Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of vessel is as below...

Veer :: Veer (v. t.) To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel..

Pontoon :: Pontoon (n.) A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter..

Amphora :: Amphora (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc..

Mate :: Mate (n.) An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate..

Pooping :: Pooping (n.) The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.

Light-handed :: Light-handed (a.) Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed..

Sink :: Sink (n.) A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen..

Post-captain :: Post-captain (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was posted, in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse..

Navy :: Navy (n.) The whole of the war vessels belonging to a nation or ruler, considered collectively; as, the navy of Italy..

Move :: Move (v. t.) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage..

Bivalve :: Bivalve (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels..

Wake :: Wake (n.) The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army..

Disembark :: Disembark (v. t.) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops..

Vascular :: Vascular (a.) Operating by means of, or made up of an arrangement of, vessels; as, the vascular system in animals, including the arteries, veins, capillaries, lacteals, etc..

Demijohn :: Demijohn (n.) A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork..

Mouthpiece :: Mouthpiece (n.) An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid..

Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.

Steerer :: Steerageway (n.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.

Lute :: Lute (n.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting..

Lymph :: Lymph (n.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together..

Random Fonts

Most Popular