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121fil'ovirus — noun Any of a group of filamentous viruses causing high fever and severe haemorrhaging, as in Ebola disease and Marburg disease • • • Main Entry: ↑filo …
122fil|a|gree — «FIHL uh gree», noun, transitive verb, greed, gree|ing, adjective. = filigree. (Cf. ↑filigree) …
123fil|a|men|ta|ry — «FIHL uh MEHN tuhr ee», adjective. having to do with or of the nature of a filament or filaments …
124fil|a|ment|ed — «FIHL uh MEHN tihd», adjective. provided with a filament or filaments …
125fil|a|men|tous — «FIHL uh MEHN tuhs», adjective. 1. threadlike. 2. having filaments …
126fil|a|ment — «FIHL uh muhnt», noun. 1. a very fine thread; very slender part that is like a thread: »the delicate filaments of a spider s web. 2. the threadlike wire that gives off light in an electric light bulb. 3. the heated wire that acts as a negative… …
127fil|a|ri|a|sis — «FIHL uh RY uh sihs», noun. a diseased condition caused by the presence of filariae in the blood, tissues, and especially lymph vessels. ╂[< New Latin filariasis < Filaria filaria] …
128fil|a|ture — «FIHL uh chuhr», noun. 1. the act or process of forming or spinning into threads. 2. a) a reel for drawing off silk from cocoons. b) the reeling of silk from cocoons. c) an establishment for reeling silk. ╂[< French filature < filer <… …
