stowage stowing | the act of packing or storing away |
shipbuilding ship building | the construction of ships |
abandoned ship derelict | a ship abandoned on the high seas |
bottom freighter merchantman merchant ship | a cargo ship, they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms |
capital ship | a warship of the first rank in size and armament |
cargo ship cargo vessel | a ship designed to carry cargo |
clipper clipper ship | a fast sailing ship used in former times |
container ship containership container vessel | a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes, the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceedpounds |
cruise ship cruise liner | a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises |
factory ship | a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea |
fire ship | a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships |
galley ship's galley caboose cookhouse | the area for food preparation on a ship |
gas-turbine ship | a ship powered by a gas turbine |
guard ship | a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron |
hospital ship | a ship built to serve as a hospital, used for wounded in wartime |
Liberty ship | a slow cargo ship built during World War II |
man-of-war ship of the line | a warship intended for combat |
nuclear-powered ship | ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor |
oil tanker oiler tanker tank ship | a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk |
passenger ship | a ship built to carry passengers |
patrol boat patrol ship | a vessel assigned to patrol an area |
picket ship | a ship serving as a picket |
pirate pirate ship | a ship that is manned by pirates |
sailing vessel sailing ship | a vessel that is powered by the wind, often having several masts |
school ship training ship | a ship used to train students as sailors |
seaway sea lane ship route trade route | a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels |
ship r | a vessel that carries passengers or freight |
ship canal shipway | a canal large enough for seagoing vessels |
ship-towed longange acoustic detection system | a shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the ship |
sister ship | a ship that is one of two or more similar ships built at the same time |
slave ship | a ship used to transport slaves from their homes to places of bondage |
small ship | a ship that is small |
storeroom storage room stowage | a room in which things are stored |
surface ship | a warship that operates on the surface of the water |
tender supply ship | ship that usually provides supplies to other ships |
tender ship's boat pinnace cutter | a boat for communication between ship and shore |
transport ship | a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment |
treasure ship | a thentury ship loaded with treasure |
warship war vessel combat ship | a government ship that is available for waging war |
weather ship | an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations |
whaler whaling ship | a ship engaged in whale fishing |
absorptivity absorption factor | (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body |
sun protection factor SPF | the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun |
releasing hormone RH releasing factor hypothalamic releasing hormone hypothalamic releasing factor | any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones, each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone |
gene cistron factor | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain, it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons, it is considered a unit of heredity, genes were formerly called factors |
cognitive factor | something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result |
determinant determiner determinative determining factor causal factor | a determining or causal element or factor, education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life |
clincher decisive factor | a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively |
factor | an independent variable in statistics |
component constituent element factor ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |