Blow valve
() See Snifting valve. |
By-pass
(n.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course. |
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. |
Long-stop
(n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. |
Pass
(v. i.) To go |
Pass
(v. i.) To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another |
Pass
(v. i.) To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge |
Pass
(v. i.) To move or to come into being or under notice |
Pass
(v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time |
Pass
(v. i.) To go from one person to another |
Pass
(v. i.) To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to validity or effectiveness |
Pass
(v. i.) To go through any inspection or test successfully |
Pass
(v. i.) To be suffered to go on |
Pass
(v. i.) To go unheeded or neglected |
Pass
(v. i.) To go beyond bounds |
Pass
(v. i.) To take heed |
Pass
(v. i.) To go through the intestines. |
Pass
(v. i.) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance |
Pass
(v. i.) To make a lunge or pass |
Pass
(v. i.) To decline to take an optional action when it is one's turn, as to decline to bid, or to bet, or to play a card |
Pass
(v. i.) In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass |
Pass
(v. t.) To go by, beyond, over, through, or the like |
Pass
(v. t.) To go from one limit to the other of |
Pass
(v. t.) To go by without noticing |
Pass
(v. t.) To transcend |
Pass
(v. t.) To go successfully through, as an examination, trail, test, etc. |
Pass
(v. t.) To cause to move or go |
Pass
(v. t.) To cause to pass the lips |
Pass
(v. t.) To cause to advance by stages of progress |
Pass
(v. t.) To put in circulation |
Pass
(v. t.) To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance |
Pass
(v. t.) To emit from the bowels |
Pass
(v. t.) To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure. |
Pass
(v. t.) To make, as a thrust, punto, etc. |
Pass
(v. i.) An opening, road, or track, available for passing |
Pass
(v. i.) A thrust or push |
Pass
(v. i.) A movement of the hand over or along anything |
Pass
(v. i.) A single passage of a bar, rail, sheet, etc., between the rolls. |
Pass
(v. i.) State of things |
Pass
(v. i.) Permission or license to pass, or to go and come |
Pass
(v. i.) Fig.: a thrust |
Pass
(v. i.) Estimation |
Pass
(v. i.) A part |
Pass-key
(n.) A key for opening more locks than one |
Pass-parole
(n.) An order passed from front to rear by word of mouth. |
Sea pass
() A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality |
Stop
(v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing |
Stop
(v. t.) To obstruct |
| passing pass qualifying | success in satisfying a test or requirement, his future depended on his passing that test, he got a pass in introductory chemistry |
pass
toss
flip | (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team, the pass was fumbled |
base on balls
walk pass | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls, he worked the pitcher for a base on balls |
| pass | a flight or run by an aircraft over a target, the plane turned to make a second pass |
| completion pass completion | (American football) a successful forward pass in football |
pass passing play
passing game
passing | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate, the coach sent in a passing play on third and long |
forward pass
aerial | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer |
flare pass
flare | a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines, he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss |
| screen pass | a short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers |
lateral pass
lateral | a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer |
| spot pass | a pass to a designated spot on the field, the receiver should arrive at that spot the same time the ball does |
| whistle-stop tour | a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited, in Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours |
crack fling go pass whirl
offer | a usually brief attempt, he took a crack at it, I gave it a whirl |
stop stopover
layover | a brief stay in the course of a journey, they made a stopover to visit their friends |
| night-stop | a break in a journey for the night |
| pit stop | a brief stop at a pit during an automobile race to take on fuel or service the car |
| pit stop | a stop during an automobile trip for rest and refreshment |
stop
stoppage | the act of stopping something, the third baseman made some remarkable stops, his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood |
| 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 |
blockage
block closure
occlusion
stop stoppage | an obstruction in a pipe or tube, we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
| butterfly valve | a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
| catch stop | a restraint that checks the motion of something, he used a book as a stop to hold the door open |
clack valve
clack
clapper valve | a simple valve with a hinge on one side, allows fluid to flow in only one direction |
diapason
diapason stop | either of the two main stops on a pipe organ |
diaphragm
stop | a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens, the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically |
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 |
| flue stop | an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe |
| heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
| high-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies above a certain value and attenuates frequencies below that value |
| intake valve | a valve that controls the flow of fluid through an intake |
| low-pass filter | a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value |
| organ stop | a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality |
| pass-through | an opening that resembles a window between two rooms (especially a shelved opening between a kitchen and dining room that is used to pass dishes) |
poppet
poppet valve | a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat, commonly used in internalombustion engines |
pull-off
rest area
rest stop
layby
lay-by | designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily |
| reed stop | an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument |
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 |
| stop | (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes, the organist pulled out all the stops |
stop bath
short-stop
short-stop bath | an acid bath used to stop the action of a developer |
stopwatch
stop watch | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
| truck stop | a roadside service station (and restaurant) that caters to truck drivers |
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 |