Index of English words, starting with "va"

(1) - Valvate (a.) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.
(2) - Valvate (a.) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation.
(3) - Valvate (a.) Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.

(1) - Valve (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
(2) - Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
(3) - Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
(4) - Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.
(5) - Valve (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.
(6) - Valve (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.
(7) - Valve (n.) A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door.

(1) - Valved (a.) Having a valve or valve; valvate.