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FILAR
filar
(adjective) related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope); “a filar eyepiece”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
filar (comparative more filar, superlative most filar)
Of or relating to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view.
Anagrams
• flair, frail
Source: Wiktionary
Fi"lar, a. Etym: [L. filum a thread.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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