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 |
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 |
Jebel Musa Abila Abyla | a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar, one of the Pillars of Hercules |
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 |
Manila grass Japanese carpet grass Zoysia matrella | lawn grass common in the Philippines, grown also in United States |
Musa genus Musa | type genus of the Musaceae: bananas |
dwarf banana Musa acuminata | low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit |
Japanese banana Musa basjoo | Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan |
plantain plantain tree Musa paradisiaca | a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits, tropics and subtropics |
edible banana Musa paradisiaca sapientum | widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit |
abaca Manila hemp Musa textilis | Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc |
Abyssinian banana Ethiopian banana Ensete ventricosum Musa ensete | large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots, sometimes placed in genus Musa |
cantala Cebu maguey manila maguey | hard fiber used in making coarse twine, from Philippine agave plants |
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 |
bast bast fiber | strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants |
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 |
manila manila paper manilla manilla paper | a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp |
Manila hemp Manilla hemp abaca | a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines |
man-made fiber synthetic fiber | fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes |
natural fiber natural fibre | fiber derived from plants or animals |
animal fiber animal fibre | fiber derived from animals |
plant fiber plant fibre | fiber derived from plants |
acrylic fiber acrylic | polymerized from acrylonitrile |
polyester fiber | a quick-drying resilient synthetic fiber consisting primarily of polyester |
staple staple fiber staple fibre | a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn, staple fibers vary widely in length |
fiber-optic fiberoptic fibre-optic fibreoptic | of or relating to fiber optics |