Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z fiamma A "flame structure" found in welded ignimbrite and tuff: a small, dark lens of glassy material (possibly pumice which was compressed or collapsed during welding). Fian A member of the small bands of warriors and hunters in Gaelic Ireland during the Iron Age and early Middle Ages. fiance To betroth; to affiance. fianchetto The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file. fianelite A monoclinic-prismatic orange red mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and vanadium. fiants The dung of the wolf, fox or badger. fiar One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a liferenter. fiasco A sudden or unexpected failure. fiat An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. fiatsplain To criticize bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in a condescending manner, often by nocoiners. fiatsplainer A person who criticizes cryptocurrency while defending fiat money. fib A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. FIBA The International Basketball Federation. fibber A liar. fibbery The telling of fibs; lying, falsehood. fibbie An FBI agent. fibbing The telling of a lie. fiber A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread. fiberal Synonym of libtard fiberboard A material made from wood chips or shavings, which are compressed and bonded with resin and formed into stiff sheets, and used in building or making furniture. fibercle A scar on the thallus resulting from the breaking of attached fibrils. fibered Having fibers/fibres. fiberedness The condition of being fibered fiberfill A lightweight synthetic fiber used as insulation in clothing fiberglassy Resembling or characteristic of fiberglass. fibering A fiber ring fiberise Non-Oxford British English spelling of fiberize. fiberization The process of fiberizing. fiberize To break (up) into fibers, shred to fine threads. fiberizer A machine that fiberizes. fiberless Lacking fibers fiberlessness Absence of fiber or fibers. fiberlike Like fiber; fibrous. fibermaxxing The act of maximizing the amount of dietary fiber that one intakes. fiberoptically In a fiberoptic manner fiberscope a flexible fibreoptic device for viewing otherwise inaccessible areas fibershed The geographic region from which come all of the resources to make an article of clothing. fiberwise Of or pertaining to the fiber of a map. fibery Fibrous; having an appearance of fibers. fibial Of or pertaining to the fibula. fibnif A piece in some variants of fairy chess. Fibonacci Of or pertaining to the Fibonacci sequence. Fibonaccian Of or relating to the mathematician Fibonacci. fibonomial Fibonacci-binomial fiboquadratic Describing an extension of Fibonacci sequences involving quadratic numbers fibracillin A penicillin antibiotic. fibral Having the form of a fiber or fibril fibranne A rayon fabric having some qualities of linen. fibrant Relating to a fibration fibrate Any of a class of amphipathic drugs that affect lipid metabolism fibration A continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space. fibrational Of or pertaining to a fibration. fibratus a cloud species which consists of fine hair-like strands, clearly separate, and with thin, straight terminations; associated with cirrus and cirrostratus formations. fibre A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread. fibreboard UK and Canada standard spelling of fiberboard. fibrecraft The traditional craft of creating fibres. fibred Having (a specified form of) fibres. fibreglass Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width. fibreless Lacking fibres fibrelessness Absence of fibre or fibres. fibrelike Like fibre; fibrous. fibrescope An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas fibrewood fiberboard fibrework The manufacture of objects from plant fibres. fibric In an initial stage of decomposition. fibriform Shaped like a fiber. fibril A fine fibre or filament. fibrilization The formation of fibrils fibrilize To convert into, or furnish with, fibrils. fibrilized Converted into, or furnished with fibrils fibrilizing That leads to fibrilization fibrilla Synonym of fibril (“a fine fibre or filament”). fibrillar Of or pertaining to fibrils. fibrillarin A component of several ribonucleoproteins. fibrillarity The condition of being fibrillar fibrillary Of or pertaining to fibrils, or nanoscale fibers fibrillate To make rapid irregular movements. fibrillated Having fibrils fibrillating Splitting into fibrils or fibres. fibrillation The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart. fibrillative Relating to fibrillation. fibrillatory Accompanied by fibrillation. fibrilled Having one or more fibrils. fibrilliferous Bearing fibrils. fibrilliform Having the appearance of a thin fibre or group of fibres; fibrous. fibrillin A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue. fibrillinogenesis The formation of fibrillin. fibrillinopathy A disease of the skin associated with genetically damaged fibrillin fibrillization The formation of fibrils fibrillize To cause or to undergo fibrillization. fibrillogenesis The development of the fibrils in connective tissue fibrillogenetic Relating to fibrillogenesis fibrillogenic Of or pertaining to fibrillogenesis fibrillogenicity The condition of being fibrillogenic fibrillopathy Any disease that affects the muscle fibres of the heart fibrillose Covered with fibrils, such as fungi or the undersurface of some lichens. fibrillosely In a fibrillose manner. fibrillovesicular fibrillous and vesicular fibrin A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood. fibrinase An enzyme involved in the formation of fibrin. fibrination an excess of fibrin in the blood. fibrine Relating to the fibres of plants. fibrinemic characterized by the presence of fibrin within the blood fibrinlike Resembling or characteristic of fibrin. fibrinocellular Composed of fibrin and cells fibrinogen A protein that in humans plays a role in the formation of clots. fibrinogenase thrombin fibrinogenemia The presence or level of fibrinogen in the blood. fibrinogenesis Formation and development of fibrin. fibrinogenetic Of or relating to fibrinogenesis. fibrinogenic That produces fibrin fibrinogenolysis A condition involving abnormal production of fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products, degradation of coagulation factors V, VIII, IX, XI and/or degradation of the fibrin present in any pre-existing localized thrombi and hemostatic clots. fibrinogenolytic Of or relating to fibrinogenolysis. fibrinogenous Resembling fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin. fibrinohaemorrhagic fibrinous and haemorrhagic fibrinohemorrhagic fibrinous and hemorrhagic fibrinoid Resembling fibrin. fibrinolysin An enzyme derived from plasma of bovine origin, or extracted from cultures of certain bacteria, that attacks and inactivates fibrin. fibrinolysis The process wherein a fibrin clot, the product of coagulation, is broken down. fibrinolytic Of, pertaining to, or producing fibrinolysis. fibrinolytically In a fibrinolytic manner fibrinolyze To break down by fibrinolysis. fibrinonecrotic fibrinous and necrotic fibrinopeptide A polypeptide fragment, cleaved from fibrinogen by thrombin, that combines to form fibrin during blood-clotting fibrinoplastic Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen. fibrinoplastin An albuminous substance in the blood which, in combination with fibrinogen, forms fibrin. Now understood to be any of a certain group of proteins in the blood, each of whose members has a more modern name. fibrinoplatelet A blood clot composed of fibrin and platelets fibrinoprotein A protein related to fibrinopeptide fibrinopurulent Relating to, or containing fibrin and pus fibrinosuppurative That is suppurative and contains fibrin fibrinous Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, resembling or having the nature of fibrin. fibriscess A fibrous abscess. fibriscessed Having fibriscesses fibrise Non-Oxford British English spelling of fibrize (alternative form of fiberize). fibrisol A kind of organosol consisting predominantly of relatively undecomposed organic material with clearly visible plant fragments. fibrist A histosol that is made up of only slightly decomposed organic materials, often called peat. fibritin A structural protein in some viruses that attaches tail fibres to its baseplate fibro Fibro-cement; a building material consisting of asbestos fibres and cement pressed into sheets. fibroactin A form of fibronectin related to an actin fibroadenoma A benign tumour of the breast fibroadenomatosis fibrous, normally benign adenomatosis fibroadenomatous Relating to or composed of fibroadenomata. fibroadenosis A fibrocystic disease characterised by lumps in the breast fibroadipocyte fibrotic adipocyte fibroadipocytic Relating to or composed of fibroadipocytes. fibroadipogenic fibrous and adipogenic fibroadipose Having both fibrous and adipose tissue fibroangioma Synonym of angiofibroma. fibroatelectasis fibrous atelectasis fibroatheroma An atheroma that has a fibrous structure