VESSELS Synonyms

• a large number or amount

• a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

• push one's way

• transport by barge on a body of water

• a small vessel for travel on water

• a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

• ride in a boat on water

• small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle

• travel by canoe

• someone whose employment involves carrying something

• a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something

• a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

• an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

• a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

• a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

• a man who delivers the mail

• a boy who delivers newspapers

• (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

• a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like

• (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring

• a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck

• the skilled practice of a practical occupation

• a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

• people who perform a particular kind of skilled work

• skill in an occupation or trade

• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

• make by hand and with much skill

• a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters

• a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer

• a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board

• a cargo ship

• a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

• (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars

• the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

• the area for food preparation on a ship

• a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines

• a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos

• travel in a small canoe

• (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge

• a float supporting a seaplane

• a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast

• a vessel that carries passengers or freight

• transport commercially

• hire for work on a ship

• go on board

• travel by ship

• place on board a ship

• a clam that is usually steamed in the shell

• a cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it

• a ship powered by one or more steam engines

• an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe

• travel by means of steam power

• a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• beneath the surface of the sea

• move forward or under in a sliding motion

• throw with an underhand motion

• bring down with a blow to the legs

• control a submarine

• attack by submarine

• a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

• a soldier who drives a tank

• a motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads.

• a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls

• skill in the management of boats

• a craft designed for water transportation