Valve

Definition:

(n.) A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.
(n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.
(n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
(n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
(n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
(n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
(n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.

Compare valve with other words:

valve vs. vault

coupling vs. valve

valva vs. valve

salve vs. valve

calve vs. valve

halve vs. valve

value vs. valve

shell vs. valve

choke vs. valve

fitting vs. valve

bivalved vs. valve

univalvular vs. valve

intravalvular vs. valve

univalved vs. valve

unimuscular vs. valve

quinquevalve vs. valve

quadrivalvular vs. valve

replum vs. valve

valvate vs. valve

multivalve vs. valve

equivalve vs. valve

inequivalve vs. valve

valve vs. valvula

reseat vs. valve

spigot vs. valve

trape vs. valve

diverter vs. valve

saxhorn vs. valve

valve vs. valvelet

bleeder vs. valve

valve vs. valvule

univalve vs. valve

valve vs. valvular

stopcock vs. valve

hydrant vs. valve

bugle vs. valve

piston vs. valve

faucet vs. valve

scutum vs. valve

gland vs. valve

spanner vs. valve

damper vs. valve

valve vs. valved

diatom vs. valve

bivalve vs. valve

barberry vs. valve

trapdoor vs. valve

anther vs. valve

cavity vs. valve

dehisce vs. valve

partition vs. valve

throttle vs. valve

slide vs. valve

leaflet vs. valve