Words that rhyme with echinoid

adj 1: relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue n 1: a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children" [syn: pharyngeal tonsil, adenoid, Luschka's tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, tonsilla adenoidea]

adj 1: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" [syn: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung] 2: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances; "harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager" [syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered, vexed]

v 1: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" [ant: confront, face, face up] 2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off] 3: refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories" 4: refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day" [syn: keep off, avoid] 5: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify] [ant: formalise, formalize, validate]

n 1: a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea

n 1: an automaton that resembles a human being [syn: android, humanoid, mechanical man]

adj 1: suffering from paranoia n 1: a person afflicted with paranoia [syn: paranoid, paranoiac]

n 1: a coil of wire around an iron core; becomes a magnet when current passes through the coil

n 1: butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull [syn: sphenoid bone, sphenoid, os sphenoidale]

n 1: a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape]

n 1: any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals

adj 1: of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae [syn: cyprinid, cyprinoid]

n 1: a plastic containing resins

n 1: a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye [syn: scleroprotein, albuminoid]

adj 1: resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb [syn: ctenoid, comb-like]

n 1: either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached [syn: arytenoid, arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage]