Words that rhyme with leatheroid

adj 1: containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid; "aneroid barometer" n 1: a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids [syn: aneroid barometer, aneroid]

adj 1: relating to a plant of the family Araceae [syn: aroid, araceous] n 1: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: arum, aroid]

adj 1: shaped like a star [syn: asteroid, star-shaped] n 1: any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

n 1: benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus) [syn: fibroid tumor, fibroid]

n 1: colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant [syn: hydrozoan, hydroid]

n 1: (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere [syn: meteoroid, meteor]

n 1: any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland [syn: parathyroid gland, parathyroid]

n 1: a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes; "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid" [syn: spheroid, ellipsoid of revolution]

n 1: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects 2: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs [syn: steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone]

adj 1: of or relating to the thyroid gland; "thyroid deficiency"; "thyroidal uptake" [syn: thyroid, thyroidal] 2: suggestive of a thyroid disorder; "thyroid personality" n 1: located near the base of the neck [syn: thyroid gland, thyroid]

n 1: the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus 2: a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle [syn: torus, toroid]

n 1: pain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter [syn: hemorrhoid, haemorrhoid, piles]

n 1: a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye [syn: choroid, choroid coat]