Definitions for filamentous

filamentous fil·a·men·tous

Spelling: [fil-uh-men-tuh s]
IPA: /ˌfɪl əˈmɛn təs/

Filamentous is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1759 anagrams from letters in filamentous (aefilmnostu).

Definitions for filamentous

adjective

  1. composed of or containing filaments.
  2. pertaining to or resembling a filament.
  3. bearing filaments.

Origin of filamentous

First recorded in 1665-75; filament + -ous

Examples for filamentous

The filamentous detail of the inner corona, and the faintest outlying extensions or streamers, the eye must still reveal directly.

Siliceous skeletons of chara and filamentous alg were also found upon a close examination in some of these molds.

Numerous long, filamentous, red to orange-colored cirri extend nearly the whole length of the body and act as gills.

In structure they are expanded or filamentous, nearly always rose-coloured or purple in colour.

In a similar way the petals and labellum of Odontoglossum Uro-Skinneri have been found reduced to filamentous processes.

Filamentose, or filamentous, bearing or formed of slender threads.

The external gills are long and filamentous, and the yolk sac is large.

In some they are spherical, in others rod-like, filamentous or perhaps of other forms.

The external gills are moderately long, slender, and filamentous; the yolk sac is still moderately large.

The first use made of the filamentous matter, was to substitute it for the wadding used in quilted counterpanes.

Word Value for filamentous
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16

Words with friends

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