(nautical, historical) The United States Navy between 1775 and 1794.

(oceanography) The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.

(geology) The slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.

A type of work cycle, most commonly at a manufacturing plant or institution, with shifts worked four days in a row, followed by four days off in a row. It can also commonly be implemented as working four days in a row with three days off, then working three days in a row with four days off; switching every week.

Alternative spelling of transcontinental

A line of elevated terrain that divides a watershed or a continent, so that water flowing on either side eventually travels to separate bodies of water.

(philosophy) Any of various philosophical traditions strongly influenced by certain 19th and 20th century philosophers from mainland Europe, such as Hegel.

The phenomenon whereby southward-pointing landforms are more numerous and prominent than northward-pointing landforms.

(US, idiomatic) worthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.

A very large glacial body; an ice sheet.