| ULE | End for duct or cup |
| OVI | Start for "duct" or "form" |
| ILE | Ending for duct or infant |
| MAIN | From the Old English for "strength", a word for power or force; the chief part; a principal cable, duct or pipe; or, the high sea or open ocean (4) |
| FLUE | Light fluff of an unswept place; soft down or fur; a duct or vent for gasses or smoke; a small chimney; an organ-pipe; or, dialect for a fishing net (4) |
| TUBES | Related to "straight trumpets", word for ducts, such as the small anatomical Fallopian or Eustachian examples; hoses or pipes; or, trains running through vasiform tunnels (5) |
| STOPPER | A bung, cork, plug or spigot for sealing a bottle, decanter, duct or pipe; or, a person/thing that halts a crime, goal, show or other process (7) |
| CRUSE | An old word for an earthenware jar or pot; or, a little bottle or cup (5) |
| HAMPER | An old fancy case for a medieval noble's drinking goblet or cup, but now a basket for either dirty laundry, festive fare or one's picnic grub (6) |
| FISTULA | Abnormal duct or passage resulting from injury or disease (7) |
| TAPE | Word that can follow "duct" or "Scotch" |
| VAS | Duct or vessel |
| TEAR | Kind of duct or drop |
| SKYPHOS | From "goblet", a two-handled ancient Greek drinking cup; or, cup-shaped body of a flower or lichen (7) |
| OLA | Ending for pay or cup |
| VESSEL | Cutter or clipper . . . or cup |
| FUL | Suffix for spoon or cup |
| CANAL | Tubular duct or passage that conveys air, food, liquid, nerves etc. (5) |
| INTAKE | The opening through which fluid enters a duct or channel, especially in a jet engine (6) |
| TUBING | Plastic ducts or piping (6) |
