Noun
filament -
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
filum
anatomical structure ,
bodily structure ,
body structure ,
complex body part ,
structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches" ; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
filament -
a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
conducting wire ,
wire ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
filament -
the stalk of a stamen
filament -
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
fibril ,
strand
fibre ,
fiber a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
barb one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
gossamer ,
cobweb a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
chromatid one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis
myofibril ,
myofibrilla ,
sarcostyle one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
rhizoid any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
hypha any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus
