filmy

  • 11filmy — adjective (filmier; est) Date: 1584 1. of, resembling, or composed of film ; gauzy < filmy draperies > 2. covered with a haze or film • filmily adverb • filminess noun …

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  • 12filmy — film|y [ˈfılmi] adj very thin, so that you can almost see through it ▪ a filmy nightdress …

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  • 13filmy — film|y [ fılmi ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY so thin that you can see through it: SHEER: filmy chiffon …

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  • 14filmy — adjective a filmy black blouse Syn: diaphanous, transparent, see through, translucent, sheer, gossamer; delicate, fine, light, thin, silky Ant: thick, opaque …

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  • 15Filmy dome spider — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida …

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  • 16filmy ferns — plural noun A family of ferns with very thin leaves, the Hymenophyllaceae • • • Main Entry: ↑film …

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  • 17filmy dome spider — filmy dome spider, a spider that spins a tangle of threads around a dome shaped silk sheet, and hangs under the dome. Insects that drop onto the dome are pulled through the webbing by the spider …

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  • 18filmy — adjective a) Resembling or made of a thin film; gauzy b) Covered by (or as if by) a film; hazy …

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  • 19filmy — Synonyms and related words: attenuate, attenuated, beclouded, blear, bleared, bleary, blurred, blurry, clear, clear as crystal, clouded, cloudy, cobwebby, confused, crystal, crystal clear, crystalline, dainty, dark, delicate, diaphane, diaphanous …

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  • 20filmy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Composed of or like film] Syn. gauzy, flimsy, diaphanous, gossamer; see sheer 2 . 2. [Covered with a film] Syn. misty, cloudy, dim, coated; see hazy 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. veiled, hazy, cloudy, misty, foggy …

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