Clues for the word "VALVE"
We've had 49 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 55 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 16, 2024.
Definition of valve
- n. - A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.
- 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.
- 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; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
- n. - One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
- n. - One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
- n. - A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
- n. - One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
Referring Clues
- Pipe feature
- Trumpet feature
- Spigot, essentially
- Pipe attachment
- Heart part
- Trumpet part
- Half of a clamshell
- Engine part
- Trumpet device
- Flow regulator
- Faucet
- It might help you let off some steam
- Trombone part
- Trombone type
- Faucet, for one
- Heart flow controller
- Tuba part
- Regulator
- Controlling device
- Stopcock
- Boilermaker part
- Gas regulator
- Water-flow control device
- Trumpet button
- Heart or trumpet part
- Flow control
- Brass button?
- Tube amp will have one
- Opener taking so long to secure victory
- Device regulating flow
- So long screening very old television part
- Device controlling flow
- Flow controller
- Device for controlling the flow of a fluid in a pipe
- It helps with inflation as controlling device when issuing note
- Tube or ___ amp
- Dean eats 5 from part of shell
- Victory in bye for opener
- Tire protrusion
- An old radio part
- Tire part with a cap
- Steam radiator device
- Flow-regulating device
- Trombone button
- One of four in the human heart
- On/off device
- Part of the human heart
- Key for a trumpet
- Device on a duct
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 13, 2023
- New York Times - March 18, 2022
- Rock n Roll Crossword - January 21, 2018
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 13, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - September 28, 2017
- Family Time - April 23, 2017
- USA Today - April 21, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - March 17, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 11, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - August 25, 2016
- USA Today - June 30, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 18, 2016
- Netword - March 21, 2016
- New York Times - September 17, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 14, 2015
- Guardian Prize - November 22, 2014
- USA Today - November 19, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 12, 2014
- Rock n Roll Crossword - January 05, 2014
- Universal - October 17, 2013
- Guardian Quick - June 04, 2013
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 30, 2012
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 03, 2012
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 22, 2012
- Chicago Reader - September 21, 2012
- Netword - August 12, 2012
- Guardian Quick - April 25, 2012
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 18, 2012
- Chicago Reader - December 16, 2011
- And in 25 more crossword puzzles...