What is the meaning of VESSELS. Phrases containing VESSELS
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Love Ya, See Ya, Bye
Splatter movie is slang for a type of film depicting lots of graphical and bloody murders.
Town
Lies and tall tales.
You Only Live Once.
cocaine
Security guards who act like there real cops.
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Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sides tumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.).
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Not furnished with ballast; not kept steady by ballast; unsteady; as, unballasted vessels; unballasted wits.
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An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles.
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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.
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A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
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Of or pertaining to the vessels of animal and vegetable bodies; as, the vascular functions.
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A substance which causes constriction of the blood vessels. Such substances are used in medicine to raise blood pressure.
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Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic.
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Having spars smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.
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Fig.: A person regarded as receiving or containing something; esp. (Script.), one into whom something is conceived as poured, or in whom something is stored for use; as, vessels of wrath or mercy.
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The act or operation of transferring the blood of one man or animal into the vascular system of another; also, the introduction of any fluid into the blood vessels, or into a cavity of the body from which it can readily be adsorbed into the vessels; intrafusion; as, the peritoneal transfusion of milk.
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One of the vessels which carry blood, either venous or arterial, to the heart. See Artery, 2.
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A small, powerful steamboat used to tow vessels; -- called also steam tug, tugboat, and towboat.
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Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful toward advancing any purpose; beneficial; profitable; advantageous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts.
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Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, the vasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-inhibitory, and vasohypotonic nerves, since their stimulation causes relaxation and rest.
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Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels.
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A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
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Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.
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Consisting of, or containing, vessels as an essential part of a structure; full of vessels; specifically (Bot.), pertaining to, or containing, special ducts, or tubes, for the circulation of sap.
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Concerned in the development and formation of blood vessels and blood corpuscles; as, the vasoformative cells.
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