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Diadelphia :: Diadelphia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.

Lanated :: Lanated () Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments..

Capillament :: Capillament (n.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves..

Thread :: Thread (n.) A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver..

Mycelium :: Mycelium (n.) The white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed; the so-called mushroom spawn.

Vibrio :: Vibrio (n.) A genus of motile bacteria characterized by short, slightly sinuous filaments and an undulatory motion; also, an individual of this genus..

Micrococcus :: Micrococcus (n.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus..

Extrorse :: Extrorse (a.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament..

Monadiform :: Monadiform (a.) Having the form of a monad; resembling a monad in having one or more filaments of vibratile protoplasm; as, monadiform young..

Trichobranchia :: Trichobranchia (n.) The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes..

Hair :: Hair (n.) The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body..

Stupid :: Stupeous (a.) Resembling tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose..

Monadelphia :: Monadelphia (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having the stamens united into a tube, or ring, by the filaments, as in the Mallow family..

Oscillaria :: Oscillaria (n.) A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous, fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria..

Ream :: Ream (v. t.) To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments..

Spiring :: Spirillum (n.) A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever.

Pentadelphous :: Pentadelphous (a.) Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden..

Filiform :: Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe..

Single :: Single (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton..

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