PHACOID | • phacoid adj. Resembling a lentil; lenticular. • PHACOID adj. lens-shaped, lentil-shaped, also PHACOIDAL. |
PLACOID | • placoid adj. Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish. • placoid n. Such a scale. • placoid n. Any fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks. |
AUTACOID | • autacoid n. (Biochemistry) A hormone or similar compound that has a short-term, local effect. • AUTACOID n. a hormone secreted into blood, lymph, or sap, also AUTOCOID. |
CORACOID | • coracoid n. (Anatomy) Part of the scapula that projects towards the sternum in mammals; the coracoid process. • coracoid n. (Anatomy) A small bone linking the scapula and sternum in birds, reptiles and some other vertebrates. • coracoid adj. Hooked like the beak of a crow. |
HYRACOID | • hyracoid n. An animal of the order Hyracoidea, i.e. a hyrax. • hyracoid adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the hyraxes (order Hyracoidea). • hyracoid adj. Displaying characteristics typical of hyraxes. |
PINACOID | • pinacoid n. (Crystallography) The face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes. • PINACOID n. a type of crystal face, also PINAKOID. |
PLACOIDS | • placoids n. Plural of placoid. • PLACOID n. a fish having platelike scales. |
AUTACOIDS | • autacoids n. Plural of autacoid. • AUTACOID n. a hormone secreted into blood, lymph, or sap, also AUTOCOID. |
CORACOIDS | • coracoids n. Plural of coracoid. • CORACOID n. a bone of the shoulder girdle. |
HYRACOIDS | • hyracoids n. Plural of hyracoid. • HYRACOID n. any member of a genus of mammals including the daman and the dassie or hyrax, also HYRACOIDEAN. |
PHACOIDAL | • phacoidal adj. Having the form of the lens of the eye; lenticular. • PHACOIDAL adj. lens-shaped, lentil-shaped, also PHACOID. |
PINACOIDS | • pinacoids n. Plural of pinacoid. • PINACOID n. a type of crystal face, also PINAKOID. |
ANTHRACOID | • anthracoid adj. (Biology) Resembling anthrax. • ANTHRACOID adj. resembling anthrax; resembling carbon, coal or charcoal. |
PINACOIDAL | • pinacoidal adj. (Crystallography) Relating to the pinacoid. • PINACOIDAL adj. denoting a type of crystal face, also PINAKOIDAL. |
HYRACOIDEAN | • HYRACOIDEAN n. any member of a genus of mammals including the daman and the dassie or hyrax, also HYRACOID. |
HYRACOIDEANS | • HYRACOIDEAN n. any member of a genus of mammals including the daman and the dassie or hyrax, also HYRACOID. |
CLINOPINACOID | • clinopinacoid n. (Crystallography) The plane in monoclinic crystals that is parallel to the vertical and the inclined… • CLINOPINACOID n. a form consisting of two faces parallel to the clinoaxis and the vertical axis, also CLINOPINAKOID. |
MACROPINACOID | • macropinacoid n. (Crystallography) One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical… • MACROPINACOID n. a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis, also MACROPINAKOID. |
CLINOPINACOIDS | • clinopinacoids n. Plural of clinopinacoid. • CLINOPINACOID n. a form consisting of two faces parallel to the clinoaxis and the vertical axis, also CLINOPINAKOID. |
MACROPINACOIDS | • macropinacoids n. Plural of macropinacoid. • MACROPINACOID n. a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis, also MACROPINAKOID. |