-oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic

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

tabloid

talpoid

tentaculoid

A tentaculiform process in some diatoms.

teratoid

Monstrous, resembling a monster (denotes any malformed animal, including man, that deviates grotesquely from the norm with the implication that the result is hideous, frightening, and revolting. Anyone who has viewed "freak shows" at circuses or carnivals has been exposed to teratological experiences.

testoid

Resembling a testis.

tetraploid

thalassoid

Freshwater organisms resembling, or originally, marine forms; halolimnic (marine organisms modified to live in fresh water).

thanatoid

Resembling death; apparently dead; deathlike.

therioid

Like an animal.

theroid

Like or having the form of a brute; of bestial nature or character. A man considers himself to be a raging bull.

thromboid

thylakoid

Any of a group of chlorophyll-containing membranous structures resembling sacs in which photosynthesis takes place.

Thylakoids are stacked one on top of the other in the chloroplast layers grana (in which the green pigment chlorophyll is contained) of most plants.

thyrohyoid

thyroid

tigroid

Resembling a tiger or tiger's skin; marked like a tiger; having the characteristics of a tiger (fierce, aggressive, etc.).

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