8 Letter Words for Filament
filament
7 Letter Words for Filament
ailment, aliment, feltman, feminal, flatmen, inflame, inflate, liftman, liftmen, maltine, netmail
6 Letter Words for Filament
entail, etamin, famine, fetial, filate, filmet, finale, finlet, flaite, flamen, flemit, infame, infelt, inmate, inmeat, lament, leafit, maline, manlet, mantel, mantle, menial, mental, taimen, tamein, tamine, tenail, tenaim, tineal
5 Letter Words for Filament
aleft, alfet, alfin, alien, aliet, alife, alite, altin, ament, amine, amlet, anile, anime, anlet, elain, elfin, elint, email, enami, enlit, ental, entia, etiam, faine, faint, fanit, fatil, feint, femal, fetal, fiant, fient, filea, filet, final, flain, flame, flane, fleam, flint, flite, fname, inlet, intel, laeti, laine, lamin, laten, latin, leman, lemna, lenti, liane, lifen, liman, limen, linea, maile, maine, maint, malie, manei, manet, manie, manit, matie, matin, meant, meint, melia, menat, menta, metal, metif, milan, minae, nifle, tamil, tamin, telia, teman, temin, tenai, tenia, tenla, tinea
4 Letter Words for Filament
aiel, aile, aine, aint, alef, alem, alen, alif, alin, alme, amel, amen, amie, amil, amin, amit, amli, anet, anil, anim, ante, anti, atef, atle, atli, eila, elan, emit, enam, etna, fail, fain, fait, fame, fane, fant, fate, feal, feat, feil, felt, feni, fent, feta, fiat, fiel, fila, file, film, filt, fine, flam, flan, flat, flea, flet, flit, fnma, ilea, iman, infl, inta, intl, ital, itel, item, laen, laet, laft, lain, lait, lame, lane, lant, late, lati, leaf, leam, lean, leat, left, lena, lent, lief, lien, life, lift, lima, lime, limn, lina, line, lint, lite, mail, main, male, mali, malt, mane, mani, mant, mate, meal, mean, meat, mein, mela, melt, ment, meta, miae, mian, mien, mila, mile, milf, milt, mine, mint, mite, nael, naif, nail, nale, name, natl, neaf, neal, neat, neif, nema, neti, nief, nife, nile, tael, taen, tail, tain, tale, tali, tame, tane, teal, team, tean, teil, tela, teli, tien, tile, time, tine
3 Letter Words for Filament
aft, ail, aim, ain, ait, ale, alf, aln, alt, ame, ami, amt, ane, ant, ate, atm, eam, ean, eat, efl, eft, ela, elf, eli, elm, elt, emf, enl, eta, fam, fan, fat, fei, fem, fen, fet, fie, fil, fin, fit, flt, fmt, ife, ile, imf, inf, int, ita, lai, lam, lan, lat, lea, lei, lem, let, lie, lif, lim, lin, lit, ltm, mae, mal, man, mat, mea, mei, mel, men, met, mfa, mia, mil, min, mit, mna, mtn, nae, naf, nam, nat, nea, nef, nei, net, nie, nil, nim, nit, tai, tal, tam, tan, tea, tef, tel, tem, ten, tie, til, tim, tin, tln
Definitions for Filament
[1] a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold.
[2] a single fibril of natural or synthetic textile fiber, of indefinite length, sometimes several miles long.
[3] a long slender cell or series of attached cells, as in some algae and fungi.
[4] Botany . the stalklike portion of a stamen, supporting the anther.
[5] Ornithology . the barb of a down feather.
[6] (in a light bulb or other incandescent lamp) the threadlike conductor, often of tungsten, in the bulb that is heated to incandescence by the passage of current.
[7] Electronics . the heating element (sometimes also acting as a cathode) of a vacuum tube, resembling the filament in an incandescent bulb.
[8] Astronomy . a solar prominence, as viewed within the sun's limb.
[9] the thin wire, usually tungsten, inside a light bulb that emits light when heated to incandescence by an electric current
[10] electronics a high-resistance wire or ribbon, forming the cathode in some valves
[11] a single strand of a natural or synthetic fibre; fibril
[12] botany the stalk of a stamen any of the long slender chains of cells into which some algae and fungi are divided
[13] ornithol the barb of a down feather
[14] anatomy any slender structure or part, such as the tail of a spermatozoon; filum
[15] astronomy a long structure of relatively cool material in the solar corona a long large-scale cluster of galaxies
Words related to Filament
fiber, thread, hair, wire, stalk, tendril, strand
Words nearby Filament
fijian, fikh, fil, filaceous, filagree, filament, filamentary, filamentous, filar, filaria, filarial
Origin of Filament
1585–95; < New Latin fīlāmentum, equivalent to Late Latin fīlā(re ) to wind thread, spin (see file1) + Latin -mentum -ment
Other words from Filament
fil·a·ment·ed , adjective
fil′a•men′ tous (-mĕn′ təs ) null adj.
Word origin for Filament
C16: from New Latin fīlāmentum , from Medieval Latin fīlāre to spin, from Latin fīlum thread
Synonyms for Filament
fiber, thread, hair, stalk, strand, tendril, wire
