Alfilaria :: Alfilaria (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California..

Bifilar :: Bifilar (a.) Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance..

Caffila :: Caffila (n.) See Cafila.

Cafila :: Cafila (n.) Alt. of Cafile.

Defilade :: Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point..

Defiladed :: Defiladed (imp. & p. p.) of Defilad.

Defilading :: Defilading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defilad.

Defilading :: Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected..

Enfilade :: Enfilade (n.) A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line..

Enfilade :: Enfilade (n.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire..

Enfilade :: Enfilade (v. t.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops..

Enfiladed :: Enfiladed (imp. & p. p.) of Enfilad.

Enfilading :: Enfilading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enfilad.

Filaceous :: Filaceous (a.) Composed of threads.

Filacer :: Filacer (n.) A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process.

Filament :: Filament (n.) A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther..

Filamentary :: Filamentary (a.) Having the character of, or formed by, a filament..

Filamentous :: Filamentous (a.) Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments.

Filametoid :: Filametoid (a.) Like a filament.

Filander :: Filander (n.) A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea..

Filanders :: Filanders (n. pl.) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm..

Filar :: Filar (a.) Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer..

Filaria :: Filaria (n.) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm..

Filatory :: Filatory (n.) A machine for forming threads.

Filature :: Filature (n.) A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons..

Filature :: Filature (n.) A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk..

Kafilah :: Kafilah (n.) See Cafila.

Pseudofilari/ :: Pseudofilari/ (pl. ) of Pseudofilari.

Pseudofilaria :: Pseudofilaria (n.) One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinae.

Unifilar :: Unifilar (a.) Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension..

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