| AMBEROIDS | • AMBEROID n. a synthetic amber, also AMBROID. |
| ASTEROIDS | • asteroids n. Plural of asteroid. • ASTEROID n. a rocky object, a type of celestial body. |
| BACTEROID | • bacteroid n. (Dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast. • bacteroid n. A bacterium of the species Bacteroides. • bacteroid n. A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces. |
| CHOLEROID | • choleroid adj. Like cholera; choleriform. • CHOLEROID adj. like cholera. |
| HEROICISE | • heroicise v. Alternative form of heroicize. • HEROICISE v. to make heroic, also HEROICIZE. |
| HEROICIZE | • heroicize v. To make or depict as heroic. • HEROICIZE v. to make heroic, also HEROICISE. |
| HEROINISM | • heroinism n. The qualities of a heroine or the display of those qualities; heroism performed by a female. • heroinism n. Heroin addiction. • HEROINISM n. addiction to heroin. |
| HEROISING | • heroising v. Present participle of heroise. • HEROISE v. to make heroic, also HEROIZE. |
| HEROIZING | • heroizing v. Present participle of heroize. • HEROIZE v. to make heroic, also HEROISE. |
| HYSTEROID | • hysteroid adj. (Psychiatry) Similar to hysteria. • hysteroid adj. (Mycology) Having a uterine shape. • hysteroid n. (Psychiatry) A person with a condition similar to hysteria. |
| KOREROING | • KORERO v. (Maori) to talk, converse. |
| MEROISTIC | • meroistic adj. (Biology) Describing ovaries (especially of insects) that secrete nutritive (yolk) material as well as ova. • MEROISTIC adj. applied to the ovaries of insects when they secrete vitelligenous cells, as well as ova. |
| NONHEROIC | • nonheroic adj. Not heroic. • NONHEROIC adj. not heroic. |
| REZEROING | • REZERO v. to reset (a gauge) back to zero. |
| SPHEROIDS | • spheroids n. Plural of spheroid. • SPHEROID n. a body resembling or approximating to a sphere in shape. |
| STEROIDAL | • steroidal adj. (Biochemistry) Of, being, or derived from a steroid. • STEROIDAL adj. relating to steroids. |
| TUBEROIDS | • tuberoids n. Plural of tuberoid. • TUBEROID n. a thickened or fleshy root resembling a tuber. |