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
filariasis
- n a disease caused by nematodes in the blood or tissues of the body causing blockage of lymphatic vessels
filbert
- n small nut-bearing tree much grown in Europe
- n nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus
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
file allocation table
- n the part of a floppy disk or hard disk where information is stored about the location of each piece of information on the disk (and about the location of unusable areas of the disk)
file cabinet
- n office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order