man-o-war
Warship with sails
A man-o-war is a warship, especially a large sailing vessel of the 16th through 19th centuries armed with cannons and designed for naval combat.
The term now sounds archaic or poetic.
The Portuguese man-o-war is a marine organism resembling a jellyfish, with long venomous tentacles trailing from a gas-filled bladder that floats on the surface.
Also spelled man-of-war.
Flexible grasping appendages
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- venomousProducing injected toxins
- cnidarianStinging aquatic invertebrate
hydrozoan · bluebottle · nematocysts · colonial · pelagic · drift · plankton · marine
Large historical sailing ship
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- broadsideFierce written assault
- sailShip's wind-catching fabric
mast · deck · rigging · gunpowder · armada · privateer · corsair · admiral
Era of wind-propelled ships
- maritimeOf the sea
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- Age of DiscoveryEuropean maritime expansion era
colonization · trade routes · Royal Navy · Spanish Armada · Trafalgar · Nelson · empire · conquest
Injected animal poison
- nematocystsStinging organelles of cnidarians
- painfulCausing hurt or ache
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
burning · swelling · toxic · welts · allergic · anaphylaxis · treatment · vinegar
tentacles
Flexible grasping appendages
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
- venomousProducing injected toxins
cnidarian · hydrozoan · bluebottle · nematocysts · colonial · pelagic · drift · plankton · marine · oceanic
galleon
Large historical sailing ship
sail · mast · deck · rigging · gunpowder · armada · privateer · corsair · admiral · captain
Age of Sail
Era of wind-propelled ships
- maritimeOf the sea
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
Age of Discovery · colonization · trade routes · Royal Navy · Spanish Armada · Trafalgar · Nelson · empire · conquest · mercantilism
venom
Injected animal poison
- nematocystsStinging organelles of cnidarians
- painfulCausing hurt or ache
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
tentacles · burning · swelling · toxic · welts · allergic · anaphylaxis · treatment · vinegar · first aid
man-o-warmerchant ship
Vessel for transporting goods
merchantman · freighter · cargo ship · cargo vessel · packet ship
man-o-warmoon jellyfish
Translucent marine cnidarian
moon jelly · sea turtle · sea cucumber · sea nettle · starfish
war, man, woman, human, warrior, warfare, humane, humanity, inhuman