filature
The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
A spool or bobbin used for the above.
A place where silk is reeled onto spools.

filatures
plural of filature

filchery
Theft.

filemark
A special value used on computer tape to separate individual files.

filemarks
plural of filemark

filename
The name assigned to a file in a file system.

filenames
plural of filename

fileset
A set or group of computer files that are related

filesets
plural of fileset

filfot
Alternative form of fylfot.

filfots
plural of filfot

filiality
The quality of being filial.

filialness
Quality of being filial.

filiation
The condition of being a child of a specified parent.
The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline.
The determination of paternity.
One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot.

filiations
plural of filiation

filibeg
Alternative form of philibeg.

filibegs
plural of filibeg

filibusterism
Piracy, freebooting; the waging of unauthorised war.
The practice of forcefully and unauthorisedly acquiring control of foreign land.
The practice of delaying legislation by filibuster or other obstructive tactics.

filicology
The botanical study of ferns.

filiety
The relation of a son to a father; sonship

filin
A genre that emerged in late 1940s in La Habana, influenced by the melodic and expressive style of vocal jazz.

filioque
The use of the Latin word filioque (“and from the son”) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern Orthodox Churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone).

filipuncture
The operation of passing wire into an aneurysmal cavity.

filksinging
The act of singing filk songs ("songs about or inspired by science fiction, fantasy, horror, science, etc.").

fillability
The condition of being fillable

fillebeg
Alternative spelling of philibeg.

fillebegs
plural of fillebeg

filledness
The quality of being filled.

fillgap
That which fills a gap, or serves as a short-term temporary fix until something better comes along.
Speech or text that takes up time or space but conveys little to no meaning; fluff.

fillibeg
Alternative form of philibeg.

fillibegs
plural of fillibeg

fillingness
The property of being filling, of making full.

fillup
An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.
Filler material.

fillups
plural of fillup

filmanthropy
Filmmaking that aims to raise awareness of an issue and/or money for a charitable cause.

filmcraft
The art of filmmaking.

filmicity
The state or condition of being fit for film.

filminess
The quality of being filmy

filmland
The industry of films and filmmaking.
The fictitious world where films are set.

filmlessness
Absence of film.

filmlore
The knowledge, study, science, history, or culture relating to films or moviemaking; cinematology.

filmwork
The craft of filmmaking.
A work in film.

filology
Misspelling of philology.

filterabilities
plural of filterability

filterability
The state or condition of being filterable.

filtering
present participle and gerund of filter

filterings
plural of filtering

filterlessness
The state, quality, or condition of being filterless.

filterset
A set of filters (in several different contexts)

filtersets
plural of filterset

filthiness
The property of being filthy.

filthinesses
plural of filthiness

filtra
plural of filtrum

filtrabilities
plural of filtrability

filtrability
Alternative form of filterability.

filtration
The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.
A totally ordered collection of subsets.

filtrations
plural of filtration

filtroporation
filtration accompanied by poration

filtrum
Archaic form of philtrum.

fimbriation
The use of a thin stripe of a contrasting tincture (colour) around a charge, ordinary or stripe in order to make it stand out from the background.
Such a stripe.

fimbriations
plural of fimbriation

finalisation
The act or process of finalising.

finalisations
plural of finalisation

finaliser
Alternative spelling of finalizer.

finalisers
plural of finaliser

finalism
teleology

finalisms
plural of finalism

finalities
plural of finality

finality
The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.

finalization
Alternative form of finalisation.

finalizations
plural of finalization

finalizer
A function that runs when an object is garbage collected, similar to a destructor.

finalizers
plural of finalizer

financer
An entity that provides financing

financers
plural of financer

financiery
The work of a financier; the field of finance.

fincheries
plural of finchery

finchery
A structure into which finches are decoyed so that they can be caught in a net.

findability
The ability to be found.
The quality of a particular object being locatable.
The quality of a whole system being navigable.

findableness
The property of being capable of being found.

findom
Syllabic abbreviation of financial domination
A dominant who practices financial domination.

findoms
plural of findom

findrinny
White bronze.
A kind of red bronze.

fineness
The quality or degree of being fine.
The ratio, in a precious metal, of the primary metal to any additives or impurities.
The ratio of length to width of a ship, aircraft or rocket

finenesses
plural of fineness

finew
moldiness

fingercuffs
A Chinese finger trap.

fingerlessness
Absence of fingers.

fingerlet
A small finger-shaped object.

fingerlets
plural of fingerlet

fingermark
A blemish made by a dirty finger; a fingerprint.

fingernail
The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

fingernailful
Enough to be stored under one's fingernail.

fingernailfuls
plural of fingernailful

fingernails
plural of fingernail

fingernailsful
plural of fingernailful

fingerpointing
Alternative form of finger-pointing.

fingerpointings
plural of fingerpointing

fingerprick
The act of pricking one's finger for the purpose of drawing a tiny amount of blood.
The wound created by such an act.

fingerpricks
plural of fingerprick

fingerprintability
The property or quality of being fingerprintable.

fingersucking
The act of sucking one's fingers.

fingerwidth
A width approximately one finger wide.

fingerwidths
plural of fingerwidth

finicalities
plural of finicality

finicality
The quality of being finical.

finicalness
The state or characteristic of being finical.

finicalnesses
plural of finicalness

finickiness
The quality of being finicky.

finickinesses
plural of finickiness

finickingness
The quality of being finicking.

finishedness
The quality of being finished.

finishment
finish; termination

finishments
plural of finishment

finiteness
The state or quality of being finite.

finitenesses
plural of finiteness

finitisation
Alternative form of finitization.

finitisations
plural of finitisation

finitism
An extreme form of constructivism, according to which a mathematical object does not exist unless it can be constructed from natural numbers in a finite number of steps.

finitizability
The condition of being finitizable

finitization
The process of finitizing.

finitizations
plural of finitization

finitude
The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.

finitudes
plural of finitude

finlessness
Absence of fins.

finlit
Abbreviation of financial literacy.

finnufs
plural of finnuf

fintech
Financial technology, that is, technology (usually information technology) that is focused on finance.
A company in the finance sector, such as one dealing with payments, fundraising or loans.

fintechs
plural of fintech

fintwit
That part of the Twitter microblogging community that tweets about finance and stock markets.

fippence
fivepence

fippences
plural of fippence

fiqah
Alternative form of fiqh.