Vocabulary : Filicide to Filigree

Filicide : The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder.
Filiciform : Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
Filicoid : Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction. ;; A fernlike plant.
Filiety : The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity.
Filiferous : Producing threads.

Filiform : Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe.
Filigrain : Alt. of Filigrane
Filigrane : Filigree.
Filigraned : See Filigreed.
Filigree : Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern. ;; Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative.

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