Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "valve" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

allow water to flow let out air from tire seat improperly

Derived Terms

Bauhin's valve D valve Eustachian valve Fleming valve French valve Kingston valve Thebesian valve Tulp's valve Tulpius valve Wade-Dahl-Till valve aortic valve atrioventricular valve bag valve mask ball valve bicuspid valve blow valve butterfly valve check valve clack valve colic valve continuous variable valve timing demand valve escape valve exhaust valve flapper valve foot valve freeze valve gate valve heart valve ileocaecal valve ileocecal valve inlet valve intake valve jockey valve leaf valve mitral valve needle valve non-return valve overhead valve pilot valve piston valve plug valve poppet valve pressure valve pulmonary valve pulmonic valve pump valve puppet valve pyloric valve relief valve retaining valve return valve reversing valve safety valve safety-valve screw valve scum valve semilunar valve sequential valve timing side valve slide valve sluice valve snifter valve snifting valve spring valve stop valve suction valve swing check valve tail valve thermionic valve throttle valve toggle valve tricuspid valve triple valve vacuum valve valve amplifier valve gear valve of Kerckring valve of Thebesius valve of Varolius valve oil valve snail valve timing valve train valved valveless valvoplasty variable valve timing vein valve

Context

anatomy biology botany british

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

anatomical structure bodily structure body structure complex body part control controller device shell structure

Type Of (IsA)

control device flow control structure portal shell structure

Part Of

brass heart trumpet

Related Terms

anther barberry bivalve cavity dehisce diatom door flow fold leaf partition trapdoor vacuum tube

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