc.) designed for travelling across large areas of ocean

Usage examples:

An ocean-going vessel

Meanings of Ocean-liner:

noun

A very large area ...

Meanings of Oceanarium:

noun

A large seawater aquarium in which marine animals are kept for study and public entertainment.

Usage examples:

Dolly the dolphin, the much loved senior resident of the bayworld oceanarium, is pregnant again.

Meanings of Oceanaut:

noun

Aquanaut.

Meanings of Oceanauts:

noun

Aquanaut.

Meanings of Oceaned:

adjective

Like or characteristic of an ocean; provided with an ocean or oceans.

Meanings of Oceanfront:

noun

The land that borders an ocean.

Usage examples:

This music kind of reminds us of the oceanfront - those soothing sounds of being on the water's edge.

Meanings of Oceanful:

noun

As much as an ocean contains; hyperbolically, a large quantity.

Meanings of Oceangoing:

adjective

(of a ship) designed to cross oceans.

Usage examples:

Seven major rivers cross suriname, many partly navigable by large ocean-going ships.

Meanings of Oceania:

proper noun

An area that encompasses the islands of the pacific ocean and adjacent seas.

noun

The region of the world that consists of the islands of the pacific ocean and the seas around them

Meanings of Oceanian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the islands of oceania or their inhabitants.

Usage examples:

The cool, shadowy oceanian landscape

noun

A native or inhabitant of the islands of oceania.

Usage examples:

The oceanians who progressively peopled the pacific islands over ten centuries

Meanings of Oceanic:

adjective

Relating to the ocean.

Usage examples:

Oceanic atolls

Meanings of Oceanicity:

noun

The extent to which a particular climate is oceanic; the state of being or having an oceanic climate.

Meanings of Oceanid:

noun

A sea nymph.

Usage examples:

Each painting features a dazzlingly nubile phoebus apollo surrounded by a throng of oceanides, trit…

Meanings of Oceanity:

noun

Oceanic character; specifically (of climate) = oceanicity .

Meanings of Oceanographer:

noun

The scientific study of the oceans and seas and the organisms that live in them

Meanings of Oceanographically:

adverb

As regards oceanography.

Meanings of Oceanography:

noun

The branch of science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea.

Usage examples:

Both students are in the biological oceanography curricular group at scripps.

Meanings of Oceanology:

noun

Another term for oceanography.

Meanings of Oceans:

noun

A very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.

Usage examples:

The atlantic ocean

Meanings of Oceanside:

noun

A place or area of land by the sea.

Usage examples:

An oceanside resort

Meanings of Oceanus:

proper noun

The son of uranus (heaven) and gaia (earth), the personification of the great river believed to encircle the whole world.

Meanings of Oceanward:

adverb

Towards the ocean.

Usage examples:

The vessel drifted oceanward

adjective

Directed or moving towards the ocean.

Usage examples:

The oceanward side of the reef

Meanings of Oceanwards:

adverb

Towards the ocean.

Usage examples:

The vessel drifted oceanward

adjective

Directed or moving towards the ocean.

Usage examples:

The oceanward side of the reef