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financial obligation
  • n  an obligation to pay money to another party
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filtrate
  • n  the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
  • v  remove by passing through a filter
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filtration
  • n  the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium
  • n  the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter
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filtration surgery
  • n  eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues; a treatment for glaucoma
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filum
  • n  a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
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fimbria
  • n  thin projections forming a fringe (especially around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube)
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fin
  • n  the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
  • n  one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
  • n  one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
  • n  a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
  • n  a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
  • n  organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
  • v  equip (a car) with fins
  • v  propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
  • v  show the fins above the water while swimming
    The sharks were finning near the surface
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fin keel
  • n  a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability
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