Converse of object

• dilate: Other patients need laser surgery to remove dilated blood vessels.

• moor: All vessels should be registered, including vessels moored off the main navigation channel in private marinas.

• tow: They also suggested that vessels towed by tugs did not need pilots.

• detain: On 6 October DOT detained the vessel because of non-possession of a valid FVC.

Adjective modifier

• naval: Naval vessels awaiting scrapping in the Camber in the early 1920s.

• earthen: Of a 'treasure ' in this earthen vessel I, of course, knew little.

• sea-going: Some were definitely sea-going vessels and could have been used in coastal and international trade.

• ocean-going: Ocean-going vessels navigate to the upper part of the river through Tower thames pleasure cruises Bridge: these are mainly cruise ships.

• stricken: The boat and its crew made steady progress, against a heavy swell, toward the stricken vessel in the Bristol Channel.

• sacred: For over 800 years, stories about a sacred vessel once used by Jesus have inspired people to search for it.

Modifies a noun

• occlusion: Both types of retinal vessel occlusion cause a painless loss of vision.

Noun used with modifier

• blood: The leaky blood vessels pour out protein rich exudate which causes swelling.

• fishing: The wreck of a small fishing vessel lies within feet of her stern.

• sailing: For long voyages the sailing vessel replaced the medieval galley rowed by oars.

• cargo: A Kirkwall lifeboat crewman was injured during a rescue operation which saw a cargo vessel drifting out of control in Kirkwall Bay.

• merchant: This included looking extensively for an imaginary island that had been reported by the captain of a merchant vessel.

• pottery: Note the pottery vessels used to scoop up the water lashed to the perimeter of the wheel.

Preposition: in

• retina: Both conditions are caused by damage to blood vessels in the retina.

• penis: Cyclic GMP causes the blood vessels in the penis to widen by relaxing a thin layer of muscle found in the blood vessel walls.

Preposition: of

• burthen: The pier, having been constructed in 1750, vessels of 150 tons burthen may ride here in safety.