filiform

As adjectives the difference between fusiform and filiform

is that fusiform is shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end while filiform is shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.

As adjectives the difference between filiform and foliform

is that filiform is shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous while foliform is leaf-shaped.

As adjectives the difference between filiform and piliform

is that filiform is shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous while piliform is resembling hair.

As adjectives the difference between filiform and feliform

is that filiform is shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous while feliform is resembling a cat; applied to the Feliformia, a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of cat-like carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, etc.

As a noun feliform is

any carnivore of the suborder Feliformia, which are regarded as cat-like.

As adjectives the difference between filiform and ciliform

is that filiform is shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous while ciliform is having the form of cilia.

As adjectives the difference between ficiform and filiform

is that ficiform is fig-shaped while filiform is shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.

As an adjective filiform

is shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.

As a noun cnidocil is

(zoology) the fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.

As an adjective filiform

is shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.

As a noun cephalophore is

(roman catholicism) any of a group of saints depicted in art carrying heads in their hands.

As an adjective filiform

is shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.

As a noun sarment is

a prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry.