| Burgess-ship (n.) The state of privilege of a burgess. |
| Gauger-ship (n.) The office of a gauger. |
| High-churchman-ship (n.) The state of being a high-churchman. |
| Hospital (n.) A place for shelter or entertainment |
| Hospital (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated |
| Hospital (a.) Hospitable. |
| Hostess-ship (n.) The character, personality, or office of a hostess. |
| Light-ship (n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners. |
| Lock hospital () A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases. |
| Lode-ship (n.) An old name for a pilot boat. |
| hospitalization / hospitalisation / hospital care placing in medical care in a hospital |
| shipbuilding / ship building the construction of ships |
| abandoned ship / derelict a ship abandoned on the high seas |
| bottom / freighter / merchantman / merchant ship a cargo ship, "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" |
| capital ship a warship of the first rank in size and armament |
| cargo ship / cargo vessel a ship designed to carry cargo |
| clipper clipper ship a fast sailing ship used in former times |
| container ship / containership / container vessel a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes, "the weight of the documentation of all the consignments on board a contemporary container ship can exceedpounds" |
| creche / foundling hospital a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for |
| cruise ship / cruise liner a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises |