| 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). |
| anchor |
a heavy object that is dropped from a boat or ship by a cable to keep the vessel from moving. [1/4 definitions] |
| 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 blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. [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] |
| blood vessel |
any of the tubes in the body through which the blood moves. Arteries, veins, and capillaries are types of blood vessel. |
| 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. |