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8-letter words that end in oid

  • histioid — histoid.
  • homaloid — a geometrical plane, a flat surface or space
  • hominoid — Anthropology. a member of the biological superfamily Hominoidea, including all modern great apes and humans and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives.
  • humanoid — having human characteristics or form; resembling human beings.
  • hydatoid — watery; resembling water; transparent
  • hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
  • indigoid — of or relating to that group of vat dyes that have a molecular structure similar to that of indigo.
  • isidioid — of, relating to, or resembling an isidium.
  • juvenoid — A juvenile hormone analogue.
  • keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
  • lambdoid — having the shape of the Greek capital lambda.
  • lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
  • liminoid — (anthropology) Having characteristics of a liminal experience, but optional and not involving the resolution of a personal crisis.
  • limonoid — Any of a class of phytochemicals, found in citrus fruit and certain other plants, believed to have various therapeutic effects.
  • limuloid — of, relating to, or resembling the king crab genus Limulus
  • lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
  • medusoid — a saucer-shaped or dome-shaped, free-swimming jellyfish or hydra.
  • melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
  • mucinoid — any of a class of glycoproteins found in saliva, gastric juice, etc., that form viscous solutions and act as lubricants or protectants on external and internal surfaces of the body.
  • muricoid — (zoology) Resembling or relating to the genus Murex or family Muricidae.
  • mytiloid — of or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilideae of saltwater mussels
  • nephroid — kidney-shaped
  • noctuoid — a member of the family of moths Noctuidae
  • non-void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
  • nucleoid — the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
  • nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.
  • octopoid — of or like an octopus
  • odontoid — of or resembling a tooth; toothlike.
  • omohyoid — a muscle found in the shoulder
  • oniscoid — of or similar to woodlice
  • organoid — Resembling an organ of the body.
  • paranoid — of, like, or suffering from paranoia.
  • parotoid — Also called parotoid gland. any of certain cutaneous glands forming warty masses near the ear in certain toads.
  • petaloid — having the form or appearance of a petal.
  • pezizoid — having the same shape or characteristics of the cup-like fungi that belong to the genus Peziza
  • phalloid — having the form of or bearing a similarity to a penis
  • phelloid — having a resemblance to cork
  • phleboid — pertaining to or resembling a vein.
  • phylloid — leaflike.
  • pinacoid — a form whose faces are parallel to two of the axes.
  • pityroid — scaly; resembling bran.
  • plasmoid — a section of a plasma having a characteristic shape
  • polaroid — instant photograph
  • polypoid — resembling a polyp.
  • prismoid — a solid having sides that are trapezoids and bases or ends that are parallel and similar but not congruent polygons. Compare prism (def 2).
  • psychoid — the innate impetus to perform actions
  • puruloid — resembling pus.
  • pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
  • pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
  • racemoid — racemic
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