Valvelet: alternatives and connections

In pieces or to pieces.

The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court.

In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.

A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain th…

the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus

An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. th…

To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide.

That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or reg…

Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also,…

A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dan…

A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper val…

The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.

Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine.

An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to prevent radiation of heat…

Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling t…

The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags;…