Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
filing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of File, A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings. |
filial |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience., Bearing the relation of a child. |
filled |
imp. & past participle |
of Fill |
filler |
noun |
One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling., A thill horse. |
fillet |
noun |
A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head., A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied., A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip., A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner., A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column., An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position., The thread of a screw., A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt., The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun., Any scantling smaller than a batten., A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain., The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests., To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet. |
fillip |
verb t. |
To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger., To snap; to project quickly., A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow., Something serving to rouse or excite. |
filose |
adjective |
Terminating in a threadlike process. |
filter |
noun |
Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air., To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter., To pass through a filter; to percolate., Same as Philter. |
filthy |
superl. |
Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene. |