| accroides | (noun) an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper | Synonyms: acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides |
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| adroit | (adjective) quick or skillful or adept in action or thought | - |
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| adroitly | (adverb) with adroitness; in an adroit manner | - |
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| adroitness | (noun) skillful performance or ability without difficulty | Synonyms: adeptness, deftness, facility, quickness |
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| android | (noun) an automaton that resembles a human being | Synonyms: humanoid, mechanical man |
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| (noun) An operating system from Google for mobile devices | - |
| aneroid | (adjective) containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid | - |
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| (noun) a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids | Synonyms: aneroid barometer |
| antithyroid | (adjective) having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity | - |
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| aroid | (adjective) relating to a plant of the family Araceae | Synonyms: araceous |
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| (noun) any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe | Synonyms: arum |
| asteroid | (adjective) shaped like a star | Synonyms: star-shaped |
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| (noun) any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) | - |
| asteroidal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling an asteroid | - |
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| bacteroid | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroidal |
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| (noun) a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) | - |
| bacteroidal | (adjective) resembling bacteria | Synonyms: bacterioid, bacterioidal, bacteroid |
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| bistroic | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a bistro | - |
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| broider | (verb) decorate with needlework | Synonyms: embroider |
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| broil | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broiling, grilling |
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| (verb) cook under a broiler | Synonyms: oven broil |
| (verb) heat by a natural force | Synonyms: bake |
| (verb) be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun | Synonyms: bake |
| broiled | (adjective) cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill) | Synonyms: grilled |
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| broiler | (noun) an oven or part of a stove used for broiling | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a small young chicken not over 2 1/2 lb suitable for broiling | - |
| broiling | (noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) | Synonyms: broil, grilling |
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| cancroid | (adjective) of or relating to a cancroid | - |
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| (noun) the most common form of skin cancer | Synonyms: squamous cell carcinoma |
| centroid | (noun) the center of mass of an object of uniform density | - |
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| centroidal | (adjective) of or relating to (especially passing through) a centroid | - |
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| chancroid | (noun) infectious venereal ulcer | - |
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| chancroidal | (adjective) of or relating to or having chancroids | - |
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| choroid | (noun) a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye | Synonyms: choroid coat |
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| corticosteroid | (noun) a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response | Synonyms: adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid |
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| croissant | (noun) very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll | Synonyms: crescent roll |
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| dendroid | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| dendroidal | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| dichroism | (noun) pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions | - |
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| disembroil | (verb) free from involvement or entanglement | Synonyms: disentangle, disinvolve |
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| ecdysteroid | (noun) #DD: The name 'ecdysteroid' refers to the insect moulting and sex hormones which include ecdysone and its homologues such as 20-hydroxyecdysone. | - |
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| embroider | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, lard, pad |
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| (verb) decorate with needlework | Synonyms: broider |
| embroiderer | (noun) someone who ornaments with needlework | - |
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| embroideress | (noun) a woman embroiderer | - |
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| embroidery | (noun) decorative needlework | Synonyms: fancywork |
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| (noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embellishment |
| embroil | (verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, sweep, sweep up, tangle |
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| embroiled | (adjective) deeply involved especially in something complicated | Synonyms: entangled |
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| embroilment | (noun) an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation | Synonyms: imbroglio |
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| erythroid | (adjective) relating to erythrocytes | - |
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| fibroid | (noun) benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus) | Synonyms: fibroid tumor |
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| gastrointestinal | (adjective) of or relating to the stomach and intestines | Synonyms: GI |
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| groin | (noun) a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away | Synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall |
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| (noun) a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults | - |
| (noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals | Synonyms: inguen |
| (verb) build with groins | - |
| heroic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity | - |
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| (adjective) having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes | Synonyms: heroical |
| (adjective) showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort | Synonyms: desperate |
| (adjective) of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope | Synonyms: expansive, grand |
| (adjective) very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale) | Synonyms: epic, larger-than-life |
| (noun) a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter | Synonyms: heroic meter, heroic verse |
| heroical | (adjective) having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes | Synonyms: heroic |
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| heroically | (adverb) in a heroic manner | - |
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| heroics | (noun) ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct | - |
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| heroin | (noun) a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush | Synonyms: diacetylmorphine |
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| heroine | (noun) a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds | - |
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| (noun) the main good female character in a work of fiction | - |
| heroism | (noun) the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle) | Synonyms: gallantry, valiance, valiancy, valor, valorousness, valour |
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| heroization | (noun) the act, or the result, of making someone into a hero. | - |
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| heteroicous | (adjective) having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant | Synonyms: polygamous, polyoicous |
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| hydroid | (noun) colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant | Synonyms: hydrozoan |
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| hydroisohypse | (noun) a line on a map connecting points of equal level on the piezometric surface. | - |
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| hydroisopieze | (noun) a line on a map connecting points of identical pressures in the water bearing stratum. | - |
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| hyperparathyroidism | (noun) excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; can affect many systems of the body (especially causing bone resorption and osteoporosis) | - |
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| hyperthyroidism | (noun) an overactive thyroid gland; pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones or the condition resulting from excessive production of thyroid hormones | Synonyms: thyrotoxicosis |
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| hypoparathyroidism | (noun) inadequate secretion of parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally low levels of calcium in the blood | - |
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| hypothyroidism | (noun) an underactive thyroid gland; a glandular disorder resulting from insufficient production of thyroid hormones | - |
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| introit | (noun) a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services | - |
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| introitus | (noun) entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening) | - |
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| ketosteroid | (noun) a steroid containing a ketone group | - |
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| maladroit | (adjective) not adroit | - |
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| maladroitly | (adverb) in a maladroit manner | - |
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| maladroitness | (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, slowness |
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| meteoroid | (noun) (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere | Synonyms: meteor |
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| micrometeoroid | (noun) a meteorite or meteoroid so small that it drifts down to earth without becoming intensely heated in the atmosphere | Synonyms: micrometeor, micrometeorite |
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| nonsteroid | (noun) an organic compound that does no contain a steroid | Synonyms: nonsteroidal |
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| nonsteroidal | (adjective) not steroidal or not having the effects of steroid hormones | - |
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| (noun) an organic compound that does no contain a steroid | Synonyms: nonsteroid |
| octroi | (noun) a tax on various goods brought into a town | - |
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| oroide | (noun) alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry | Synonyms: oreide |
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| parathyroid | (noun) any one of four endocrine glands situated above or within the thyroid gland | Synonyms: parathyroid gland |
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| paroicous | (adjective) having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium | - |
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| perestroika | (noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy | - |
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| pleochroic | (adjective) of or relating to or having pleochroism | - |
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| pleochroism | (noun) the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions | - |
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| proinflammatory | (adjective) tending to cause inflammation | Synonyms: pro-inflammatory |
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| roil | (verb) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | Synonyms: rile |
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| (verb) be agitated | Synonyms: boil, churn, moil |
| roiled | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: churning, roiling, roily, turbulent |
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| (adjective) aroused to impatience or anger | Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, steamed, stung |
| roiling | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: churning, roiled, roily, turbulent |
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| roily | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: churning, roiled, roiling, turbulent |
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| roister | (verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: carouse, riot |
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| roisterer | (noun) an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker | - |
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| scombroid | (noun) important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters | Synonyms: scombroid fish |
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| spheroid | (noun) a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes | Synonyms: ellipsoid of revolution |
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| spheroidal | (adjective) having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid | Synonyms: ellipsoid, ellipsoidal |
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| steroid | (noun) any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | - |
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| (noun) any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs | Synonyms: sex hormone, steroid hormone |
| steroidal | (adjective) of or relating to steroid hormones or their effects | - |
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| thyroid | (adjective) suggestive of a thyroid disorder | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the thyroid gland | Synonyms: thyroidal |
| (noun) located near the base of the neck | Synonyms: thyroid gland |
| thyroidal | (adjective) of or relating to the thyroid gland | Synonyms: thyroid |
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| thyroidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the thyroid gland | - |
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| thyroiditis | (noun) inflammation of the thyroid gland | - |
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| toroid | (noun) a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle | Synonyms: torus |
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| (noun) the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus | - |
| toroidal | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a toroid; doughnut shaped | - |
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| trichroism | (noun) pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions | - |
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| troika | (noun) a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast | - |
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| (noun) a modern Russian triumvirate | - |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet |
| viroid | (noun) the smallest of viruses; a plant virus with its RNA arranged in a circular chromosome without a protein coat | Synonyms: virusoid |
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