<B>filled gold,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> cheap metal, commonly brass, covered with a layer of gold, used as a substitute for solid gold, as for jewelry. </DL>
<A NAME="filledhonneur">
<B>fille d'honneur,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a maid of honor. </DL>
<A NAME="filledmilk">
<B>filled milk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> skim milk to which vegetable oils have been added to increase the fat content. </DL>
<A NAME="filler">
<B>filler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that fills. <DD><B> 2. </B>a thing put in to fill something. A pad of paper for a notebook is a filler. <DD><B> 3a. </B>a liquid or paste used to coat the pores or cracks of a surface, especially wood, before applying paint, varnish, or other protective covering. <DD><B> b. </B>sizing of starch or soluble glue used to fill the threads of cloth and thus give it more weight and body. <DD><B> 4. </B>an item or ornament used to fill a vacant space, such as a short item used on a newspaper, magazine, or book page to fill space for which no news, stories, or advertisements are available. <BR> <I>Ex. to use a short poem as a filler on a magazine page.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a sheet or plate inserted to fill the space between two solid portions or parts of a structure. <DD><B> 6. </B><B>=extender </B>(def. 2). <DD><B> 7. </B>the inner part of a cigar, forming the body, around which the binder and wrapper are rolled. <DD><B> 8. </B>an implement used in filling, as a funnel. </DL>
<A NAME="filler">
<B>filler, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ler</B> or <B>lers.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a Hungarian bronze coin, formerly worth 1/100 of a pengo, but now worth 1/100 of a forint. </DL>
<A NAME="fillermetal">
<B>filler metal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the metal used in welding to strengthen a welded joint. Filler metal is usually in the form of a welding rod or a wire electrode that melts during the welding. </DL>
<A NAME="fillet">
<B>fillet, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a narrow band, ribbon, or the like, worn around the head to hold the hair in place, often as an ornament. <BR> <I>Ex. a belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair (Alexander Pope).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a narrow band or strip of metal or other material. <BR> <I>Ex. The blanks for silver coins are punched out of a fillet of silver.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>any kind of strip used for binding anything. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Bookbinding.) <DD><B> a. </B>a decorative line impressed upon the cover of a book. <DD><B> b. </B>a rolling tool used to make such lines. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Architecture.) <DD><B> a. </B>a narrow, flat band or strip of any material, especially a plane molding often used between curved moldings. <DD><B> b. </B>one of the flat vertical strips between flutes on the shaft of a column. <DD><B> 6a. </B>a thin slice of fish or meat without bones or fat; filet. <DD><B> b. </B>a heavy slice of lean beef, mutton, or other meat, cooked especially by broiling. <DD><B> c. </B>a long, flat piece of lean meat rolled up and tied, cooked especially by roasting. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Anatomy.) a band of fibers, especially a white nerve tract in the brain; lemniscus. <DD><B> 8. </B>a raised rim or edge, especially around the muzzle of a gun. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Heraldry.) a horizontal portion of an escutcheon, equal to one fourth of the chief, of which it is the lowest part. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bind or decorate with a narrow band, ribbon, strip, or molding. <DD><B> 2a. </B>to cut (fish or meat) into fillets. When a fish is filleted, the flesh is cut away from the skeleton. <DD><B> b. </B>to slice fillets off of (a meat carcass, or part of one). </DL>
<A NAME="filleting">
<B>filleting, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the material of which fillets are made. <DD><B> 2. </B>fillets collectively. <DD><B> 3. </B>mortar or plaster used in a building to fill up a close joint where one surface meets another. </DL>
<B>fill-in, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a briefing. <BR> <I>Ex. an up-to-the-minute fill-in on the Berlin crisis ... (Baltimore Sun).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a replacement, as for an employee on vacation or for goods sold in a store. <BR> <I>Ex. Stores are urged to anticipate normal requirements and avoid last minute fill-ins (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>an activity or attraction to occupy the time between more important events or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="filling">
<B>filling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thing put in to fill something. <BR> <I>Ex. cake filling, a custard filling for pie.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a substance, such as gold, amalgam, or any one of various plastics, used by a dentist to fill a cavity in a decayed tooth. <DD><B> 3a. </B>threads running from side to side across a woven fabric; woof. <DD><B> b. </B>one of the threads for the woof. <DD><B> 4. </B>the action of making full. <DD><B> 5. </B>the condition of becoming full. <BR><I>expr. <B>fillings,</B> </I>fill; woof. <BR> <I>Ex. Much of [the wool] may be wrought into ... worsted chain or warp for woolen weft or fillings (Niles' Weekly Register).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="fillingstation">
<B>filling station,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a place where gasoline and oil for motor vehicles are sold; gas station; service station. </DL>
<A NAME="fillip">
<B>fillip, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a thing that rouses, revives, or stimulates. <BR> <I>Ex. The relishes serve as a fillip to my appetite.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a quick, light blow given by striking with the fingernail as it is snapped quickly from the end of the thumb. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to rouse, revive, or stimulate. <DD><B> 2. </B>to strike with the fingernail as it is snapped quickly from the end of the thumb. <DD><B> 3. </B>to toss or cause to move by striking in this way. <BR> <I>Ex. He filliped a speck of lint from the sleeve of his coat.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make a fillip. </DL>
<A NAME="fillipeen">
<B>fillipeen, </B>noun. <B>=philopena.</B></DL>
<A NAME="fillister">
<B>fillister, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a plane used in cutting rabbets or grooves. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rabbet or groove, especially one on a window sash in which the glass is inserted. </DL>
<A NAME="filly">
<B>filly, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a young female horse; a mare less than four or five years old. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) a young, lively girl. </DL>
<A NAME="film">
<B>film, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a very thin layer, sheet, surface, or coating, often of liquid. Oil poured on water will spread and make a film. <BR> <I>Ex. A film of fog covered the hills. An icy gale ... o'er the pool Breathes a blue film (James Thomson).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a roll or sheet of thin, flexible material, such as cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate, with a coating that is changed by light, used to take photographs. <BR> <I>Ex. He bought two rolls of film for his camera.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>such a roll or sheet used as a coating on a photographic plate. <DD><B> 3a. </B>motion-picture film. <DD><B> b. </B>a motion picture. <BR> <I>Ex. We saw a film about animals.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a thin skin or membranous layer. <DD><B> 5. </B>a very thin sheet or leaf of metal or other material. <DD><B> 6a. </B>a very fine thread; fiber; filament. <BR> <I>Ex. like films of silk blown by the wind (Charles Darwin).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a delicate web of filaments or fine threads. <BR> <I>Ex. From the twig a film of cobweb hung.</I> <DD><B> 7a. </B>a dimness in the eye, as from tears. <BR> <I>Ex. As sheathes A film the mother-eagle's eye When her bruised eaglet breathes (Robert Browning).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a growth forming an opaque spot on the eye. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cover with or as if with a film; coat; cover. <BR> <I>Ex. Tears filmed her eyes.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>to make a motion picture of (another dramatic form); screen. <BR> <I>Ex. They filmed "Hamlet."</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to photograph for motion pictures. <BR> <I>Ex. They filmed the scene three times.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to be or become covered with or as if with a film. <BR> <I>Ex. Her eyes filmed with tears.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>to be (well or ill) suited for acting or reproduction in motion pictures; be photographed for motion pictures. <DD><B> b. </B>to take or make a motion picture. <BR><I>expr. <B>films,</B> </I>motion pictures. <BR> <I>Ex. The great majority of heroic and patriotic films shown here make United States sailors and roughriders the heroes (London Times).</I> adj. <B>filmlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="filmable">
<B>filmable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be filmed or adapted to motion pictures. </DL>
<A NAME="filmbadge">
<B>film badge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a badge containing photographic film that records amounts of radiation exposure. It is worn by a person at an atomic plant or wherever there is a danger of exposure to radiation. </DL>
<A NAME="filmcard">
<B>filmcard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a heavy paper or plastic card or sheet containing a strip of microfilm; microfiche. A filmcard usually measures about 4 by 6 inches. </DL>
<A NAME="filmclip">
<B>film clip,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a short reel of film, usually clipped from a motion picture or taped telecast, used to blend in with a live television program, or for other purposes. </DL>
<A NAME="filmcraft">
<B>filmcraft, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art of making motion pictures; cinematographic art or skill. </DL>
<A NAME="filmdom">
<B>filmdom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> all the people and companies engaged in or with the production and presentation of motion pictures. </DL>
<A NAME="filmgate">
<B>film gate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a device that aligns and secures motion-picture film while it is being projected or exposed. </DL>
<A NAME="filmgoer">
<B>filmgoer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who goes often to see motion pictures. </DL>
<A NAME="filmic">
<B>filmic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with motion pictures. <BR> <I>Ex. The same newspaper headlined a story "Richard Egan's Career at Filmic High Point" (TV Guide).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>through the medium of motion pictures. <BR> <I>Ex. The latest to achieve a filmic incarnation is James T. Farrell's inflammatory "Studs Lonigan" (Saturday Review).</I> adv. <B>filmically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="filmization">
<B>filmization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a motion picture adapted from a play, story, or other literaryform. <BR> <I>Ex. These filmizations ... are too reverential (Dwight MacDonald).</I> </DL>
