| Manila Bay | a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (), the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet |
Old World beaver
Castor fiber | a European variety of beaver |
| fiber fibre vulcanized fiber | a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth |
fiber optic cable
fibre optic cable | a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light |
fiber-optic transmission system
fibre-optic transmission system
FOTS | a communication system using fiber optic cables |
hangman's rope
hangman's halter
halter hemp
hempen necktie | a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
optical fiber
glass fiber
optical fibre
glass fibre | a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light, used in bundles to transmit images |
character fiber
fibre | the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions, education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer |
fiber
fibre | any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) |
| Purkinje fiber | a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network |
muscle cell
muscle fiber
muscle fibre | an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body |
striated muscle cell
striated muscle fiber | an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue |
nerve fiber
nerve fibre | a threadlike extension of a nerve cell |
medullated nerve fiber
myelinated nerve fiber | a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin |
motor neuron
efferent neuron
motor nerve fiber
motoneuron | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
motor fiber
efferent fiber | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands |
sensory fiber
afferent fiber | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system |
fiber bundle
fibre bundle
fascicle
fasciculus | a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) |
fiber optics
fiberoptics
fibre optics
fibreoptics | the transmission of light signals via glass fibers |
roughage
fiber | coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients, its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis |
Manila
capital of the Philippines | the capital and largest city of the Philippines, located on southern Luzon |
manila tamarind
camachile
huamachil
wild tamarind Pithecellobium dulce | common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum |
| Indian hemp rheumatism weed Apocynum cannabinum | Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans, used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints |
hemp agrimony
Eupatorium cannabinum | coarse European herb with palmately divided leaves and clusters of small reddish-purple flower heads |
climbing hempweed
climbing boneset
wild climbing hempweed
climbing hemp-vine
Mikania scandens | herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers, climbs up trees |
Manila grass
Japanese carpet grass
Zoysia matrella | lawn grass common in the Philippines, grown also in United States |
kenaf
kanaf
deccan hemp
bimli
bimli hemp
Indian hemp Bombay hemp
Hibiscus cannabinus | valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation |
| kenaf deccan hemp | fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus |
Queensland hemp
jellyleaf
Sida rhombifolia | herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute, sometimes an aggressive weed |
| African hemp Sparmannia africana | large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers |
abaca
Manila hemp
Musa textilis | Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc |
false nettle
bog hemp | any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs |
Cannabidaceae
family Cannabidaceae
hemp family | two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus, term not used in all classifications, in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae |
cannabis
hemp | any plant of the genus Cannabis, a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers, yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs |
| Indian hemp Cannabis indica | source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber |
cantala Cebu maguey
manila maguey | hard fiber used in making coarse twine, from Philippine agave plants |
sansevieria
bowstring hemp | grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber |
African bowstring hemp
African hemp Sansevieria guineensis | bowstring hemp of South Africa |
Ceylon bowstring hemp
Sansevieria zeylanica | plant having thick fibrous leaves transversely banded in light and dark green |
| bowstring hemp | strong fiber that resembles hemp, obtained from sansevieria and used for e.g. cordage |
winged bean
winged pea goa bean goa bean vine
Manila bean
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus | a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings, Old World tropics |
Colorado River hemp
Sesbania exaltata | tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure, yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage |
common osier
hemp willow
velvet osier
Salix viminalis | willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry |
hemp nettle
dead nettle Galeopsis tetrahit | coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle, common as a weed in United States |
| bast bast fiber | strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants |
| bowstring hemp | hemp obtained from the sansevieria |
fiber
fibre | a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn |
cotton cotton fiber
cotton wool | soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state |
| hemp | a plant fiber |
manila
manila paper
manilla
manilla paper | a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp |