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Definition: SNIFTING VALVE |
SNIFTING VALVE1. A small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so called from the noise made by its action. |
Crosswords: SNIFTING VALVE |
| English words defined with "SNIFTING VALVE": Blow valve. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "SNIFTING VALVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | klapan që thith. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | изпускателен клапан. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | åndeventil (breather valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve), ånderør (breather, breather valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve, vent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | snuifklep (breather valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve), verluchter (breather valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve), luchtklep (air-valve), luchtinlaat (air inlet, breather valve, inlet, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | huohotinventtiili (breather valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | reniflard (snift valve, snifter valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schnarrventil (breather valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve), Schnüffelventil (poppet valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανακουφιστική βαλβίδα (ball valve, bleeder, bleeder valve, breather valve, discharge valve, emergency valve, non-return valve, overflow valve, pass valve, pressure control valve, relief valve, safety valve, snifter valve, stop valve, vacuum relief valve, waste gate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szippantó szelep. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iftingsnay alvevay válvula de vácuo (breather valve, electronic valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve, vacuum tube, vacuum valve), válvula atmosférica (breather valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve). (various references) выдувной клапан (snifting-valve). (various references) šmrkavi ventil. (various references) válvula de ventosa (breather valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve). (various references) snyftventil (poppet valve), snarkventil (breather valve, snifter valve, vacuum relief valve). (various references) buhar makinesi supabı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-i-i-l-n-n-s-t-v-v" | |
-3 letters: lifesaving, vigilantes. | |
-4 letters: enlisting, enslaving, entailing, fastening, gainliest, gantlines, genitival, infantile, infesting, inflating, investing, levanting, listening, sniveling, tinseling, vestigial, vigilante. | |
-5 letters: aliening, alienist, anilines, antigens, antilife, anviling, eanlings, enisling, ensiling, failings, fainting, fatlings, feasting, feinting, feltings, festival, fetialis, fileting, filiates, finagles, finalise, finalist, finniest, flavines, flensing, flinting, gantline, gelatins, genitals, gentians, ginniest, infantes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4E 49 46 54 49 4E 47      56 41 4C 56 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001110 01001001 01000110 01010100 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010110 01000001 01001100 01010110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S N I F T I N G   V A L V E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004E 0049 0046 0054 0049 004E 0047      0056 0041 004C 0056 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)534843405443484125635465639 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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