Concept cluster: The Elements > Submarines
adj
In or carried by the air.
adj
(military) Intended to attack submarines.
adj
(informal, military) antisubmarine
adj
(military) Intended for use against submarines.
adj
(military) Attacking military units that are on the surface of the ocean.
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(US, Navy) Auxiliary Provisions Sub Surface - diesel powered transport submarine
n
Any of several ships and submarines of the British and US navies.
n
An autonomous submarine vehicle.
n
Alternative spelling of bathyscaphe [A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.]
n
A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.
v
(astronautics) To use a device to bring a spaceship into its berth/dock
n
(US, nautical, military, slang) A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN.
adj
carried / transported by clouds
n
(nautical) The maximum depth at which a submarine is designed to be able to operate safely.
n
(US, military, informal) A submarine's mess hall.
n
(aviation) An expendable external fuel tank on an aircraft.
n
A group of canal locks with a short distance between them
n
A terminal for hovercraft.
n
(military) A submarine designed to seek and destroy other vessels.
n
(historical) A kind of underwater rocket or torpedo.
n
An undersea explorer, such as a submariner.
n
A handwritten letter from the British Prime Minister to the commanding officers of nuclear submarines, specifying the action to be taken in the event that an enemy nuclear strike destroys the British government.
n
A compass (navigational instrument).
n
A submersible submarine designed for drifting on sea currents in the middle depth layers of the ocean.
n
(military, slang) A German WWII submarine designed to carry large cargoes of supplies and transfer them to other submarines.
n
A short cruise.
n
(informal) A minisubmarine.
n
A small submarine.
n
A semi-submersible or submarine purpose-built to smuggle narcotics.
n
Synonym of narcosub
n
(military, historical) The Soviet Union's first class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, in service from 1958 through 1990.
n
(nautical, military) The maximum depth at which a submarine is permitted to operate when actively engaged in battle.
n
(astronautics) a solar sail.
adj
Beside an airplane; particularly used of baggage check or security searches
n
(aviation, informal) In a commercial passenger airliner, the dense, forest-like profusion of suspended tubes, straps, bags, and masks which results when large numbers of oxygen masks are deployed.
n
A designated portion of the sea for naval use.
adj
that can be partially submerged; usually relating to offshore drilling platforms and associated vessels.
n
(informal) A semisubmersible.
n
(military, slang) The banks of Polaris missile tubes on a submarine.
adv
(science fiction) On a spaceship, rather than on a planet etc.
n
(military, informal, sometimes capitalized) The submarine service.
n
Alternative form of sofar bomb [(nautical, military) A device (usually an imploding metal sphere or an explosive charge fuzed to explode at depth) which sinks in the ocean and creates a loud, low-frequency sound when it enters the sofar channel; used to determine the location of sunken vessels.]
n
(US, military, nautical) Sub-surface ballistic nuclear: a nuclear-powered submarine carrying and launching ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons
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(US, military, nautical) Subsurface guided nuclear: a nuclear-powered submarine carrying and launching guided missiles
n
(US, military, nautical, obsolete) Sub Surface Radar Nuclear - a nuclear-powered radar picket submarine
n
A submarine.
n
A submarine tender.
adj
Designed for underwater use.
n
A submarine chaser.
n
An independent tactical unit of a fleet
n
A submarine hunter.
n
A boat that can go underwater.
n
A small, fast naval vessel intended specifically for antisubmarine warfare.
n
(geology) A shallow marine sediment beyond the opening of a large river etc.
n
(physics) Synonym of Supplee's paradox
n
(informal) A patent first published and granted long after the filing of the initial application.
adj
Having the characteristics of a submarine.
n
A member of the crew of a submarine.
n
(dated) The use of submarines in warfare.
n
(rare) Synonym of submariner (“member of the crew of a submarine”)
n
(Britain) A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration.
n
A submarine (underwater) transect
n
Someone who travels by underground railway; someone who subways.
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A particularly well-equipped and powerful submarine (underwater vehicle).
n
(obsolete, military) A training location for use of tanks; tank park.
n
(nautical, military) The maximum depth at which a submarine is permitted to operate in peacetime.
n
(regional) A submarine sandwich.
adj
Designed to travel on land, air or sea
n
(military, nautical, historical) Any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.
n
A submariner on a U-boat
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Synonym of unidentified submerged object
n
An unidentified object submerged in water, not necessarily of paranormal origin.
n
Unidentified submerged object or unidentified submarine object.
n
(historical) A one-man British midget submarine developed for use in World War II, though barely used.

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