Word Meanings - FILIFORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillæ of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennÆ.
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- HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - PAPILLARY
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillæ; bearing, or covered with, papillæ; papillose. - FILAMENTOUS
Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray. - SHAPE
is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and - PAPILLIFORM
Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform. - STYLET
A small poniard; a stiletto. An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum. A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape - TONGUELET
A little tongue. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - TONGUE-SHELL
Any species of Lingula. - ILLUSTROUS
Without luster. - ILLUSTRIOUS
1. Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid. Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious. Beau. & Fl. 2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished. Illustrious earls, renowened - HAVE
haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2. - ANTENNULE
A small antenna; -- applied to the smaller pair of antennæ or feelers of Crustacea. - THREAD
wire, thread, OHG. drat, Icel. a thread, Sw. tråd, Dan. traad, and 1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, - ANTENNAL
Belonging to the antennæ. Owen. - PAPILLOUS
Papillary; papillose. - HAVENAGE
Harbor dues; port dues. - THREADFISH
The cutlass fish. A carangoid fish having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads. - TONGUESTER
One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. Tennyson. - SERPENT-TONGUED
Having a forked tongue, like a serpent. - ARAEOSTYLE
See INTERCOLUMNIATION - SPINDLE-SHAPED
Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle. - CYCLOSTYLE
A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred - DIAMOND-SHAPED
Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. - STRAP-SHAPED
Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla. - SURSTYLE
To surname. - AMPHIPROSTYLE
Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides. -- n. - INSTYLE
To style. Crashaw. - HONEY-TONGUED
Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak. - SHRILL-TONGUED
Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak. - ENDOSTYLE
A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.