| BACULIFORM | • baculiform adj. Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped. • BACULIFORM adj. rod-shaped. |
| CHIFFOROBE | • chifforobe n. A piece of furniture consisting of a wardrobe combined with a chest of drawers. • CHIFFOROBE n. a combination of wardrobe and chest of drawers. |
| CLOFIBRATE | • clofibrate n. (Pharmacology) A compound C12H15ClO3 used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats… • CLOFIBRATE n. a lipid-lowering drug that is used to reduce high levels of fat and cholesterol. |
| CRIBRIFORM | • cribriform adj. Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve. • CRIBRIFORM adj. shaped like a sieve. |
| FABRICATOR | • fabricator n. A person who fabricates or manufactures something; a manufacturer. • fabricator n. A person who makes a fabrication of something; a counterfeiter or falsifier. • FABRICATOR n. one who fabricates. |
| FIBERSCOPE | • fiberscope n. (American spelling) a flexible fibreoptic device for viewing otherwise inaccessible areas. • FIBERSCOPE n. a medical instrument using fibre optic bundles, also FIBRESCOPE. |
| FIBREOPTIC | • fibreoptic adj. Alternative spelling of fibre optic. • fibre-optic adj. Alternative spelling of fibre optic. • fibre␣optic adj. Of, or relating to fibre optics, or to optical fibre. |
| FIBRESCOPE | • fibrescope n. (Britain) An instrument, consisting of a fibre optic bundle, used to observe inaccessible areas. • FIBRESCOPE n. a medical instrument using fibre optic bundles, also FIBERSCOPE. |
| FIBROCYTES | • fibrocytes n. Plural of fibrocyte. • FIBROCYTE n. a normally inactive fibroblast which proliferates following tissue damage. |
| FORECABINS | • forecabins n. Plural of forecabin. • FORECABIN n. a cabin in the fore part of a ship. |
| MICROFIBER | • microfiber n. (American spelling) Very fine synthetic fiber; cloth made of such fiber. • MICROFIBER n. a cloth of tightly woven synthetic fibre, also MICROFIBRE. |
| MICROFIBRE | • microfibre n. (British spelling, Canadian spelling) Alternative spelling of microfiber. • MICROFIBRE n. a cloth of tightly woven synthetic fibre, also MICROFIBER. |
| SUBOFFICER | • subofficer n. An under or subordinate officer. • SUBOFFICER n. an under or subordinate officer. |
| UNFORCIBLE | • unforcible adj. (Archaic) Without strength. • UNFORCIBLE adj. that cannot be forced. |