Words that rhyme with thalloid

• alkaloid 0
  n 1: natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants
• celluloid 0
  adj 1: artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters" [syn: celluloid, synthetic] n 1: highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics 2: a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film, cinema, celluloid]
• colloid 0
  n 1: a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension
• cycloid 0
  adj 1: resembling a circle [syn: cycloid, cycloidal] n 1: a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line
• diploid 0
  adj 1: of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells" [ant: haploid, haploidic, monoploid, polyploid] n 1: (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
• haploid 0
  adj 1: of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes [syn: haploid, haploidic, monoploid] [ant: diploid, polyploid] n 1: (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes
• hyperboloid 0
  n 1: a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis
• hypocycloid 0
  n 1: a line generated by a point on a circle that rolls around inside another circle
• metalloid 0
  adj 1: of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal; "arsenic is a metalloid element"
• mongoloid 0
  adj 1: characteristic of or resembling a Mongol; "the mongoloid epicanthic fold" 2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia 3: of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome; n 1: a member of the Mongoloid race 2: a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense)
• myeloid 0
  adj 1: of or relating to bone marrow 2: of or relating to the spinal cord
• tabloid 0
  n 1: sensationalist journalism [syn: yellow journalism, tabloid, tab] 2: newspaper with half-size pages [syn: tabloid, rag, sheet]
• triploid 0
  adj 1: of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes; "human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted"
• unalloyed 0
  adj 1: free from admixture; "unalloyed metal"; "unalloyed pleasure"
• underemployed 0
  adj 1: employed only part-time when one needs full-time employment or not making full use of your skills; "migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed"; "able people are kept underemployed"
• unemployed 0
  adj 1: not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers marched on the capital" [ant: employed] n 1: people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance" [syn: unemployed people, unemployed]
• keloid 0
  n 1: raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair [syn: keloid, cheloid]
• amyloid 0
  adj 1: resembling starch [syn: starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous] n 1: a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch 2: (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
• petaloid 0
  adj 1: resembling a flower petal
• bungaloid 0
  adj 1: characterized by bungalows; "the bungaloid suburbs"
• hyaloid 0
  adj 1: resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell [syn: hyaline, hyaloid] n 1: the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina [syn: hyaloid membrane, hyaloid]
• polyploid 0
  adj 1: of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes; "a polyploid cell"; "a polyploid species" [ant: diploid, haploid, haploidic, monoploid] n 1: (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
• amygdaloid 0
  adj 1: shaped like an almond [syn: almond-shaped, amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal] n 1: volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits
• heteroploid 0
  n 1: (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species
• paraboloid 0
  n 1: a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis
• epicycloid 0
  n 1: a line generated by a point on a circle rolling around another circle
• condyloid 0
• crystalloid 0
• syphiloid 0
• tetraploid 0
• varioloid 0

See also thalloid definition