Phrase Hound found 77 phrases and 11 compound words that contain valves. The most common are listed below. Open valves in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 77
- butterfly valvesplural of butterfly valve: A valve with a disk-shaped mechanism which can be used for isolating or regulating flow.
- heart valvesplural of heart valve: Any of the valves in the heart which prevent blood from moving in the wrong direction.
- needle valvesplural of needle valve: A type of valve having a small orifice and a needle-like plunger, allowing precise regulation of generally small flow rates.
- overhead valvesplural of overhead valve: A type of valve in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust …
- relief valvesplural of relief valve: A valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc. (such as a boiler or pressure cooker), would burst, thus reducing the pressure; a relief valve.
- side valvesplural of side valve: A type of valve in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust …
- slide valvesplural of slide valve: A valve in a steam engine, designed to slide back and forth to cover and uncover the openings through which steam enters the cylinder.
- pulmonary valvesplural of pulmonary valve: The semilunar valve of the heart that lies between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
- inlet valvesPlural of inlet valve: A valve that lets fuel into a cylinder.
- vein valvesplural of vein valve: A small, crescent-shaped flap of tissue that is located in a vein and operates as a one-way valve to direct blood flow towards the heart and to prevent backflow.
- piston valvesplural of piston valve: A valve which uses a hollow or double piston sliding in a cylinder to direct fluid along one of two paths
- aortic valvesplural of aortic valve: The semilunar valve of the heart that lies between the left ventricle and the aorta.
- mitral valvesplural of mitral valve: The valve that divides the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart.
- colic valvesplural of colic valve: ileocecal valve
- atrioventricular valvesplural of atrioventricular valve: Either of the two valves in the heart, situated between the atria and the ventricles, that prevent backflow from the ventricles into the atria during systole.
- tricuspid valvesplural of tricuspid valve: A heart valve with three cusps which prevents backflow of blood from the right ventricle into the right atrium.
- poppet valvesplural of poppet valve: A valve (as in an internal combustion engine) which consists of a sliding shaft with a disk on the end (the disk being shaped to alternately plug and unplug a matching port). Such a valve is opened by either a cam …
- thermionic valvesplural of thermionic valve: An electronic device incorporating electrons from a glowing cathode inside an evacuated glass tube, functioning as a switch, amplifier etc.
- Eustachian valvesplural of Eustachian valve: A crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior.
- semilunar valvesplural of semilunar valve: Either of the two crescent-shaped valves in the heart that prevent backflow from the arteries into the ventricles.
- Thebesian valvesplural of Thebesian valve: A semicircular fold of the lining membrane of the right atrium, situated at the ostium of the coronary sinus.
- Tulpius valvesplural of Tulpius valve: The ileocecal valve.
- valves of Kerckringplural of valve of Kerckring: Any of the large valvular flaps projecting into the lumen of the small intestine.
- ball valvesplural of ball valve: A contrivance by which a ball, placed in a circular cup with a hole in its bottom, operates as a valve.
- blow valvesplural of blow valve: snifting valve
Compound words 11
- hypovalvesplural of hypovalve: The hypotheca of a diatom
- electrovalvesplural of electrovalve: An electromechanical valve
- epivalvesplural of epivalve: The apical (top) valve of a diatom
- equivalvesplural of equivalve: Having valves of the same size (as is normal)
- ferrovalvesplural of ferrovalve: An implantable ferromagnetic glaucoma valve
- microvalvesplural of microvalve: A very small valve (not necessarily microscopic)
- multivalvesplural of multivalve: Having or involving multiple valves (in any context); thus:
- nanovalvesplural of nanovalve: A nanoscale valve
- trivalvesplural of trivalve: Having three valves.
- univalvesplural of univalve: having one valve; typically used to refer to mollusks, notably slugs and snails.