Synonyms of the word

pilus

• n. A hair.
• n. (microbiology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria.
• n. (biochemistry) A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions.

filament

• n. A fine thread or wire.
• n. Such a wire, as can be heated until it glows, in an incandescent light bulb or a thermionic valve.
• n. (physics, astronomy) A massive, thread-like structure, such as those gaseous ones which extend outward…
• n. (botany) The stalk of a stamen in a flower, supporting the anther.
• n. (textiles) A continuous object, limited in length only by its spool, and not cut to length.

filum

• n. (anatomy) a filamentous anatomical structure.

hair

• n. (countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other…
• n. (uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and…
• n. (zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans,…
• n. (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether…
• n. (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
• n. (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.