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A
albatross
AL-buh-traws
asterism
AS-ter-iz-um
azimuth
AZ-ih-muth
B
backing
BAK-ing
blaze
BLAYZ
by-the-wind sailor
by-thuh-WIND SAY-ler
C
cordage
KOR-dij
cyclone
SY-klohn
D
dead reckoning
DED REK-un-ing
declination
dek-lih-NAY-shun
derelict
DER-uh-likt
drachen
DRAHK-un
driftwood
DRIFT-wuud
E
ebb
EB
endonym
EN-doh-nim
etak
EH-tak
eurus
YOOR-us
exonym
EK-soh-nim
F
false dawn
FAWLS DAWN
fast-ice
FAST-ice
flagging
FLAG-ing
flaw lead
FLAW leed
fluke
FLOOK
frigatebird
FRIG-ut-burd
G
gaat
GAHT
gnomon
NOH-mon
growler
GROW-ler
guillemot
GIL-uh-mot
guyot
GEE-oh
H
horse latitudes
HORS LAT-ih-toodz
I
iceblink
ICE-blink
inuksuit
in-OOK-sweet
inuksuk
in-OOK-shook
J
jacob’s ladder
JAY-kubz LAD-er
K
kamal
kah-MAL
L
lagan
LAG-un
landfall
LAND-fawl
lead
LEED
looming
LOOM-ing
M
maelstrom
MAYL-strum
mare’s tail
MARZ TAYL
migration
my-GRAY-shun
milky sea
MIL-kee SEE
N
nadir
NAY-dur
notus
NOH-tus
P
pack ice
PAK ICE
parallax
PAIR-uh-laks
petrel
PET-rul
puffin
PUF-in
Q
qamutiik
kah-MOO-teek
R
rhumb line
RUM lyn
S
sanderling
SAN-der-ling
scintillation
sin-tih-LAY-shun
sea bean
SEE BEEN
sea fog
SEE FOG
seamark
SEE-mark
seamount
SEE-mownt
selenography
sel-uh-NOG-ruh-fee
shearwater
SHEER-waw-ter
shepherd’s warning
SHEP-erdz WOR-ning
shuga
SHOO-guh
sidereal
sy-DEER-ee-ul
sikussak
SEE-koo-sak
slackwater
SLAK-waw-ter
songline
SONG-line
southerly buster
SUTH-er-lee BUS-ter
star compass
STAR KUM-pus
star path
STAR PATH
stick chart
STIK CHART
sundial
SUN-dy-ul
swell
SWEL
T
tide
TIDE
topogeny
toh-POJ-eh-nee
toponym
TOP-uh-nim
U
ultima Thule
UL-tih-muh TOO-lee
umiak
OO-mee-ak
undertow
UN-der-toh
undular bore
UN-dyuh-ler BOR
V
veering
VEER-ing
velella
vuh-LEL-uh
W
water sky
WAH-ter sky
wave piloting
WAYV PY-luh-ting
wayfinder
WAY-fine-der
whirlpool
WURL-pool
Z
zenith
ZEE-nith
zephyrus
ZEF-uh-rus