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Capillary

/kəˈpɪ.lə.ɹi/

A narrow tube.

📖 Definitions of "Capillary"

noun

adjective

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
thinverb	Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
capillary tubenoun	a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
hairlike	Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.
capillary tubingnoun	a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hairlike	Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.
thinverb	Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
capillary tubenoun	a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
capillary tubingnoun	a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
hairnoun	(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
tubulenoun	A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
electrochromatographynoun	(chemistry) a form of chromatography in which the compounds to be separated move under the action of an electric current; electropherography
finenoun	Senses referring to subjective quality.
filamentous	Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
threadlike	Having the form of a thread.
slendernoun	Thin; slim.
attenuated	Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
fibrillar	(not comparable) Of or pertaining to fibrils.
capilliform	Having the form of a hair
filiform	Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.
narrowverb	Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
delicatenoun	Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
minutenoun	A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
microscopic	So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
tinynoun	Very small.