Phrase Hound found 29 phrases and 23 compound words that contain seas. The most common are listed below. Open seas in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 29
- high seasThe regions of the ocean that are far from shore, especially those regions that do not belong to any country.
- China SeasA series of marginal seas in the Western Pacific Ocean around China, including the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea.
- seven seasAll the oceans of the world, in a common modern interpretation, the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean, but historical interpretations differ widely.
- freedom of the seasThe doctrine, widely recognized in international law, that, outside of narrow territorial limits, the oceans are open to unhindered navigation by vessels of all countries.
- Edinburgh of the Seven SeasThe only settlement on the island of Tristan da Cunha.
- mediterranean seasplural of mediterranean sea: The sea between Europe and Africa.
- narrow seasplural of narrow sea: A body of ocean water such as a channel.
- open seasplural of open sea: That part of the sea out of sight of land.
- Red Seasplural of Red Sea: A long, narrow sea between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea.
- inland seasplural of inland sea: A large but relatively shallow expanse of water within a landmass, sometimes connected to the ocean.
- marginal seasplural of marginal sea: A part of ocean partially enclosed by land such as islands, archipelagos, or peninsulas.
- territorial seasplural of territorial sea: The sea and ocean areas belonging to the territorial waters of a country.
- milky seasplural of milky sea: A bioluminescent phenomenon observable on moonless nights, caused by luminous plankton and bacteria, where the sea becomes milky white with a slight glow allowing one to see one's ship. The sea shines from horizon to …
- the Four SeasFour bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China: Qinghai Lake (to the west), the East China Sea (east), Lake Baikal (north), and the South China Sea (south).
- beam seasplural of beam sea: A sea whose waves come from abeam and roll against the ship's side. The waves strike the ship beam-on.
- beyond seasoverseas; abroad
- cross seasplural of cross sea: A (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
- deep seasplural of deep sea: Of, related to or located in the deeper part of the sea.
- green seasplural of green sea: A solid wave of water coming aboard the deck of a ship.
- head seasplural of head sea: A sea that meets the head of a vessel or rolls against her course.
- short seasplural of short sea: A sea in which the waves are choppy, irregular, and interrupted.
- deep blue seasplural of deep blue sea: The sea, the ocean, the open sea.
- seas of instabilityplural of sea of instability: The vast body of short-lived isotopes outside the stable or long-lived ones (which form a "curve" on the table of nuclides).
- Dirac seasplural of Dirac sea: A theoretical model of the vacuum as an infinite sea of particles with negative energy.
- primordial seasplural of primordial sea: The oceans of the earth at a time early in its history.
Compound words 23
- seasonsplural of season: Each of the divisions of a year based on the prevailing weather: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; or the rainy (monsoon) and dry season, depending on the climate.
- seashellThe empty shell of a marine mollusk.
- seascapeA view of the sea.
- seashellsplural of seashell: The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
- seascapesplural of seascape: A view of the sea.
- seastarAlternative form of sea star.
- SeascaleA coastal village and civil parish in Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY0401).
- seasaltAlternative form of sea salt: Salt prepared by evaporating seawater.
- counterseasplural of countersea: A sea running in an opposite direction from the wind.
- marshalseasplural of marshalsea: The court or seat of a marshal.