-oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic

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

arenoid

1. Like or similar to sand.
2. Resembling grains of sand.

If you want to leave footprints in the sands of time, don't drag your feet.

—Anonymous

arrhenoid

asteroid

1. Any of numerous small celestial bodies that revolve around the sun, with orbits lying chiefly between Mars and Jupiter and characteristic diameters between a few and several hundred kilometers.
2. Shaped like a star.

asteroidal

A reference to a star-shaped object or objects.

astroid

Like a star or star-shaped.

bacterioid

bacterioidal

bacteroid

batrachoid

belonoid

bioflavonoid

1. A generic term for a group of compounds that are widely distributed in plants and that are concerned with maintenance of a normal state of the walls of small blood vessels.
2. A biologically active compound found in the rinds of citrus fruits and some other plants.

Any of a group of water-soluble yellow compounds, present in citrus fruits, rose hips, and other plants, that in mammals maintain the resistance of capillary walls to permeation and change of pressure.

blastomatoid

blennoid

botryoid

butyroid

1. Like butter; resembling butter.
2. Having the appearance, consistency, or color of butter.

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