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filament
  • n  a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
  • n  the stalk of a stamen
  • n  a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
  • n  a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
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filaree
  • n  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
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filaria
  • n  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
  • n  slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
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filariasis
  • n  a disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels
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filbert
  • n  small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
  • n  nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
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file
  • n  a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
  • n  a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
  • n  office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
  • n  a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
  • v  record in a public office or in a court of law
    file for divorce
    file a complaint
  • v  smooth with a file
    file one's fingernails
  • v  proceed in line
    The students filed into the classroom
  • v  file a formal charge against
  • v  place in a container for keeping records
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