Anagrams of: VALV_

• a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

• device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone

• control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid

• the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs

• one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods

• cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi

• (1970s, 1980s) Pizza.

• an examination conducted by spoken communication

• pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

• lacking in firmness or tension; not taut

• lacking in rigor or strictness

• emptying easily or excessively

• The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.

• an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

• chop or split with an ax

• terminate

• The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.

• informal term for vacation