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Words that end with the suffix oid?

Here are some words ending in "-oid":

Common Words:

* Android: A robot with a human-like appearance

* Asteroid: A small rocky body orbiting the sun

* Crystalloid: A substance that forms crystals

* Ellipsoid: A three-dimensional oval shape

* Fetaloid: Resembling a fetus

* Fungoid: Resembling a fungus

* Hyaloid: Resembling glass or hyaline cartilage

* Lactoid: Resembling milk

* Narcotic: A drug that induces sleep or stupor

* Ovoid: Egg-shaped

* Petroid: Resembling stone

* Plantoid: Resembling a plant

* Psychoid: Relating to the mind or soul

* Spheroid: Nearly spherical

* Steroid: A class of organic compounds including hormones

* Tuberculoid: Resembling a tubercle

* Typhoid: A bacterial disease that causes fever and inflammation

Less Common Words:

* Alveoloid: Resembling an alveolus (small air sac in the lungs)

* Anthropomorphid: Resembling a human in form

* Bacteroid: Resembling a bacterium

* Blastoid: Resembling a blastula (early stage of embryonic development)

* Calcoid: Resembling lime

* Carcinoid: Resembling cancer

* Cephaloid: Resembling the head

* Chondroid: Resembling cartilage

* Cilioid: Having cilia (hair-like projections)

* Cystoid: Resembling a cyst

* Dendroid: Resembling a tree

* Discoid: Disc-shaped

* Echinoid: Resembling a sea urchin

* Fissurioid: Resembling a fissure

* Globularoid: Resembling a globule

* Gymnoid: Resembling a gymnosperm (a plant with naked seeds)

* Hemoid: Resembling blood

* Hepatoid: Resembling the liver

* Histoid: Resembling tissue

* Lamelloid: Resembling a lamella (thin plate)

* Lenticuloid: Resembling a lens

* Lepidoid: Resembling scales

* Lichenoid: Resembling lichen

* Mammoid: Resembling a mammal

* Mycoid: Resembling a fungus

* Nephroid: Resembling a kidney

* Neuroid: Resembling a nerve

* Osteoid: Resembling bone

* Pachyoid: Resembling a pachyderm (thick-skinned animal)

* Parasitic: Resembling a parasite

* Phylloid: Resembling a leaf

* Pulmonoid: Resembling a lung

* Radioid: Resembling a ray

* Renoid: Resembling a kidney

* Rhinoid: Resembling the nose

* Rhizoid: Resembling a root

* Sclerotic: Resembling hardened tissue

* Sporoid: Resembling a spore

* Stomatoid: Resembling a mouth

* Trophoid: Resembling a trophoblast (outer layer of a blastocyst)

* Uroid: Resembling a tail

This is not an exhaustive list, and many other words ending in "-oid" exist. These examples illustrate the variety of uses for the suffix, often indicating a resemblance or similarity to a particular object, structure, or organism.

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