1. one who envisions, organizes, operates, and assumes the risk of a business for profit

2. a narrow channel connecting two larger bodies of water

3. a region belonging to or controlled by a government or ruler

4. finding one’s position and plotting a course, especially on the water

5. the farthest visible point where sky and earth or water seem to meet

6. an extended journey by ship, especially by sea, but also in space

7. an ancient instrument used to calculate positions of celestial bodies by which ships at sea could tell where they were

8. one of Earth’s seven great land masses

9. to restructure, change, or improve something

10. to sail or travel completely around something

11. location or point north or south from the equator, measured in degrees

12. a formal contract or agreement between political entities, approved and signed by authorized representatives

13. a withering disease of plants, with eventual tissue death

14. journeys or trips organized for certain reasons or purposes

15. contaminated by germs that cause disease