filament

filament has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.
• n.. a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
• n.. a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
• n.. the stalk of a stamen
• n.. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber