acupressure |
a medical technique that seeks to stop bleeding by placing needles in the tissue next to a bleeding vessel. [1/2 definitions] |
afloat |
floating on a boat or other vessel. [1/6 definitions] |
alembic |
a device, used in the past for distillation, whose main vessel has a beaked top. [1/2 definitions] |
amphora |
a tall oval ceramic vessel with a narrow neck and two handles, used in ancient Greece and Rome for storage or decoration. |
anastomose |
to connect, either by natural branching growth or by surgery (parts of a blood vessel, nerve, or any branching system). |
aneurysm |
a dilation in a particular part of an artery caused by weakness in the vessel wall. |
angioplasty |
surgical repair of a blood vessel. |
aport |
on or toward the left or port side of a vessel. |
argosy |
a large merchant vessel, esp. one carrying valuable merchandise. [1/3 definitions] |
arteriole |
a blood vessel located between an artery and a capillary. |
arteriosclerosis |
a chronic disease of the arteries in which inelastic and thickened vessel walls reduce blood flow. |
artery |
a vessel that carries blood away from the heart. (Cf. vein.) [1/2 definitions] |
backstay |
a rope that extends from the mast to the stern or side of a vessel to help support the mast. |
barrel |
a cylindrical vessel with a flat top and bottom, often made of wood staves hooped together and having bulging sides. [2/6 definitions] |
becalm |
to make (a sailing vessel) motionless from lack of wind. |
bell jar |
a bell-shaped glass vessel for holding gases or a vacuum. [1/2 definitions] |
blowout |
the sudden bursting of a vessel containing air or liquid under pressure, esp. an automobile tire. [1/2 definitions] |
brig |
a two-masted sailing vessel with square-rigged sails. [1/2 definitions] |
brigantine |
a two-masted sailing vessel with square-rigged sails on the front mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail. |
caïque |
a small single-masted sailing vessel used in the eastern Mediterranean. [1/2 definitions] |
canalboat |
a long narrow vessel used to transport freight along canals and riverways. |