Filamentous

Definition: Filamentous

Filamentous

Adjective

1. Thin in diameter; resembling a thread.

Date "filamentous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references)

Etymology: Filamentous \Fil`a*men"tous\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression filamenteux.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Science	Thread-like. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Filamentous

Synonyms: filamentlike (adj), filiform (adj), threadlike (adj), thready (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Filament	Adjective: filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform; fibrous, fibrillous; thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy; capillary, capilliform; funicular, wire-drawn;
Roughness	Adjective: rough, uneven, scabrous, scaly,knotted; rugged, rugose, rugous; knurly; asperous, crisp, salebrous, gnarled, unpolished, unsmooth, roughhewn; craggy, cragged; crankling, scraggy; prickly; (sharp); arborescent; leafy, well-wooded; feathery; plumose, plumigerous; laciniate, laciniform, laciniose; pappose; pileous, pilose; trichogenous, trichoid; tufted, fimbriated, hairy, ciliated, filamentous, hirsute; crinose, crinite; bushy, hispid, villous, pappous, bearded, pilous, shaggy, shagged; fringed, befringed; setous, setose, setaceous; "like quills upon the fretful porcupine"; rough as a nutmeg grater, rough as a bear.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Actinomyces, Filamentous Bacteria: Biology and Pathogenicity (reference) Molecular and Cellular Biology of Filamentous Fungi: A Practical Approach (Practical Approach Series (Paper)) (reference) (more book examples)
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	Transmission electron micrograph of parainfluenza virus. Two intact particles and free filamentous nucleocapsid.Credit: CDC.		Transmission electron micrograph of respiratory syncytial virus. Long filamentous form.Credit: CDC.
	Negative stain image of an isolate of Marburg virus, showing filamentous particles as well as the characteristic "Shepherd's Crook". Magnification approximately 100,000 times.Credit: CDC.		A typical school of the surgeon fish, Acanthurus olivaceus, grazing on algae during the time when filamentous algae were abundant. This period occurred soon after placement of the pipes and the red and green filamentous algae were replace with blue-green algae at a later stage.Credit: The Coral Kingdom.
	A mixed school of surgeon fish grazing on algae during the time when filamentous algae were abundant. This period occurred soon after placement of the pipes and the red and green filamentous algae were replaced with blue-green algae at a later stage.Credit: The Coral Kingdom.
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"Filamentous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Filamentous" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	41	53,521

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Language		Translations for "filamentous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		fijezor (fibrous, filamentary, filar). (various references)

Arabic		‏مخيط, ‏سلييكي. (various references)

Chinese		纤维状 (fibrous). (various references)

Danish		filiform (filiform), traadformet (filiform). (various references)

Dutch		filiform (filiform), filamenteus (filiform), draadvormig (filiform). (various references)

Finnish		rihmainen (filiform). (various references)

French		filiforme (filiform), filamenteux (fibrous). (various references)

German		faserartige. (various references)

Greek		συνιστάμενος εκ νημάτων (filiform), νηματοειδής (filiform). (various references)

Hungarian		szálas (fibrillar, fibrous, filamentary, stringy), rostos (fibred, fibriform, fibrillar, fibrillose, fibrous, filamentary, stringy, thready). (various references)

Italian		filamentoso (fibrous, filamentary, filiform, filmy, ropey, ropy). (various references)

Korean		실같은. (various references)

Pig Latin		ilamentousfay

Portuguese		filiforme (filiform, filigree, threadlike, thready), filamentoso (ropy, stringy, thready). (various references)

Romanian		filamentos, fibros (fibred, fibriform, fibrous, filamentary). (various references)

Russian		состоящий из волокон, волокнистый (fibred, fibriform, fibrillar, fibroid, fibrous, filaceous, filamentary, filar, stringy, thready). (various references)

Spanish		filiforme (filiform), filamentoso (fibrous, filamentary). (various references)

Swedish		fintrådig (filamentary, fine-threaded), trådliknande (threadlike), trådformig (filiform), tråd- (filamentary). (various references)

Ukranian		волокнистий (fibred, fibrillar, fibrillary, fibroid, fibrous, nemaline, ropy, stringy), нитчастий. (various references)

Vietnamese		như sợi nhỏ; như chỉ, có nhiều sợi nhỏ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words ending with "filamentous": nonfilamentous. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Filamentous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: filamentosa, ligamentous. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "filamentous" (pronounced 'Fil`a*men"tous'): Acetous, Acronyctous, Agalactous, Anhistous, Aproctous, Argentous, Asbestous, Azotous, Boistous, Cataractous, Cruentous, Gummatous, Heterotactous, Immomentous, Lentous, Macrotous, momentous, Ostentous, Pectous, Pedetentous, Perichaetous, Pigmentous, Polyglottous, Sarmentous, Singultous, Tometous, Unguentous, Xanthodontous. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: emulations, fulminates.
	-2 letters: emulation, filaments, flameouts, fulminate, manifesto, semitonal, sulfonate.
	-3 letters: ailments, aliments, alumines, alunites, amniotes, elations, elutions, emulsion, filament, fistulae, flameout, flamiest, flamines, foamiest, foilsman, foilsmen, foliates, fulmines, infamous, inflames, inflates, insolate, insulate, laminose, laminous, loamiest, manifest, manitous, manliest, melanist, melanous, misatone, moistful, outflies, outlines, outsmile, seamount, semolina, simulant, simulate, smaltine, solatium.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-l-m-n-o-s-t-u"
	+3 letters: emulsification, nonfilamentous, reformulations, semifunctional.
	+4 letters: emulsifications.
	+5 letters: multifariousness.
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