Vocabulary : Filanders to Filch

Filanders : A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm.
Filar : Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer.
Filaria : A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.
Filarial : Of, pertaining to, or caused by, filariae and allied parasitic worms. ;; Straight, as if in a line; as, the filarial flight of birds.
Filariasis : The presence of filariae in the blood; infection with filariae.

Filasse : Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.
Filatory : A machine for forming threads.
Filature : A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons. ;; A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.
Filbert : The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.
Filch : To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.

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