FIBER Synonyms

• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

• make fine, irregular, rapid twitching movements

• a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets

• a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when blood clots

• an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots

• a normal ongoing process that dissolves fibrin and results in the removal of small blood clots

• peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood

• a cell from which connective tissue develops

• having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute

• (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew

• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

• the stalk of a stamen

• a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)

• a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

• thin in diameter; resembling a thread

• a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole

• a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

• line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

• a necklace made by stringing objects together

• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

• a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

• leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

• drive (a vessel) ashore

• bring to the ground

• a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

• any long object resembling a thin line

• the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together

• the raised helical rib going around a screw

• to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course

• pass a thread through

• remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string

• pass through or into

• thread on or as if on a string

• A lightweight synthetic fiber used as insulation in clothing

• Of or pertaining to fibrils.

• Having the characteristics of fibrils.

• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber