Blow valve () See Snifting valve. |
Butterfly (n.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. |
Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger |
Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress |
Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action |
Check (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified |
Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below. |
Check (n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard |
Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. |
Check (n.) Small chick or crack. |
Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check |
Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon |
Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check |
Check (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove. |
Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. |
Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in |
Check (v. i.) To make a stop |
Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere. |
Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint. |
Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying |
Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. |
Check (a.) Checkered |
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. |
Sea butterfly () A pteropod. |
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. |
check-in | the act of reporting your presence (as at an airport or a hotel) |
check checkout check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
spot check | a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning, spot checks ensure a high level of performance by employees |
checkup medical checkup medical examination medical exam medical health check | a thorough physical examination, includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person |
check | (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king |
discovered check | a check on the opponent's king that is delivered by moving a piece out of the line of attack by a queen or rook or bishop |
check | obstructing an opponent in ice hockey |
poke check | knocking the puck away by jabbing at it with the hockey stick |
butterfly butterfly stroke | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down |
attendance check | a call of students' names in a classroom |
bridle check curb | the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess, his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper |
butterfly ray | a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin |
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 |
butterfly | diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings |
nymphalid nymphalid butterfly brush-footed butterfly four-footed butterfly | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and mucheduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
mourning cloak mourning cloak butterfly Camberwell beauty Nymphalis antiopa | of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with yellow borders |
tortoiseshell tortoiseshell butterfly | brilliantly colored, larvae feed on nettles |
ringlet ringlet butterfly | any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae |
comma comma butterfly Polygonia comma | anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing |
emperor butterfly emperor | large richly colored butterfly |
peacock peacock butterfly Inachis io | European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot |
danaid danaid butterfly | large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste |
monarch monarch butterfly milkweed butterfly Danaus plexippus | large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings, the larvae feed on milkweed |
pierid pierid butterfly | any of numerous paleolored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs |
cabbage butterfly | white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
southern cabbage butterfly Pieris protodice | common North American form of cabbage butterfly |
sulphur butterfly sulfur butterfly | any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies |
lycaenid lycaenid butterfly | any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae |
hairstreak hairstreak butterfly | small butterflies having striped markings under the wings |
butterfly fish | small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins, found worldwide |
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 |
check | a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard), she wore a skirt with checks |
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 |
heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
houndstooth check hound's-tooth check dogstooth check dogs-tooth check dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
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 |
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 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 |