| ALKALOID | • alkaloid n. (Organic chemistry) Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have… • alkaloid adj. Relating to, resembling, or containing alkali. • ALKALOID n. any of a class of complex organic bases of vegetable origin. |
| AMYGDALOID | • amygdaloid adj. Shaped like an almond. • amygdaloid adj. (Anatomy) Relating to the amygdala. • amygdaloid n. A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules… |
| BUNGALOID | • bungaloid n. (Sometimes derogatory) A house resembling a bungalow. • BUNGALOID adj. (facetious) of or like a bungalow. • BUNGALOID n. a dwelling like a bungalow. |
| ENCEPHALOID | • encephaloid adj. Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. • encephaloid n. A malignant cancer of brain-like consistency. • ENCEPHALOID adj. like or resembling a brain. |
| GAVIALOID | • gavialoid n. Any crocodylian of the superfamily Gavialoidea. • GAVIALOID adj. of or like gavials. |
| GLYCOALKALOID | • glycoalkaloid n. (Organic chemistry) Any of a class of alkaloid glycosides, most of which are poisonous. |
| HALOID | • haloid adj. (Chemistry) Resembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative… • haloid n. (Chemistry) Any haloid substance. • HALOID n. a compound of a halogen with a metal or radical, also HALID, HALIDE. |
| HOMALOID | • homaloid n. (Geometry) An element of a homaloidal system, in particular the image of a hyperplane under a Cremona transformation. • HOMALOID n. a Euclidean space, analogous to a plane. |
| HYALOID | • hyaloid adj. Transparent or glassy. • hyaloid n. (Anatomy) The hyaloid membrane. • HYALOID n. a thin transparent membrane enclosing the vitreous humour of the eye. |
| HYDROCEPHALOID | • hydrocephaloid adj. (Medicine) Resembling hydrocephalus. • HYDROCEPHALOID adj. suffering from hydrocephalus, an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranial cavity. |
| NEANDERTHALOID | • Neanderthaloid adj. Resembling or characteristic of the extinct Neanderthal species. • NEANDERTHALOID adj. of or like a neanderthaler. |
| OMPHALOID | • omphaloid adj. Shaped like a navel. • OMPHALOID adj. of or pertaining to the omphalos, the umbilicus, or navel, also OMPHALIC. |
| PETALOID | • petaloid adj. (Botany) Resembling the petal of a flower. • PETALOID adj. of or like a petal, also PETALINE. |
| SEPALOID | • sepaloid adj. (Botany) Resembling a sepal. • SEPALOID adj. of the form of sepals, also SEPALINE. |
| SIALOID | • SIALOID adj. like saliva. |
| SQUALOID | • squaloid adj. Characteristic of a shark or dogfish. • squaloid n. Any dogfish (family Squalidae). • SQUALOID adj. like a shark. |