English dictionary: words starting with fila

noun

Ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery.

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Filigree earrings

adjective

Ornamented with or resembling filigree work.

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White filigreed stockings

noun

Ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery.

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Filigree earrings

noun

A slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures.

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Each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments

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A slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures.

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Each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments

noun

A threadlike parasitic nematode worm that is transmitted by biting flies and mosquitoes, causing filariasis and related diseases.

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Ars researchers are using new biological controls to retaliate against the mosquito, an insect that…

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A threadlike parasitic nematode worm that is transmitted by biting flies and mosquitoes, causing filariasis and related diseases.

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Ars researchers are using new biological controls to retaliate against the mosquito, an insect that…

noun

A tropical disease caused by the presence of filarial worms, especially in the lymph vessels where heavy infestation can result in elephantiasis.

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Malaria, filariasis, and dengue fever are the three major causes of morbidity and mortality in deve…

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A place where silk is obtained from silkworm cocoons.

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Lynda bell's meticulous study looks at the peasant families which carried out the earliest stages o…

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A place where silk is obtained from silkworm cocoons.

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Lynda bell's meticulous study looks at the peasant families which carried out the earliest stages o…