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Answer for the clue "Refuses to touch vessel in dangerous position ", 10 letters:
black spot

Word definitions for black spot in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Black Spot or black spot may refer to: Black spot , a plant disease caused by a fungus Black Spot , also known as diplopstomiasis or fluke, is a disease affecting fish . Black Spot (Treasure Island) , a literary device in Treasure Island , a novel by Robert ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several fungous diseases of plants that produce small black spots on the plant

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A fungus disease among plants, particularly roses, that results in black spots on the leaf. 2 A section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident-prone. 3 A fictional judicial device among pirates, consisting of a black circle ...

Usage examples of black spot.

Their eyes were strangely large, and the black spot of the pupil in their white corneas created an unnatural effect.

Yes, there it was in the sky, a black spot against a backdrop of towering, snowy cumulus.

The shadowed entrance to the temple stood before him, a wide black spot in the facade like the hole left by a missing tooth.

See here - this,' he pointed to a black spot in the centre of the map, 'this is Antioch.

I cross'd these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues, on which line, and in its proper column, I might mark, by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue upon that day.

That black spot is from phaser fire, and over there is the remains of a Cardassian insignia, the only one still even partially visible in the station.

I discovered my admiration that I had not observed any of these illustrious persons at court, the black spot on the forehead being so remarkable a distinction, that I could not have easily overlooked it and it was impossible that his Majesty, a most judicious prince, should not provide himself with a good number of such wise and able counsellors.

Well- I realized that I still had one of the tortoises in my hand, the one that was marked with the large black spot.