Vocabulary : Filigreed to Fillet
Filigreed : Adorned with filigree.
Filing : of File ;; A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.
Filioque : The Latin for, "and from the Son," equivalent to et filio, inserted by the third council of Toledo (a. d. 589) in the clause qui ex Patre procedit (who proceedeth from the Father) of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (a. d. 381), which makes a creed state that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father. Hence, the doctrine itself (not admitted by the Eastern Church).
Filipendulous : Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
Filipinos : of Filipino
Fill : One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. ;; To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of. ;; To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun. ;; To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. ;; To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair. ;; To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. ;; To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. ;; To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails. ;; To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel. ;; To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills
Filled : of Fill
Filled cheese : An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty "filling," such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream.
Filler : One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling. ;; A thill horse. ;; A composition, as of powdered silica and oil, used to fill the pores and grain of wood before applying paint, varnish, etc. ;; Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as coppice under standards. Chiefly used in the pl.
Fillet : A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. ;; A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. ;; A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip. ;; A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner. ;; A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column. ;; An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position. ;; The thread of a screw. ;; A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt. ;; The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun. ;; Any scantling smaller than a batten. ;; A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain. ;; The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder
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