Word Meanings - VALVULAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Of or pertaining to a valve or valves; specifically , of or pertaining to the valves of the heart; as, valvular disease. 2. Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule.
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- VALVE-SHELL
Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. - HEARTWOOD
The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum. - SERVING
a & n. from Serve. Serving board , a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet , a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant, - OPENNESS
The quality or state of being open. - HEART
A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak. Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle - SERVO-MOTOR
A relay apparatus; specif.: An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve - SERVILELY
In a servile manner; slavishly. - HEARTBROKEN
Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved. - CONTAINMENT
That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller. - SPECIFICALLY
In a specific manner. - HEARTGRIEF
Heartache; sorrow. Milton. - SERVILENESS
Quality of being servile; servility. - HEARTEN
1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak. 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land. - SERVABLE
Capable of being preserved. (more info) 1. Capable of being served. 2. Etym: - OPEN SEA
A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum. - HEARTDEEP
Rooted in the heart. Herbert. - SERVITORSHIP
The office, rank, or condition of a servitor. Boswell. - SERVER
1. One who serves. 2. A tray for dishes; a salver. Randolph. - DISEASEFUL
1. Causing uneasiness. Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon. 2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate. - HEARTENER
One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W. Browne. - INEQUIVALVE; INEQUIVALVULAR
Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster. - HOLLOW-HEARTED
Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous. - DISSERVE
To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. (more info) Etym: - HODGKIN'S DISEASE
A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician. - RESERVE
1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. - JUMPING DISEASE
A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit, observed among the woodsmen of Maine. - TWO-CAPSULED
Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular. - PROPENE
See PROPYLENE - WHITE-HEART
A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. - DESERVEDNESS
Meritoriousness. - SWEETHEART
A lover of mistress. - CONSERVATIONAL
Tending to conserve; preservative. - PILOT VALVE
A small hand-operated valve to admit liquid to operate a valve difficult to turn by hand. - MULTIVALVE; MULTIVALVULAR
Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons. (more info) 1. Having many valves. - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.