Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to the ocean: "Like many oceanic islands, Bermuda was originally free of all mammals except the bat” ( Dwight Holing).
- adj. Produced by or living in an ocean, especially in the open sea rather than in shallow coastal waters.
- adj. Resembling an ocean in expanse; vast: oceanic steppes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Belonging or relating to the ocean: as, the oceanic areas, basins, islands, etc.
- Wide or extended as the ocean.
- Specifically, in zoology, inhabiting the high seas; pelagic.
- Pertaining to or noting the languages of the Malay-Polynesian group.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or relating to the ocean.
- adj. Living in, produced by, or frequenting the ocean; pelagic.
- adj. Resembling an ocean in vastness or extent.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean.
- adj. Of or pertaining to Oceania or its inhabitants.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. constituting or living in the open sea
- adj. resembling the ocean in apparent limitlessness in extent or degree
- n. an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
- adj. relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
Examples
“The census takers conceded Monday, however, that they still have a poor understanding of both sea microbes and sea plants, both of which play a crucial role in oceanic life.”
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“But just how much artificial warming — as opposed to natural drifts in oceanic temperatures — contributed to the drought that struck Darfur is as debatable as the relationship between global warming and the destruction of New Orleans.”
“What about arranging for the descent into the caves with a type of mobile tethered and insulated bathysphere, similar to that used in oceanic diving.”
“This will reduce vertical mixing and suppress the upward flux of nutrients, leading to a decline in oceanic primary production.”
“But, no, at 7am, there was a jarring wake-up call and what ensued was a two-and-a-half-hour torture session in oceanic hell boat trip, with much rolling and slamming over the playful, bouncy waves.”
“Civil Engineering and Nautics (Vol. 4, Part III) still offers the best explanation of why China led the world in oceanic exploration in the fourteenth century.”
“According to the Earth Policy Institute, scientists have measured definite increases in oceanic “dead zones” that are caused by fertilizer run-off and air pollution.”
“Continuing thereafter to break new ground in oceanic research, he was appointed professor of oceanography in 1908.”
“The other three big ones - Pacific, Nazca and Cocos - are known as "oceanic plates" because they are located almost entirely underwater.”
“So, our timeline, where oceanic is bankrupt, is the final resolution to Jack’s mission?”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘oceanic’.
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My favorite sounds
My favorite words to say.
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jilma's list
favorite sounding words
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Earth-Friendly Organic Produce
An Ecosystem of earth/life-related words.
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the most beautiful
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chiaroscuro, mollycoddle, feckless, evocative, provocative, invocation, beckon, allay, becalm, console, lull, soothe and 479 more...
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reticent, slammerkin, moonstruck, zephyr, gallivant, hullabaloo, pandemonium, equestrian, wallflower, martyr, threadbare, treacherous and 180 more...
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-ic ending
Words ending in ic, tic or nic.
clastic, elastic, caustic, spastic, frantic, lactic, moronic, ironic, panic, doric, diplomatic, bureaucratic and 202 more...
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Of or Pertaining to the Seas
Adjectives meaning of or pertaining to the seas
oceanic, pelagic, thalassian, pelagious, pelagian, pantopelagian, pelagial, marine, thalassic, thalassal
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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crystal, ghost, mist, snow, labyrinth, citadel, tomb, mystery, arcane, conundrum, echo, dynamo and 389 more...
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noele's list
vertiginous, verdant, mellifluous, serpentine, verdigris, traject, amaranthine, luminous, phosphorescent, temerous, cerulean, shapeshifter and 531 more...
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.la mer
ballast, barnacle, brackish, brine, shell, shore, nautical, kelp, krill, littoral, nautilus, estuary and 14 more...
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lovely words
talon, flightless, feathered, coral, innocence, breathing, golden, scent, crinkle, colors, flushed, seamist and 57 more...
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pretty words
adore, brood, bungalow, celestial, cerulean, charm, cinnamon, dear, demure, dew, droplet, enchanting and 54 more...
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words about water
words about forms of water, places of water, movements of water.
estuary, tributary, effluvial, alluvial, river, bay, pond, playa lake, tidal, bayou, cloud, cumulonimbus and 63 more...
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Lepidoptera's Words
tortuous, terse, metastasizing, anfractuosity, convolutions, antedeluvian, contusion, oceanic, calliope, verdant, macrosmatic, malacodermous and 53 more...
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