Anagram Solver

Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler

Portable Edition New!

Use ? for blank letters (Max 2) - Need Help?
Dictionary

Showing words for VESSELS using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Vessels

vessels

6 Letter Words for Vessels

lesses, selves, vessel, vesses

5 Letter Words for Vessels

elses, elves, esses, leses, seels, seles, veles

4 Letter Words for Vessels

eels, elev, else, elve, eses, esse, eves, lees, lese, less, leve, seel, sees, sele, sels, sese, sess, seve, slee, vees, vele, vese

3 Letter Words for Vessels

eel, els, ese, ess, eve, lee, les, lev, see, sel, sle, sse, vee, vel, vss

Definitions for Vessels

[1] a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
[2] an airship.
[3] a hollow or concave utensil, as a cup, bowl, pitcher, or vase, used for holding liquids or other contents.
[4] Anatomy , Zoology . a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, containing or conveying blood or some other body fluid.
[5] Botany . a duct formed in the xylem, composed of connected cells that have lost their intervening partitions, that conducts water and mineral nutrients. Compare tracheid.
[6] a person regarded as a holder or receiver of something, especially something nonmaterial: a vessel of grace; a vessel of wrath.
[7] any object used as a container, esp for a liquid
[8] a passenger or freight-carrying ship, boat, etc
[9] an aircraft, esp an airship
[10] anatomy a tubular structure that transports such body fluids as blood and lymph
[11] botany a tubular element of xylem tissue consisting of a row of cells in which the connecting cell walls have broken down
[12] rare a person regarded as an agent or vehicle for some purpose or quality she was the vessel of the Lord

Words related to Vessels

vesselcraft, barge, boat, liner, tanker, bottom, bucket, can, bark, steamer, tub, utensil, urn, kettle, pitcher, basin, receptacle, pot, bateau

Words nearby Vessels

vesselvespertine, vespiary, vespid, vespine, vespucci, vessel, vessel element, vest, vest-pocket, vest-pocket park, vesta

Origin of Vessels

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French vessel, va(i)ssel < Latin vāscellum, equivalent to vās (see vase) + -cellum diminutive suffix

Words that may be confused with Vessels

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, vesselvassal, vessel

Other words from Vessels

ves·seled ; especially British , ves·selled , adjective
un·ves·seled , adjective

Word origin for Vessels

C13: from Old French vaissel, from Late Latin vascellum urn, from Latin vās vessel

Synonyms for Vessels

barge, boat, craft, liner, ocean liner, tanker, bark, bottom, bucket, can, steamer, tub, bateau