filament
— Noun
– English
~ a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
filament
— Noun
– English
~ a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
filamentlike
— Adjective
– English
~ thin in diameter; resembling a thread
filamentous
— Adjective
– English
~ thin in diameter; resembling a thread
filar
— Adjective
– English
~ related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope); "a filar eyepiece"
filaree
— Noun
– English
~ European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
filaria
— Noun
– English
~ European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
filaria
— Noun
– English
~ slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
filarial
— Adjective
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~ related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria
filariasis
— Noun
– English
~ a disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels
filariid
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae