| BYSSOID | • byssoid adj. Byssaceous. • BYSSOID adj. having delicate filaments. |
| CIRSOID | • cirsoid adj. (Medicine) varicose. • CIRSOID adj. having the appearance of a varicose vein. |
| CISSOID | • cissoid n. (Geometry) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of a point, P, on a line from a given fixed… • CISSOID n. a type of geometric curve. |
| EMULSOID | • emulsoid n. A colloid solution consisting of a suspension of liquid particles in a liquid. • EMULSOID n. a liquid dispersed in another liquid. |
| MEDUSOID | • medusoid n. Jellyfish. • medusoid adj. Having the shape of a jellyfish. • MEDUSOID n. a jellyfish, also MEDUSA, MEDUSAN. |
| SINUSOID | • sinusoid n. (Mathematics) A curve having the shape of a sine wave. • sinusoid n. (Anatomy) Any of several channels through which venous blood passes in various organs. • sinusoid adj. (Mathematics) sinusoidal. |
| THYRSOID | • thyrsoid adj. Having the approximate form of a thyrsus. • thyrsoid n. (Botany) Synonym of thyrse. • THYRSOID adj. having the form of a thyrsus, also THYRSOIDAL. |
| VIRUSOID | • virusoid n. A circular single-stranded RNA, similar but not identical to a viroid, dependent on plant viruses for… • VIRUSOID n. a particle of RNA associated with some plant viruses. |
| ELLIPSOID | • ellipsoid n. (Mathematics, geometry) A surface, all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular (including the… • ellipsoid n. (Geography) Such a surface used as a model of the shape of the earth. • ellipsoid adj. Shaped like an ellipse; elliptical. |
| GNEISSOID | • gneissoid adj. (Geology) Having a structure similar to that of gneiss, or intermediate between that of gneiss and mica or granite. • gneissoid n. (Geology) A metamorphic rock having the composition of a laminated granite. • GNEISSOID adj. like gneiss. |
| DISPERSOID | • dispersoid n. Dispersoids are ultrafine nanometer-scale and numerous finely divided particles of one substance dispersed… • dispersoid n. Colloid. • DISPERSOID n. a substance in a state of dispersion. |
| SUSPENSOID | • suspensoid n. (Chemistry) A system of colloid where solid particles are dispersed. • SUSPENSOID n. a colloid dispersed with difficulty, yielding an unstable solution that cannot be reformed after coagulation. |
| HYDROMEDUSOID | • HYDROMEDUSOID n. a hydromedusa, also HYDROMEDUSA, HYDROMEDUSAN. |