| ALLANTOID | • allantoid n. (Obsolete, embryology) The allantois. • allantoid adj. (Chiefly embryology) Allantoic. • allantoid adj. (Now chiefly mycology) Sausage-shaped; especially with reference to fungal spores that are long with rounded ends. |
| DEMANTOID | • demantoid n. A green garnet. • DEMANTOID n. a lustrous green gem variety of andradite garnet. |
| DERMATOID | • dermatoid adj. Dermoid. • DERMATOID adj. like or resembling skin. |
| EUTECTOID | • eutectoid adj. Describing the phase-change reaction of an alloy in which, on cooling, a single solid phase transforms… • eutectoid n. An alloy of a composition that undergoes the eutectoid transformation. • EUTECTOID n. an alloy similar to a eutectic. |
| GRANITOID | • granitoid adj. (Geology) Resembling granite. • granitoid n. (Geology) Any mineral that resembles granite. • GRANITOID n. a variety of coarse grained plutonic rock similar to granite which mineralogically is composed predominantly of feldspar and quartz. |
| HAEMATOID | • haematoid adj. Alternative form of hematoid. • HAEMATOID adj. resembling blood, also HEMATOID. |
| HERPETOID | • herpetoid adj. Resembling or characteristic of a reptile. • herpetoid n. (Fantasy) A reptilian creature. • HERPETOID adj. of or relating to snakes. |
| HYPNOTOID | • hypnotoid adj. Resembling hypnotism. • HYPNOTOID adj. like hypnosis. |
| PLANETOID | • planetoid n. (Astronomy) An asteroid of any size. • planetoid n. (Astronomy) An asteroid-like body in an orbit beyond the asteroid belt, such as a centaur or Kuiper belt object. • planetoid n. (Astronomy) A larger, planetary, body in orbit around the Sun, such as Vesta or (candidate) dwarf planets… |
| SCOLYTOID | • scolytoid adj. (Zoology) Resembling or characteristic of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus. • scolytoid n. (Zoology) A beetle of the bark-beetle genus Scolytus. • SCOLYTOID n. a member of the Scolytidae, bark-beetles, also SCOLYTID. |
| THANATOID | • thanatoid adj. Resembling death; deathlike. • THANATOID adj. apparently dead; deadly. |
| TREMATOID | • trematoid adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Trematoda. • trematoid n. (Zoology) Any member of the Trematoda. • TREMATOID n. a kind of parasitic flatworm, also TREMATODE. |