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. |
Slide
(v. t.) To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling |
Slide
(v. t.) Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet. |
Slide
(v. t.) To pass inadvertently. |
Slide
(v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly |
Slide
(v. t.) To slip when walking or standing |
Slide
(v. t.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. |
Slide
(v. t.) To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. |
Slide
(v. t.) To cause to slide |
Slide
(v. t.) To pass or put imperceptibly |
Slide
(n.) The act of sliding |
Slide
(n.) Smooth, even passage or progress. |
Slide
(n.) That on which anything moves by sliding. |
Slide
(n.) An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down. |
Slide
(n.) A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement. |
Slide
(n.) That which operates by sliding. |
Slide
(n.) A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it. |
Slide
(n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides. |
Slide
(n.) A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like. |
Slide
(n.) A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like |
Slide
(n.) The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side |
Slide
(n.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. |
Slide
(n.) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. |
Slide
(n.) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics. |
Slide
(n.) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. |
Slide
(n.) Same as Guide bar, under Guide. |
Slide
(n.) A slide valve. |
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. |
Yoke
(n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. |
Yoke
(n.) A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape. |
Yoke
(n.) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side |
Yoke
(n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence. |
Yoke
(n.) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell. |
Yoke
(n.) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships. |
Yoke
(n.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. |
Yoke
(n.) A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain. |
Yoke
(n.) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt. |
Yoke
(n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds |
Yoke
(n.) A mark of servitude |
Yoke
(n.) Two animals yoked together |
slide
glide
coast | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it, his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill, the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope |
| 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 |
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 |
chute
slide
slideway
sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend |
clack valve
clack
clapper valve | a simple valve with a hinge on one side, allows fluid to flow in only one direction |
diode rectifying tube
rectifying valve | a thermionic tube having two electrodes, used as a rectifier |
| exhaust valve | a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold |
| hair slide | a decorative hinged clip that girls and women put in their hair to hold it in place |
| heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
| 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, commonly used in internalombustion engines |
pump action
slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
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 |
| slide lantern slide | a transparency mounted in a frame, viewed with a slide projector |
| slide microscope slide | a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study |
slide playground slide
sliding board | plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide |
slide fastener
zip
zipper
zip fastener | a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab |
| slide projector | projector that projects an enlarged image of a slide onto a screen |
slide rule
slipstick | analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations, have been replaced by pocket calculators |
| 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 |
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 |
| yoke | stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team |
| yoke | fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment |
| yoke coupling | a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together |
| yoke | support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end |
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 |
swoop
slide | (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale, the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides |
| slide | (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc. |
| yoke | a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke, pulled by a yoke of oxen |
d couple
pair
twosome
twain
brace
span yoke
couplet
distich
duo
duet
dyad
duad | two items of the same kind |
| yoke | an oppressive power, under the yoke of a tyrant, they threw off the yoke of domination |
| mitral valve prolapse | cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart |
mitral stenosis
mitral valve stenosis | obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever) |