nautical

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

nautical
    adj 1: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation
           or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine
           insurance" [syn: {nautical}, {maritime}, {marine}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nautical \Nau"tic*al\, a. [L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr.
   nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique.
   See {Nave} of a church.]
   Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to
   ships; as, nautical skill.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Naval; marine; maritime. See {Naval}.
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   {Nautical almanac}. See under {Almanac}.

   {Nautical distance}, the length in nautical miles of the
      rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface.
      

   {nautical mile}. See under {Mile}.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "nautical":
      bathymetric, bathyorographical, boating, deep-sea, hydrographic,
      marine, maritime, naval, navigational, ocean-going, oceanic,
      oceanographic, pelagic, sailing, salty, seafaring, seagoing,
      seamanlike, seamanly, terriginous, thalassic, water-borne,
      yachting