Siphon is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SIPHON in dictionary:

VERB:
• to draw off through a tube, also SYPHON
• draw off or convey (liquid) by means of a siphon
• draw off or transfer over a period of time, especially illegally or unfairly
• To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level.
• convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
• move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action
• draw off thus
NOUN:
• a tube used to convey liquid upwards from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of its own accord. Once the liquid has been forced into the tube, typically by suction or immersion, flow continues unaided.
• a tubular organ in an aquatic animal, especially a mollusc, through which water is drawn in or expelled.
• bent tube which uses air pressure to draw liquid from a container
• A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet f
• One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata.
• The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.
• The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata.
• The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell.
• The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans.
• A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans.
• A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.
• A siphon bottle.
• a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube
• a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to draw off through a siphon (a type of tube)

Words related to SIPHON

siphonage15 siphoned14 siphoning15 siphons12 syphon14

Words that contain SIPHON

siphons12 siphonal13 siphoned14 siphonet13 siphonic15 siphonage15 siphonate14 siphonets14 siphoning15 siphonages16 siphonogam18 siphonogams19 siphonogamy22 siphonophore22 siphonostele17 thermosiphon22 siphonogamies21 siphonophores23 siphonosteles18 siphonostelic20 thermosiphons23 siphonophorous24

How to use SIPHON in a sentence

• He produced from a cupboard two glasses, a decanter of whisky, a siphon of soda, and a box of cigars.
• Foot, stomach, siphon, muscles, all but a thin strip of mantle, were gone.
• The friction of a pen on paper would have proved too great a drag on so delicate an instrument, and so a tiny jet of ink from the siphon was substituted.
• The ink is made to pass through the siphon with sufficient force to mark down the message by a delightfully ingenious method.
• Both journals of the connecting rod are furnished with oil cups, having a small tube in the centre with siphon wicks.
• The upper part of the box in most engines has a reservoir of oil, which is supplied to the journal by tubes with siphon wicks.
• The porch was littered with rugs and cushions, while on a small table near the end stood a decanter, a siphon, and two glasses.
• There was a light in the library, the door of which was ajar, and on the large table were decanters, a siphon, and some biscuits and sandwiches.
• The equilibrium being thus broken, the siphon descends to the bottom, becomes primed, and empties the reservoir.
• In short, when the water enters the reservoir, the siphon, movable upon its base, rises to the height at which it is desired that the flow shall take place.
• Is the pressure in a siphon equal throughout, or is it greater in the upper end? A.
• If too low, siphon off some of the white liquid and add the same amount of water, but do not agitate or mix the two solutions.
• The siphon is made of glass tubes, the longer pieces being bent on one end as shown.
• The regulator is placed in the tube or siphon above the air receiver.
• Its purpose is to retard the flow of water from the siphon above and make it drop rapidly.
• My friend chose a dozen large siphon bottles of soda water.
• It is truer to say that she regarded him less as a man of means than as a magic and inexhaustible siphon of money.
• Then the ever-useful siphon drew off two thirds of it tolerably clear, leaving a thick green deposit upon the sides and bottom of the vessel.

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