Phrase Hound found 37 phrases and 16 compound words that contain vessel. The most common are listed below. Open vessel in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 37
- blood vesselA component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.
- pressure vesselA container designed to maintain a volume at a significantly different pressure to that of ambient.
- fishing vesselA fishing boat, usually a relatively large one.
- cargo vesselAny vessel designed to carry cargo.
- lymph vesselA thin-walled vessel that carries lymph through the lymphatic system.
- sailing vesselA boat or ship powered by wind in its sails; a sailboat or sailing ship.
- vessel fluteA type of flute with an enclosed rather than cylindrical body - i.e. a vessel rather than a tube - such as the ocarina, xun, etc.
- supply vesselA ship used to transport supplies to offshore installations such as oil and gas platforms.
- bomb vesselSynonym of bomb ship: A ship armed with high-angle mortars firing explosive or carcass shells, and specialized for shore bombardment.
- container vesselSynonym of container ship: A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.
- expansion vesselSynonym of expansion tank: A small tank that is partially filled with air to protect closed water heating systems (not open to atmospheric pressure) and domestic hot-water systems from excessive pressure.
- great vesselAny of the large vessels that bring blood to and from the heart, i.e. the superior and inferior vena cava, the pulmonary arteries and veins, and the aorta.
- motor vesselSynonym of motor ship: A seagoing vessel powered by an internal combustion engine, usually a diesel. Compare with steamship.
- reaction vesselAny vessel used to contain the reactants taking part in a chemical reaction. Synonym: chemical reactor.
- star vesselSynonym of starship: A type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.
- vessel elementA cell that is linear in form and is responsible for the conduction of water and minerals in the xylem.
- vessel elementsplural of vessel element: A cell that is linear in form and is responsible for the conduction of water and minerals in the xylem.
- vessel sinkA type of bathroom sink that sits above the vanity; a sort of washbasin without plumbing.
- communicating vesselOne vessel in a system of containers filled with a homogeneous fluid, connected at the base and subjected to the same atmospheric pressure.
- broken vesselA person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.
- diving support vesselA ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects.
- dive support vesselAlternative form of diving support vessel: A ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects.
- lymphatic vesselA lymph vessel.
- Dewar vesselA type of double-walled vacuum flask with silver lining.
- coasting vesselA ship employed solely in trade between the ports of one country.
Compound words 16
- multivesselHaving or needing multiple vessels
- exvesselOf or pertaining to activities that occur when a commercial fishing boat lands or unloads a catch.
- gloeovesselA vessel-shaped attachment to a gleocystidium that projects into the trama.
- neovesselA new blood vessel (formed by neovascularization).
- perivesselperivascular
- vesselnessThe condition of being a (tubular) vessel
- cardiovesselA cardiac blood vessel
- intervesselBetween vessels
- macrovesselAny of the larger blood vessels
- nanovesselA nanoscale vessel