8-letter words that end in oid
- resinoid — resinlike.
- retinoid — Biochemistry. any of a group of substances related to vitamin A and functioning like vitamin A in the body.
- rhabdoid — a rod-shaped structure found in the cells of some plants and animals
- rhomboid — an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- schizoid — Psychology. of or relating to a personality disorder marked by dissociation, passivity, withdrawal, inability to form warm social relationships, and indifference to praise or criticism.
- scincoid — of, relating to, or resembling a skink.
- sciuroid — sciurine.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- sepaloid — resembling a sepal.
- sesamoid — shaped like a sesame seed, as certain small nodular bones and cartilages.
- siluroid — a freshwater fish of the family Siluridae
- sinusoid — a curve described by the equation y = a sin x, the ordinate being proportional to the sine of the abscissa.
- sistroid — contained between the convex sides of two intersecting curves
- sleazoid — a sleazy person
- solenoid — Electricity. an electric conductor wound as a helix with small pitch, or as two or more coaxial helices, so that current through the conductor establishes a magnetic field within the conductor.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- spongoid — resembling a sponge
- squaloid — of, relating to, or like a shark, or specifically the dogfish (Squalidae) family of sharks
- sturnoid — of or relating to starlings
- subhyoid — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- syconoid — pertaining to or resembling a sycon.
- taenioid — ribbon-like in structure
- tapiroid — of or resembling a tapir
- tarsioid — a fossil of the suborder Tarsioidea
- teratoid — resembling a monster.
- tetanoid — Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Compare lockjaw.
- thalloid — resembling or consisting of a thallus.
- thyrsoid — having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
- trendoid — a follower of trends
- trichoid — resembling hair; hairlike.
- triploid — having a chromosome number that is three times the basic or haploid number.
- trochoid — Geometry. a curve traced by a point on a radius or an extension of the radius of a circle that rolls, without slipping, on a curve, another circle, or a straight line. Equation: x = aθ − b sin θ, y = a − b cos θ.
- tuberoid — a thickened or fleshy root resembling a tuber
- virusoid — a small particle of RNA associated with the larger RNA of some infectious plant viruses.
- volutoid — resembling a volute
- ypsiloid — having the shape of a 'Y' or ypsilon
- ziphioid — Obsolete form of ziphiid.