Fibre :: Fibre (n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle..
Fibre :: Fibre (n.) Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant..
Fibre :: Fibre (n.) Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber..
Fibre :: Fibre (n.) A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures..
Fibre :: fibre () A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.
Fibre-faced :: Fibre-faced (a.) Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc..
Fibred :: Fibred (a.) Having fibers; made up of fibers.
Fibreless :: Fibreless (a.) Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.
Fibriform :: Fibriform (a.) Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.
Fibril :: Fibril (n.) A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla.
Fibrilla :: Fibrilla (n.) A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril..
Fibrillar :: Fibrillar (a.) Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings..
Fibrillary :: Fibrillary (a.) Of of pertaining to fibrils.
Fibrillated :: Fibrillated (a.) Furnished with fibrils; fringed.
Fibrillation :: Fibrillation (n.) The state of being reduced to fibers.
Fibrillose :: Fibrillose (a.) Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages..
Fibrillous :: Fibrillous (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers..
Fibrin :: Fibrin (n.) A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice..
Fibrin :: Fibrin (n.) The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin..
Fibrin :: Fibrin (n.) An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin..
Fibrination :: Fibrination (n.) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.
Fibrine :: Fibrine (a.) Belonging to the fibers of plants.
Fibrinogen :: Fibrinogen (n.) An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or paraglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation..
Fibrinogenous :: Fibrinogenous (a.) Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.
Fibrinoplastic :: Fibrinoplastic (a.) Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.
Fibrinoplastin :: Fibrinoplastin (n.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also paraglobulin..