| CHORIOIDS | • chorioids n. Plural of chorioid. • CHORIOID n. the dark brown vascular coat of the eye, also CHOREOID, CHOROID. |
| CORTICOID | • corticoid n. (Medicine) Any substance (especially a drug) whose action is similar to that of a hormone of the adrenal cortex. • CORTICOID n. any of the steroid hormones produced in the adrenal cortex, also CORTICOSTEROID. |
| DOLORIFIC | • dolorific adj. Of or relating to pain. • dolorific adj. Causing grief or pain. • DOLORIFIC adj. bearing grief or pain, also DOLORIFEROUS. |
| DORIDOIDS | • DORIDOID n. a shell-less mollusc. |
| DORMITION | • dormition n. The process of falling asleep. • dormition n. (Euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself. • dormition n. (Eastern Orthodoxy, often capitalized) The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary. |
| GORILLOID | • gorilloid adj. (Anatomy) Resembling (that of) a gorilla. • GORILLOID adj. of or like a gorilla, also GORILLIAN, GORILLINE. |
| IRIDOLOGY | • iridology n. (Alternative medicine) A form of alternative medicine involving the diagnosis of body ailments through… • IRIDOLOGY n. diagnosis based on examining the iris of the eye. |
| IRIDOTOMY | • iridotomy n. (Surgery) The removal of part of the iris. • IRIDOTOMY n. surgical removal of the iris. |
| ODORISING | • odorising v. Present participle of odorise. • ODORISE v. to make odorous, also ODORIZE. |
| ODORIZING | • odorizing v. Present participle of odorize. • ODORIZE v. to make odorous, also ODORISE. |
| OPHIUROID | • ophiuroid n. An echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea; the brittlestar. • OPHIUROID n. a member of the Ophiura genus of brittle-stars or sand-stars, also OPHIURA, OPHIURAN, OPHIURID. |
| ORNITHOID | • ornithoid adj. Resembling or characteristic of a bird. • ornithoid n. (Science fiction, fantasy) Any bird-like creature. • ORNITHOID adj. birdlike. |
| RIGWOODIE | • rigwoodie n. (Obsolete, Scotland) rope, chain, or band that crosses the saddle of a horse to support the attachment of a cart. • rigwoodie adj. (Obsolete, Scotland) Fit for the gallows. • RIGWOODIE n. (Scots) a carthorse's backband, also RIGWIDDIE. |
| SCORPIOID | • scorpioid adj. Of, pertaining to, or appearing like a scorpion. • scorpioid adj. (Botany) Resembling a scorpion’s tail; circinate. • scorpioid n. A scorpion-like creature. |
| VARIOLOID | • varioloid adj. Of or resembling smallpox. • varioloid n. A milder outbreak of smallpox occurring in a person who has previously been infected. • VARIOLOID n. a disease resembling variola, smallpox. |