7- and 8-letter words ending with the suffix -OID with definitions
185 total entries across 2 section(s)
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ACAROID | — | [a.] · resembling an acarid «a type of arachnid» |
| — | ADENOID | S | [n. -S] · an enlarged lymphoid growth behind the pharynx |
| — | AGATOID | — | [n. -S] · a variety of quartz - AGATOID [a.] |
| — | AMBROID | S | [n. -S] · a synthetic amber / ----- { amberoid ambroid § amberoids ambroids } |
| — | AMEBOID | — | [n. -BAS or -BAE] · amoeba «a unicellular microscopic organism» - AMEBAN AMEBIC AMEBOID [a.] / ----- { ameba ameboid amoeba amoeboid § amebae amebas amoebae amoebas § ameban amebic ameboid amoeban amoebic amoeboid } |
| — | AMYLOID | S | [n. -S] · a hard protein deposit resulting from degeneration of tissue |
| — | ANDROID | S | [n. -S] · a synthetic man / ----- { android droid § androids droids § android } |
| — | ANEROID | S | [n. -S] · a type of barometer |
| — | ANTHOID | — | [a.] · resembling a flower |
| — | CACTOID | — | [n. -TI or -TUSES] · a plant native to arid regions - CACTOID [a.] |
| — | CESTOID | S | [n. -S] · cestode «a tapeworm» / ----- { cestode cestoid § cestodes cestoids § cestoid } |
| — | CHELOID | S | [n. -S] · keloid «a scar caused by excessive growth of fibrous tissue» / ----- { cheloid keloid § cheloids keloids § cheloid keloid keloids § keloidal } |
| — | CHOROID | S | [n. -S] · a membrane of the eye / ----- { chorioid choroid § chorioids choroids § choroid } |
| — | CIRSOID | — | [a.] · varicose «abnormally swollen or dilated» |
| — | CISSOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of geometric curve |
| — | COCCOID | S | [n. -S] · a spherical cell or body |
| — | COLLOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of chemical suspension |
| — | CORMOID | — | [n. -S] · a stem of certain plants - CORMOID CORMOUS CORMLIKE [a.] |
| — | CRICOID | S | [n. -S] · a cartilage of the larynx |
| — | CRINOID | S | [n. -S] · a marine animal |
| — | CTENOID | — | [a.] · comblike «resembling a comb» |
| — | CYCLOID | S | [n. -S] · a geometric curve |
| — | CYSTOID | S | [n. -S] · a cyst-like structure |
| — | DELTOID | S | [n. -S] · a shoulder muscle / ----- { deltoid deltoideus § deltoidei deltoids § deltoid deltoideus } |
| — | DENTOID | — | [a.] · resembling a tooth |
| — | DERMOID | S | [n. -S] · a cystic tumor |
| — | DESMOID | S | [n. -S] · a very hard tumor |
| — | DIPLOID | SY | [n. -S] · a cell having the basic chromosome number doubled |
| — | DISCOID | S | [n. -S] · a disk / ----- { disc discoid disk § discoids discs disks § disc disced discing discs disk disked disking disks § discoid } |
| — | EMEROID | S | [n. -S] · emerod «a tumor» / ----- { emerod emeroid § emerods emeroids } |
| — | ERICOID | — | [a.] · resembling heath |
| — | ETHMOID | S | [n. -S] · a bone of the nasal cavity |
| — | EUPLOID | SY | [n. -S] · a cell having three or more identical genomes |
| — | FACTOID | S | [n. -S] · a brief news item |
| — | FIBROID | S | [n. -S] · a fibroma «a benign tumor composed of fibrous tissue» / ----- { fibroid fibroma § fibroids fibromas fibromata } |
| — | FUNGOID | S | [n. -S] · a growth resembling a fungus |
| — | GLENOID | — | [a.] · having the shallow or slightly cupped form of a bone socket |
| — | GLOBOID | S | [n. -S] · a spheroid |
| — | GOBIOID | S | [n. -S] · a fish of the goby family |
| — | HAEMOID | — | [a.] · hemoid «hemal» / ----- { haemal haematal haemic haemoid hemal hematal hematoid hemic hemoid } |
| — | HAPLOID | SY | [n. -S] · a cell having only one set of chromosomes / ----- { haploid § haploids § haploid haploidic } |
| — | HISTOID | — | [a.] · pertaining to connective tissue |
| — | HYALOID | S | [n. -S] · a membrane of the eye |
| — | HYDROID | S | [n. -S] · a polyp |
| — | HYENOID | — | [n. -S] · a wolflike mammal - HYENIC HYENINE HYENOID [a.] / ----- { hyaena § hyaenas hyena hyenas § hyaenic hyenic hyenine hyenoid } |
| — | HYPNOID | — | [a.] · pertaining to hypnosis or sleep |
| — | LABROID | S | [n. -S] · a marine fish |
| — | LENTOID | S | [n. -S] · an object shaped like a lens (=lentoids) |
| — | LIANOID | — | [a.] · pertaining to a liana «a tropical vine» |
| — | LITHOID | — | [a.] · resembling stone |
| — | MASTOID | S | [n. -S] · the rear portion of the temporal bone |
| — | MATTOID | S | [n. -S] · a mentally unbalanced person |
| — | MYELOID | — | [a.] · pertaining to bone marrow |
| — | NAEVOID | — | [n. -VI] · nevus «a birthmark» - NAEVOID [a.] / ----- { naevus nevus § naevi nevi § naevoid nevoid } |
| — | NEGROID | S | [n. -S] · member of the black race |
| — | NEUROID | — | [a.] · resembling a nerve |
| — | OBOVOID | — | [a.] · ovoid with the narrow end at the base |
| — | OCELOID | — | [n. -S] · an American~ wildcat - OCELOID [a.] |
| — | OCHROID | — | [a.] · ocherous «containing or resembling ocher» / ----- { ocherish ocheroid ocherous ochery ochreous ochroid ochrous ochry } |
| — | OIDIOID | — | [n. OIDIA] · a type of fungus - OIDIOID [a.] (=oidioid) |
| — | OSTEOID | S | [n. -S] · uncalcified bone matrix |
| — | PERCOID | S | [n. -S] · a spiny-finned fish |
| — | PHYTOID | — | [a.] · resembling a plant |
| — | PLACOID | S | [n. -S] · a fish having platelike scales |
| — | PYGMOID | — | [n. -MIES] · a small person - PYGMAEAN PYGMEAN PYGMOID PYGMYISH [a.] / ----- { pigmy pygmoid pygmy § pigmies pygmies § pigmy pygmaean pygmean pygmoid pygmy pygmyish } |
| — | QUINOID | S | [n. -S] · a chemical compound |
| — | RHIZOID | S | [n. -S] · a rootlike structure |
| — | SARCOID | S | [n. -S] · a disease of horses |
| — | SIALOID | — | [a.] · resembling saliva «a fluid secreted by the glands of the mouth» |
| — | SIGMOID | S | [n. -S] · an S-shaped curve in a bodily part |
| — | SIMIOID | — | [a.] · simious «pertaining to simians» / ----- { simioid simious } |
| — | SPAROID | S | [n. -S] · a sparid «any of a family of marine fishes» / ----- { sparid sparoid § sparids sparoids § sparoid } |
| — | SPIROID | — | [a.] · resembling a spiral |
| — | SPOROID | — | [a.] · resembling a spore |
| A | STEROID | S | [n. -S] · a type of chemical compound |
| — | STYLOID | S | [n. -S] · a slender projection of bone (=styloids) |
| — | TABLOID | S | [n. -S] · a small newspaper |
| — | THEROID | — | [a.] · resembling a beast |
| — | THYROID | S | [n. -S] · an endocrine gland |
| — | TYPHOID | S | [n. -S] · an infectious disease |
| — | VALGOID | — | [n. -ES] · the position of a joint that is abnormally turned outward - VALGOID [a.] |
| — | VISCOID | — | [a.] · somewhat viscid |
| — | XIPHOID | S | [n. -S] · a part of the sternum |
| — | ZEBROID | — | [a.] · pertaining to a zebra «an African~ mammal that is related to the horse» |
| — | ZINCOID | — | [a.] · zincic «pertaining to zinc» / ----- { zincic zincky zincoid zincous zincy zinky } |
| — | ZOMBOID | — | [a.] Zombielike. |
| FRONT | WORD | BACK | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ACTINOID | S | [n. -S] · an actinide «any of a series of radioactive elements» / ----- { actinide actinoid § actinides actinoids § actinoid } |
| — | ALKALOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of chemical compound |
| — | AMBEROID | S | [n. -S] · ambroid «a synthetic amber» / ----- { amberoid ambroid § amberoids ambroids } |
| — | AMMONOID | S | [n. -S] · ammonite «the coiled shell of an extinct mollusk» / ----- { ammonite ammonoid § ammonites ammonoids § ammonite ammonoid } |
| — | AMOEBOID | — | [n. -BAS or -BAE] · a unicellular microscopic organism - AMOEBAN AMOEBIC AMOEBOID [a.] / ----- { ameba ameboid amoeba amoeboid § amebae amebas amoebae amoebas § ameban amebic ameboid amoeban amoebic amoeboid } |
| — | ANCONOID | — | [n. -ES] · the elbow - ANCONAL ANCONEAL ANCONOID [a.] / ----- { ancon ancone § ancones § anconal anconeal anconoid } |
| — | ARILLOID | — | [n. -S] · an outer covering of certain seeds - ARILED ARILLATE ARILLOID [a.] |
| — | ASCONOID | — | [n. -S] · a type of sponge - ASCONOID [a.] |
| — | ASTEROID | S | [n. -S] · a type of celestial body |
| — | ATHETOID | — | [a.] · affected with a type of nervous disorder |
| — | AUTACOID | S | [n. -S] · a hormone / ----- { autacoid autocoid § autacoids autocoids } |
| — | AUTOCOID | S | [n. -S] · autacoid «a hormone» / ----- { autacoid autocoid § autacoids autocoids } |
| — | BOTRYOID | — | [a.] · resembling a cluster of grapes / ----- { botryoid § botryoid botryose } |
| — | CANCROID | S | [n. -S] · a skin cancer |
| — | CARDIOID | S | [n. -S] · a heart-shaped curve |
| — | CATENOID | S | [n. -S] · a geometric surface |
| — | CENTROID | S | [n. -S] · the center of mass of an object |
| — | CERATOID | — | [a.] · hornlike «resembling a horn» / ----- { ceratoid keratoid } |
| — | CHOREOID | — | [a.] · resembling chorea «a nervous disorder» |
| — | CHORIOID | S | [n. -S] · choroid «a membrane of the eye» / ----- { chorioid choroid § chorioids choroids § choroid } |
| — | CLUPEOID | S | [n. -S] · a clupeid «a fish of the herring family» / ----- { clupeid clupeoid § clupeids clupeoids § clupeoid } |
| — | CONCHOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of geometric curve |
| — | CORACOID | S | [n. -S] · a bone of the shoulder girdle |
| — | CORONOID | — | [a.] · crown-shaped |
| — | COTYLOID | — | [a.] · cup-shaped |
| — | DENDROID | S | [n. -S] · a fossil marine invertebrate (=dendroids) |
| — | ECHINOID | S | [n. -S] · a spiny marine animal / ----- { echinoid echinus § echini echinoids echinuses § echinoid } |
| — | ELYTROID | — | [n. -TRA] · a hardened forewing of certain insects - ELYTROID ELYTROUS [a.] / ----- { elytron elytrum § elytra § elytroid elytrous } |
| — | EMBRYOID | S | [n. -S] · a mass of tissue that resembles an embryo |
| — | EMULSOID | S | [n. -S] · a liquid dispersed in another liquid |
| — | GABBROID | — | [n. -BROS] · a type of rock - GABBROIC GABBROID [a.] |
| — | GROUPOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of mathematical set |
| — | GYNECOID | — | [a.] · resembling a woman |
| — | HELICOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of geometrical surface |
| — | HEMATOID | — | [a.] · resembling blood / ----- { haemal haematal haemic haemoid hemal hematal hematoid hemic hemoid } |
| — | HOMINOID | S | [n. -S] · a manlike animal |
| — | HUMANOID | S | [n. -S] · something having human form |
| — | HYRACOID | S | [n. -S] · a hyrax «a small, harelike mammal» / ----- { hyracoid hyrax § hyraces hyracoids hyraxes § hyracoid } |
| — | INDIGOID | S | [n. -S] · a blue dye / ----- { indigo indigoid § indigoes indigoids indigos § indigo indigoid } |
| — | ISTHMOID | — | [a.] · isthmic «pertaining to an isthmus» / ----- { isthmoid § isthmic } |
| — | KERATOID | — | [a.] · horny «hornlike in hardness» / ----- { ceratoid keratoid } |
| — | LAMBDOID | — | [n. -S] · a Greek letter - LAMBDOID [a.] |
| — | LEMUROID | S | [n. -S] · a lemur «an arboreal mammal related to the monkeys» / ----- { lemur lemuroid § lemuroids lemurs § lemuroid } |
| — | LIGULOID | — | [n. -LAE or -LAS] · a strap-shaped organ or part - LIGULAR LIGULATE LIGULOID [a.] / ----- { ligula ligule § ligulae ligulas ligules § ligular ligulate liguloid } |
| — | LIMULOID | S | [n. -S] · a horseshoe crab |
| — | LYMPHOID | — | [n. -S] · a body fluid containing white blood cells - LYMPHOID LYMPHOUS [a.] (=lymphous) |
| — | MANATOID | — | [n. -S] · an aquatic mammal - MANATOID [a.] |
| — | MEDUSOID | S | [n. -S] · medusa «a jellyfish» / ----- { medusa medusoid § medusae medusans medusas medusoids § medusal medusan medusoid } |
| — | MELANOID | S | [n. -S] · a dark pigment |
| — | MUCINOID | — | [n. -S] · a protein secreted by the mucous membranes - MUCINOID MUCINOUS [a.] |
| — | MYCELOID | — | [n. -LIA] · the vegetative portion of a fungus - MYCELIAL MYCELIAN MYCELOID [a.] / ----- { mycele mycelium § myceles mycelia § mycelial mycelian myceloid } |
| — | NOCTUOID | — | [n. -S] · a night-flying moth - NOCTUOID [a.] |
| — | NUCLEOID | S | [n. -S] · the DNA~-containing area of certain cells |
| — | OCHEROID | — | [a.] · ocherous «containing or resembling ocher» / ----- { ocherish ocheroid ocherous ochery ochreous ochroid ochrous ochry } |
| — | OCTOPOID | — | [a.] · resembling an octopus «a nocturnal octopod» |
| — | ODONTOID | S | [n. -S] · a toothlike vertebral projection |
| — | PARANOID | S | [n. -S] · one affected with paranoia / ----- { paranoiac paranoic paranoid § paranoiacs paranoics paranoids § paranoiac paranoic paranoid } |
| — | PAROTOID | S | [n. -S] · a gland of certain toads and frogs |
| — | PETALOID | — | [a.] · resembling a petal «a leaflike part of a corolla» |
| — | PHYLLOID | S | [n. -S] · a leaflike plant part |
| — | PLASMOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of high energy particle |
| — | POLYPOID | — | [a.] · resembling a polyp «an invertebrate» |
| — | PRISMOID | S | [n. -S] · a geometric solid |
| — | PYRANOID | — | [n. -S] · a chemical compound - PYRANOID [a.] |
| — | PYRENOID | S | [n. -S] · a protein body of certain lower organisms |
| — | RACEMOID | — | [a.] · pertaining to a raceme «a mode of arrangement of flowers along an axis» |
| — | RESINOID | S | [n. -S] · a resinous substance |
| C | RETINOID | S | [n. -S] · a compound analogous to vitamin A |
| — | RHOMBOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of geometric figure |
| — | SCAPHOID | S | [n. -S] · a bone of the wrist |
| — | SCHIZOID | S | [n. -S] · a person affected with a type of psychotic disorder / ----- { schizo schizoid schizophrenic § schizoids schizophrenics schizos § schizo schizoid schizophrenic } |
| — | SCINCOID | S | [n. -S] · one of a family of smooth, short-limbed lizards |
| — | SCIUROID | — | [a.] · resembling a squirrel |
| — | SCLEROID | — | [a.] · sclerous «hardened» / ----- { scleroid § scleroid sclerous } |
| — | SEPALOID | — | [n. -S] · one of the individual leaves of a calyx - SEPALED SEPALINE SEPALLED SEPALOID SEPALOUS [a.] |
| — | SESAMOID | S | [n. -S] · a nodular mass of bone or cartilage |
| — | SILUROID | S | [n. -S] · a silurid «any of a family of catfishes» / ----- { silurid siluroid § silurids siluroids } |
| — | SINUSOID | S | [n. -S] · a mathematical curve |
| — | SISTROID | — | [a.] · included between the convex sides of two intersecting curves |
| — | SLEAZOID | S | [n. -S] · a person of low morals or character / ----- { sleazo sleazoid § sleazoids sleazos } |
| — | SOLENOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of electric coil |
| — | SPHENOID | S | [n. -S] · a bone of the skull |
| — | SPHEROID | S | [n. -S] · a type of geometric solid |
| — | SYCONOID | — | [n. -S] · a type of sponge - SYCONOID [a.] |
| — | TAENIOID | — | [a.] · of or relating to a member of the genus Taenia «cestodes» |
| — | TAPIROID | S | [n. -S] · a Tapiroidea~, a superfamily of perissodactyl mammals comprising the tapirs and extinct related forms |
| — | TECHNOID | S | [n. -S] · a technician / ----- { tec tech techie technician technoid tekkie § techies technicians technoids techs tecs tekkies § tech teched techs § techie technoid } |
| — | TERATOID | — | [n. -S] · a malformed fetus - TERATOID [a.] |
| — | TETANOID | — | [n. -ES] · an infectious disease - TETANOID [a.] / ----- { tetanus § tetanuses § tetanal tetanical tetanoid } |
| — | THALLOID | — | [n. -LI or -LUSES] · a plant body without true root, stem, or leaf - THALLOID [a.] |
| — | THYREOID | — | [a.] · pertaining to the thyroid «an endocrine gland» / ----- { thyreoid § thyroidal } |
| — | THYRSOID | — | [n. -SI] · a type of flower cluster - THYRSOID [a.] / ----- { thyrse thyrsoid thyrsus § thyrses thyrsi § thyrsoid } |
| — | TRENDOID | S | [n. -S] · a trendy person |
| — | TRICHOID | — | [a.] · hairlike «resembling a hair» |
| — | TRIPLOID | SY | [n. -S] · a cell having a chromosome number that is three times the basic number |
| — | TROCHOID | S | [n. -S] · a type of geometric curve |
| — | TUBEROID | — | [a.] · pertaining to a tuber «a thick underground stem» / ----- { tuberoid § tuberous } |
| — | VIBRIOID | — | [n. -RIOS] · any of a genus of bacteria shaped like a comma - VIBRIOID [a.] / ----- { vibrio vibrion § vibrions vibrios § vibrioid } |
| — | VIRUSOID | S | [n. -S] · a particle of RNA~ associated with some plant viruses |
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