Blow valve () See Snifting valve. |
Double-beat valve () See under Valve. |
D valve () A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide. |
Kingston valve () A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line. |
Spring (v. i.) To leap |
Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence |
Spring (v. i.) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. |
Spring (v. i.) To fly back |
Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface |
Spring (v. i.) To shoot up, out, or forth |
Spring (v. i.) To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor |
Spring (v. i.) To grow |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to spring up |
Spring (v. t.) To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to explode |
Spring (v. t.) To crack or split |
Spring (v. t.) To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring |
Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong |
Spring (v. t.) To pass over by leaping |
Spring (v. i.) A leap |
Spring (v. i.) A flying back |
Spring (v. i.) Elastic power or force. |
Spring (v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. |
Spring (v. i.) Any source of supply |
Spring (v. i.) Any active power |
Spring (v. i.) That which springs, or is originated, from a source |
Spring (v. i.) A race |
Spring (v. i.) A youth |
Spring (v. i.) A shoot |
Spring (v. i.) That which causes one to spring |
Spring (v. i.) The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow |
Spring (v. i.) The time of growth and progress |
Spring (v. i.) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely. |
Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position |
Valve (n.) A door |
Valve (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. |
Valve (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 |
Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts. |
Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. |
Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. |
Valve (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. |
Valve-shell (n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. |
Washer (n.) One who, or that which, washes. |
Washer (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc. |
Washer (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening. |
Washer (n.) The common raccoon. |
Washer (n.) Same as Washerwoman, 2. |
leap leaping spring saltation bound bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
leopard frog spring frog Rana pipiens | common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots |
green frog spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
spring peeper Hyla crucifer | a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring |
spring chicken | a young chicken having tender meat |
valve | one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
valve | the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs |
spring cankerworm | variably colored looper, larva of Paleacrita vernata |
accelerator throttle throttle valve | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
air cushion air spring | a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion |
ball valve | any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball |
box spring | a coiled bedspring in a frame that is covered with cloth |
butterfly valve | a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
clack valve clack clapper valve | a simple valve with a hinge on one side, allows fluid to flow in only one direction |
coil spring volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
diode rectifying tube rectifying valve | a thermionic tube having two electrodes, used as a rectifier |
dishwasher dish washer dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
exhaust valve | a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold |
heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
intake valve | a valve that controls the flow of fluid through an intake |
leaf spring | long narrow spring consisting of several layers of metal springs bracketed together |
lockring lock ring lock washer | washer that prevents a nut from loosening |
poppet poppet valve | a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat, commonly used in internalombustion engines |
rocker arm valve rocker | a lever pivoted at the center, used especially to push a valve down in an internalombustion engine |
safety valve relief valve escape valve escape cock escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
set gun spring gun | a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off |
slide valve | valve that opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port |
sluicegate sluice valve floodgate penstock head gate water gate | regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice |
spiral spring | a spring that is wound like a spiral |
spring | a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed, the spring was broken |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
spring mattress | a mattress containing springs in a rigid frame |
tube vacuum tube thermionic vacuum tube thermionic tube electron tube thermionic valve | electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope |
valve | control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid |
valve | device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone |
valve-in-head engine | internalombustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head |
washer automatic washer washing machine | a home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically |
washer | seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage |
give spring springiness | the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length |
mitral valve bicuspid valve left atrioventricular valve | valve with two cusps, situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle |
tricuspid valve right atrioventricular valve | valve with three cusps, situated between the right atrium and the right ventricle, allows blood to pass from atrium to ventricle and closes to prevent backflow when the ventricle contracts |
atrioventricular valve | either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles, prevents return of blood to the atrium |
aortic valve | a semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta, prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart |
pulmonary valve | a semilunar valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery, prevents blood from flowing from the artery back into the heart |
semilunar valve | a heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons, prevents blood from flowing back into the heart |
heart valve cardiac valve | a valve to control one-way flow of blood |
valve | a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |
ileocecal valve | valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine, prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine |
pyloric sphincter pyloric valve musculus sphincter pylori | the sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenum |