ground dried sassafras leaves, used as a flavouring and thickening ingredient in gumbos and other Creole dishes. Filé should be added to a dish only just before serving.

Dried sassafras leaf powder, used on gumbo as a thickening agent

A powder of dried, ground sassafras leaves used as a seasoning and as a thickening agent in soups and stews, particularly the famous filé gumbo. Oils in the bark of sassafras root contain safroles, a carcinogen, and sassafras tea and other products have been banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, the powdered leaves do not contain safroles, and filé is considered safe for consumption.

Feria Internacional del Libro

Fidelity International Limited

The Fédération Internationale de Luge de course (The International Luge Federation), the international governing body for luge.

imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell.

Filtered (in the past known as dissolved (DIS)), Pertains to the constituents in a representative water sample that pass through a 0.45-micrometer membrane filter for inorganic analysis or a 0.7-micrometer glass fiber filter for organic analysis. This is a convenient operational definition used by Federal agencies that collect water data. Determinations of "dissolved" constituents are made on subsamples of the filtrate.

A Forth Inspired Language for the Helio PDA

Femmes Informations Liaisons

See "MIL".

(latin) son

Father-In-Law.

Filled