A stevedore is a person who works in the loading and unloading of ships. The term can be broken down into several related words: stower (6 letters), LONGSHOREMAN (12 letters), DOCKER (6 letters), LADE (4 letters), lader (5 letters), and loader (6 letters). A stower is someone who stacks cargo onto a ship, a LONGSHOREMAN is someone who works on the docks, a DOCKER is someone who operates a crane to move cargo, a LADE is someone who loads cargo onto a ship, a lader is someone who loads and unloads cargo from a ship, and a loader is someone who loads cargo onto a truck or other vehicle.