Synonyms of the word

ciliary

• adj. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a cilium.
• adj. Of or pertaining to eyelashes.

cilial

• adj. Relating to cilia.

ciliate

• adj. (biology) Ciliated.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the eyelash.
• n. (zoology) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.

hair

• n. (countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other…
• n. (uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and…
• n. (zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans,…
• n. (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether…
• n. (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
• n. (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

membrane

• n. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually…
• n. A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.
• n. A flexible or semi-flexible covering or waterproofing whose primary function is to exclude water.

organelle

• n. (cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes,…