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Crossword Puzzel Oceans & Maritime Crossword — myvocabulary.com

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  • 1 – A violent tropical cyclone with winds moving at 73 or more MPH, often accompanied by torrential rains (noun)
  • 3 – The act, condition or period for blooming (noun)
  • 6 – Any surface where an animal or plant grows or is attached (noun)
  • 8 – Any individual animal, plant, bacterium, etc. having various parts or systems that function together as a whole to maintain life and its activities (noun)
  • 9 – On, near, or living near the sea; of or relating to sea navigation, shipping, etc. (adjective)
  • 10 – Tiny plants and animals that live on or near the ocean’s surface (noun)
  • 13 – Having to do with the area of a seashore between the high-tide mark and the low-tide mark (adjective)
  • 14 – The variety of life forms on Earth or in a specific habitat or ecosystem (noun)
  • 16 – The middle ocean zone that receives very little sunlight and contains no plants and few animals (noun)
  • 18 – Particles of dirt and rock that are carried by water, wind or ice and deposited elsewhere (noun)
  • 20 – The process by which living things produce light (noun)
  • 21 – To place under or cover with water or the like; to plunge into water (verb)
  • 22 – An extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly (noun)
  • 23 – The part of the river where fresh water mixes with the ocean’s salt water (noun)

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  • 2 – The descending area of land around the edges of each land mass (noun)
  • 4 – Having to do with the study of oceans, including their water, biology and geology (adjective)
  • 5 – Somewhat salty or briny; distasteful; unpleasant (adjective)
  • 7 – A crystalline compound (NaCl) occurring chiefly as a mineral or as a constituent of seawter (noun)
  • 11 – A huge wave caused by a great disturbance under the ocean, as a strong earthquake or violent eruption (noun)
  • 12 – Strong surface current flowing outward from a shore (noun)
  • 15 – Growing or living in or near water (adjective)
  • 17 – Of or pertaining to seaman, ships, water or navigation (adjective)
  • 19 – A set or arrangement of plants, animals and bacteria interrelated together with its physical and chemical environment (noun)