| NOUN | body | valve | a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |
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| artifact | valve | device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone | |
| artifact | valve | control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid | |
| animal | valve | the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs | |
| animal | valve | one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
| Sounds | vae'lv | |
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| Rhymes | bivalve | |
| Meaning | A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it. | |
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| Part of | heart, pump, ticker | The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs |
| Narrower | heart valve, cardiac valve | A valve to control one-way flow of blood |
| ileocecal valve | valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine | |
| valvule, valvelet, valvula | A small valve | |
| Broader | structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure | A particular complex anatomical part of a living thing |
| Spanish | válvula | |
| Catalan | vàlvula | |
| Adjectives | valvular | relating to or operating by means of valves / valves / valves |
| Nouns | valvelet | a small valve |
| Meaning | device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone. | |
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| Part of | brass, brass instrument | A wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | válvula | |
| Catalan | vàlvula | |
| Adjectives | valved | (of brass instruments) having valves |
| Nouns | valvelet | a small valve |
| Meaning | Control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid. | |
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| Parts | handwheel | Control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated |
| handwheel | A wheel worked by hand | |
| Narrower | accelerator, throttle, throttle valve | A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
| ball valve | Any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball | |
| butterfly valve | A valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle | |
| choke | A valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine | |
| clack valve, clack, clapper valve | A simple valve with a hinge on one side | |
| exhaust valve | A valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold | |
| intake valve | A valve that controls the flow of fluid through an intake | |
| poppet, poppet valve | A mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat | |
| safety valve, relief valve, escape valve, escape cock, escape | A valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler) | |
| slide valve | valve that opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port | |
| Broader | control, controller | A mechanism that controls the operation of a machine |
| Spanish | llave, válvula | |
| Catalan | vàlvula | |
| Adjectives | valvular | relating to or operating by means of valves / valves / valves |
| Nouns | valvelet | a small valve |
| Meaning | The entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs. | |
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| Broader | shell | The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod |
| Meaning | One of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods. | |
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| Broader | shell | The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod |
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