Definitions for filiform

filiform fil·i·form

Spelling: [fil-uh-fawrm, fahy-luh-]
IPA: /ˈfɪl əˌfɔrm, ˈfaɪ lə-/

Filiform is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in filiform (ffiilmor).

Definitions for filiform

adjective

  1. threadlike; filamentous.

Origin of filiform

1750-60; Latin fīl(um) a thread + -i- + -form

Examples for filiform

The styles do not taper to a point, but are filiform and acute.

The filiform papill become elongated to several times their normal length, and feel and look like so many hairs on the tongue.

filiform, fil′i-form, adj. having the form of a filament: long and slender.

The edges of the pyramids are formed by filiform bars similar to those which compose the original lattice-work of the Sagosphrida.

Antennæ longer than the head and thorax, filiform, four-jointed.

There are five stamens, a filiform style, and a capitate stigma.

The adult intestinal trichina is a minute, filiform white worm, thicker behind and tapering forward.

Usually the metal is arborescent, dendritic, filiform, moss-like or laminar.

A filiform process or organ on the bodies of various animals.

The anthers are golden brown, and the stigmas are spherical instead of filiform.

Word Value for filiform
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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