man-of-war
Sailing battle ship
A man-of-war is an armed naval vessel, especially a sailing warship of the 16th through 19th centuries: The man-of-war fired a broadside at the enemy fleet.
The term evokes wooden ships with cannon decks and billowing sails.
A Portuguese man-of-war is a marine creature with long, venomous tentacles trailing beneath a gas-filled float—named for its resemblance to a sailing ship.
Medium-sized naval warship
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- armadaFleet of warships
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
- fleetVehicles under unified command
navy · cannons · broadside · deck · mast · rigging · crew · captain
Of a western Iberian nation
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- nematocystsStinging organelles of cnidarians
- venomousProducing injected toxins
- stingSharp wound from insect
float · colonial · bluebottle · venom · drifting · translucent · ocean · marine
Authorized civilian warship
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- piracySeaborne theft or bootlegging
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
scurvy · press-gang · Nelson · Trafalgar · merchant · convoy · blockade · prize
frigate
Medium-sized naval warship
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- armadaFleet of warships
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
fleet · navy · cannons · broadside · deck · mast · rigging · crew · captain · admiral
Portuguese
Of a western Iberian nation
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- nematocystsStinging organelles of cnidarians
- venomousProducing injected toxins
sting · float · colonial · bluebottle · venom · drifting · translucent · ocean · marine · tropical
privateer
Authorized civilian warship
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- piracySeaborne theft or bootlegging
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
colonization · scurvy · press-gang · Nelson · Trafalgar · merchant · convoy · blockade · prize · empire
frigatebird
Tropical seabird, steals prey
soaring · pouch · red · inflated · pirate · Galapagos · Caribbean · nesting · colony · magnificent
- boatsboat, ship, canoe, kayak, yacht
- ocean lifeocean, sea, sea creatures, shark, sea life
- watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, ships
- Navieswarships, ships, cruiser, battleship, sailors
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
- coastal wildlifepelican, grey seal, seagull, gull, sandpiper
man-of-warmerchant ship
Vessel for transporting goods
merchantman · cargo ship · freighter · collier · packet ship
man-of-warmoon jelly
Translucent pulsing sea invertebrate