-oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic

(Greek: a suffix; like, resembling, similar to, form)

haploid

helicoid

1. Arranged in or having the approximate shape of a flattened coil or spiral.
2. In mathematics, a surface in the form of a coil or screw.
3. A spiral geometric surface that resembles a thread on a screw.

A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line will have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion around it.

helioid

Like, or similar to, the sun.

hemoid

hemorrhoid

Denoting one of the tumors or varices constituting hemorrhoids.

hemorrhoidal

hemorrhoids

hepatoid

hernioid

Resembling hernia.

herpetoid

hexaploid

hexaploidy

hippoid

Equine; of, like, or referring to horses.

hippopotamoid

Resembling a hippopotamus.

histioid

Variant spelling of histoid.

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