| 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. |
| ARILLOID | • ARILLOID adj. like an aril, a protective seed-coat. |
| CAMELOID | • cameloid adj. Like a camel, or as found in a camel. • cameloid n. Any (fictional) animal similar to a camel. • cameloid n. Misspelling of camelid. |
| CICHLOID | • CICHLOID adj. like a cichlid, any teleost fish of the family Cichlidae. |
| COTYLOID | • cotyloid adj. (Anatomy) Shaped like a cup. • cotyloid adj. (Anatomy) Relating to a cotyloid cavity. • COTYLOID adj. cup-shaped. |
| 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. |
| LIGULOID | • liguloid adj. Shaped like a ligula. • LIGULOID adj. like a ligule, a thin outgrowth at the junction of a leaf and leafstalk. |
| LIMULOID | • limuloid n. Any horseshoe crab of the superfamily Limuloidea. • LIMULOID n. a member of the king crab family, also LIMULUS. |
| MYCELOID | • myceloid adj. (Botany) Resembling mycelium. • MYCELOID adj. resembling mycelium, the white threads or filamentous growth from which a mushroom or fungus is developed. |
| MYTILOID | • mytiloid adj. (Zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilidae. • MYTILOID adj. mussel-shaped. |
| PETALOID | • petaloid adj. (Botany) Resembling the petal of a flower. • PETALOID adj. of or like a petal, also PETALINE. |
| PHALLOID | • phalloid adj. Resembling a penis. • phalloid n. Any fungus of the genus Phallus. • PHALLOID adj. phallus shaped. |
| PHELLOID | • PHELLOID adj. resembling cork, but unable to shed water. |
| PHYLLOID | • phylloid adj. Resembling a leaf. • PHYLLOID n. a leaflike assimilatory organ in brown algae. |
| SEPALOID | • sepaloid adj. (Botany) Resembling a sepal. • SEPALOID adj. of the form of sepals, also SEPALINE. |
| SQUALOID | • squaloid adj. Characteristic of a shark or dogfish. • squaloid n. Any dogfish (family Squalidae). • SQUALOID adj. like a shark. |
| THALLOID | • thalloid adj. Of or pertaining to a thallus. • thalloid adj. (Botany) Of a plant, alga, or fungus lacking complex organization, especially lacking distinct stems… • THALLOID adj. having the form of a thallus. |
| TRIPLOID | • triploid adj. (Genetics) Having three sets of chromosomes. • triploid n. A triploid cell. • triploid n. A triploid organism. |
| YPSILOID | • ypsiloid adj. Shaped like the letter Υ. • YPSILOID adj. shaped like an upsilon. |