Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acerose | like a needle. |
| acervate | heaped. |
| acicular | needle-shaped. |
| aciform | needle-shaped. |
| acinaciform | scimitar-shaped. |
| actinomorphy | the quality of being actinomorphic. |
| adunc | (Lat.) hooked. |
| aduncate | hooked. |
| aduncated | hooked. |
| aduncity | the state of being hook-shaped. |
| aduncous | hooked. |
| aeriform | of the form or shape of gas; gaseous. |
| aliform | wing-shaped. |
| alphabetiform | shaped like letters. |
| alveated | formed or vaulted like a beehive. |
| alveolation | the state of being alveolate. |
| amorphism | absence of regular form; amorphous quality. |
| amorphous | without definite shape. |
| amorphously | (Adv.) AMORPHOUS, without definite shape. |
| amorphousness | the state of being amorphous. |
| anaxial | asymmetrical. |
| anguiform | shaped like a snake. |
| anguilliform | shaped like an eel. |
| angular | having sharp corners. |
| angularity | the quality of being angular. |
| angularly | (Adv.) ANGULAR, having sharp corners. |
| angularness | the state of being angular. |
| angulate | to form with angles. |
| angulation | a making angular; an angular formation. |
| angulose | angular; having corners. |
| angulous | angular; having corners. |
| annularity | the state of being ring-shaped. |
| annularly | (Adv.) ANNULAR, ring-shaped. |
| annulation | a circular or ringlike formation. |
| ansate | having a handle or handlike shape. |
| ansated | having a handle or handlike shape. |
| antenniform | shaped like an antenna. |
| archwise | in the manner of an arch. |
| arciform | shaped like a bow. |
| arcuate | shaped like a bow. |
| arcuated | shaped like a bow. |
| arcuately | (Adv.) ARCUATE, shaped like a bow. |
| arcuation | the state of being shaped like a bow. |
| arrowlike | like an arrow. |
| arrowy | like an arrow, in shape, motion, etc > ARROWIER, ARROWIEST. |
| askewness | the state of being askew. |
| aspheric | not spherical; (noun) a lens that has a shape that is not completely round; a contact lens with changing lens strength. |
| aspherical | not spherical. |
| asteriated | having starlike rays. |
| astroid | a hypocycloid with four cusps. |
| asymmetric | not symmetric. |
| asymmetrical | not symmetrical. |
| asymmetrically | (Adv.) ASYMMETRICAL, not symmetrical. |
| auriform | shaped like an ear. |
| axelike | like an axe in form. |
| azonal | of e.g. soil, not arranged in zones. |
| bacillary | of the shape or nature of a bacillus, rodlike. |
| bacilliform | shaped like a bacillus. |
| baculiform | rod-shaped. |
| baggily | (Adv.) BAGGY, loose-fitting. |
| bagginess | the state of being baggy. |
| baggy | loose-fitting. |
| ball | anything spherical or nearly so; (verb) to form into a ball. |
| balls | to mess up. |
| basinlike | like a basin. |
| beadlike | like a bead. |
| belemnoid | of a fossil, shaped like a dart. |
| bellylike | shaped like a belly. |
| biaxal | having two axes. |
| biaxial | having two axes. |
| biaxially | (Adv.) BIAXIAL, having two axes. |
| bicentric | having two centres. |
| biconcave | concave on both sides. |
| biconcavity | the state of being biconcave. |
| biconvex | convex on both sides. |
| biconvexity | the state of being biconvex. |
| bifacial | having the opposite surfaces alike. |
| bifacially | (Adv.) BIFACIAL, having the opposite surfaces alike. |
| bifarious | organized in two rows. |
| bifariously | (Adv.) BIFARIOUS, organized in two rows. |
| bifidity | the state of being divided into two parts. |
| biforked | forked, bifurcate. |
| biform | having two forms. |
| biformed | having two forms. |
| bifurcate | to fork. |
| bifurcation | the state of being bifurcated. |
| billowy | in billows. |
| bilocular | divided into two chambers or cavities. |
| biloculate | divided into two chambers or cavities. |
| binuclear | having two nuclei. |
| biparted | having two parts. |
| bipyramid | a crystal formed of two pyramids base to base. |
| bipyramidal | in the form of a bipyramid. |
| biradial | having dual symmetry. |
| bisymmetric | showing symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other. |
| bisymmetrical | showing symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other. |
| bisymmetrically | (Adv.) BISYMMETRICAL, showing symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other. |
| bisymmetry | symmetry in two planes at right angles to each other. |
| blob | a drop or globule; (verb) to make a blob or blobs. |
| blobby | blob-shaped. |
| blockiness | the state of being blocky, block-like. |
| blocky | block-like. |
| blubbery | swollen, protuberant. |
| boatlike | resembling a boat. |
| bowlike | shaped like a bow. |
| bowllike | like a bowl. |
| boxily | (Adv.) BOXY, like a box. |
| boxy | like a box. |
| branchlike | like a branch. |
| bricklike | like a brick. |
| brickshaped | shaped like a brick. |
| brushlike | like a brush. |
| bulbous | shaped like a bulb; rounded, swollen. |
| bulbously | (Adv.) BULBOUS, shaped like a bulb. |
| bulbousness | the state of being bulbous. |
| bulge | a protuberance, a swelling (verb) to swell out |
| bulginess | the state of being bulgy. |
| bulgingly | (Adv.) BULGING, swelling out. |
| bulgy | bulging. |
| bullate | blistered, puckered, bubble-like. |
| bunchily | (Adv.) BUNCHY, swelling out in bunches. |
| bunchiness | the state of being bunchy. |
| bunchy | swelling out in bunches. |
| bursiculate | shaped like small pouch. |
| bursiform | shaped like a pouch or purse. |
| bushily | (Adv.) BUSHY, bushlike. |
| byssaceous | composed of a mass of fine threads; delicately filamentous. |
| byssoid | composed of a mass of fine threads; delicately filamentous. |
| cactiform | cactus-shaped. |
| cacuminous | with pointed or pyramidal top. |
| cagelike | like a cage. |
| calcariform | spur-shaped. |
| calceiform | slipper-shaped. |
| calceolate | slipper-shaped. |
| calycoideous | calyx-shaped. |
| calyculate | having a calyculus, a cuplike structure. |
| calyptrate | capped or hooded. |
| canaliculate | grooved or channelled lengthwise. |
| canaliculated | grooved or channelled lengthwise. |
| cancriform | shaped like a crab. |
| capsular | of or pertaining to a capsule. |
| capsulary | of or pertaining to a capsule. |
| capsulate | contained in or made into a capsule. |
| capsulated | contained in or made into a capsule. |
| capsule | a gelatine case for holding a dose of medicine; (verb) to condense into a brief form. |
| carinate | shaped like the prow or keel of a ship. |
| carinated | shaped like the prow or keel of a ship. |
| cavitied | having a cavity. |
| cellular | consisting of, characterized by or containing cells or compartments; (noun) a cellular phone. |
| cellularity | the state of being cellular. |
| cellulated | cellular. |
| centerless | without a centre. |
| cerebriform | shaped like the brain. |
| chunkiness | the state of being chunky. |
| cingular | ring-shaped, encircling. |
| circular | in the shape of a circle (noun) a leaflet intended for wide distribution |
| circularity | the state of being circular. |
| circularly | (Adv.) CIRCULAR, in the shape of a circle. |
| circularness | the state of being circular. |
| cirriform | formed like a cirrus or tendril. |
| clavate | club-shaped; growing gradually thicker toward the top. |
| clavately | (Adv.) CLAVATE, club-shaped. |
| claviculate | shaped like a clavicula, the collarbone. |
| claviform | in the shape of a club. |
| clinopinacoid | a form consisting of two faces parallel to the clinoaxis and the vertical axis. |
| clinopinakoid | a form consisting of two faces parallel to the clinoaxis and the vertical axis. |
| clottiness | the state of being clotty. |
| clotty | in clots. |
| clump | a thick mass (verb) to form into a thick mass |
| clumpiness | the state of being clumpy. |
| clumplike | like a clump. |
| clumpy | in clumps. |
| cluster | a group of similar objects (verb) to form into a cluster |
| clustery | growing in, or full of, clusters. |
| clypeate | shaped like a buckler, a round shield. |
| clypeiform | shaped like a buckler, a round shield. |
| cobwebby | abounding in cobwebs. |
| cochleariform | spoon-shaped. |
| cochleate | having the form of a snail shell. |
| cochleated | having the form of a snail shell. |
| coilability | the ability to form coils. |
| columniation | the use or arrangement of columns in a structure. |
| combwise | in the manner of a comb. |
| comby | full of holes like a honeycomb. |
| compast | (Arch.) rounded. |
| complanate | flattened. |
| complanation | the state of being flattened. |
| concave | curved inward (verb) to make or become hollow |
| concavely | (Adv.) CONCAVE, curved inwards. |
| concaveness | the state of being concave. |
| concavity | the state of being concave. |
| conchate | shell-shaped. |
| conchiform | shaped like a shell. |
| concretion | a concreted mass. |
| concretionary | of or like a concretion. |
| conelike | shaped like a cone. |
| conglobate | shaped like a small ball or globe; (verb) to gather in a globe. |
| conical | shaped like a cone. |
| conically | (Adv.) CONICAL, shaped like a cone. |
| conicity | the state of being conical. |
| coniform | cone-shaped; conical. |
| conoid | anything like a cone in form. |
| conoidal | nearly, but not exactly, conical. |
| conoidally | (Adv.) CONOIDAL, nearly, but not exactly, conical. |
| contortedness | the state of being contorted. |
| contrate | of wheels, esp in watchmaking, having cogs parallel to the axis. |
| convex | having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere (verb) to make convex |
| convexedly | (Adv.) CONVEXED. |
| convexity | the state of being convex. |
| convexly | (Adv.) CONVEX, having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere. |
| convexness | the state of being convex. |
| convolute | rolled together, coiled (verb) to twist, coil |
| convolutedly | (Adv.) CONVOLUTED, coiled, twisted. |
| convolutedness | the state of being convoluted. |
| convolutely | (Adv.) CONVOLUTE, rolled together, coiled. |
| convolution | a form or shape that is folded in curved or tortuous windings. |
| convolutional | of or like convolution. |
| convolutionary | of or like convolution. |
| coralloidal | having the form of coral. |
| corbiculate | like a small basket. |
| cordate | heart-shaped. |
| cordately | (Adv.) CORDATE, heart-shaped. |
| cordiform | heart-shaped. |
| corniculate | horn-shaped; horned. |
| corniform | shaped like a horn. |
| corrugation | the act of corrugating. |
| coryneform | virgate, rod-shaped. |
| cotyloidal | shaped like a cup. |
| crabwise | in the manner of a crab, sideways. |
| crateriform | cup-shaped. |
| crenature | the state of being notched. |
| crenulation | the state of being crenulated. |
| crescent | the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter. |
| crescented | having the shape of a crescent. |
| crescentic | formed like a crescent. |
| crestal | pertaining to a crest or peak; (noun) a crystal. |
| cribriform | shaped like a sieve. |
| crispation | the state of being curled. |
| crispature | a curling. |
| cristiform | in the form of a crest. |
| cruciate | cross-shaped or Y-shaped (noun) a ligament in the knee |
| cruciately | (Adv.) CRUCIATE, cross-shaped or Y-shaped. |
| cruciform | cross-shaped (noun) something cross-shaped |
| cruciformly | (Adv.) CRUCIFORM, cross-shaped. |
| cteniform | comb-shaped. |
| cube | a solid body having six equal square faces; (verb) to form into a cube. |
| cubical | shaped like a cube. |
| cubically | (Adv.) CUBICAL, shaped like a cube. |
| cubicalness | the state of being cubical. |
| cubicity | the state of being cubic. |
| cubiform | shaped like a cube. |
| cuboidal | cube-shaped. |
| cucullated | hooded; hood-shaped. |
| cultrate | shaped like a knife blade; sharp-edged. |
| cultrated | shaped like a knife blade; sharp-edged. |
| cultriform | knife-shaped. |
| cumulate | in a heap (verb) to heap together, to accumulate |
| cumulately | (Adv.) CUMULATE, in a heap. |
| cumuliform | shaped like a heap, esp of a cloud. |
| cumulose | containing or consisting of small heaps. |
| cuneal | wedge-shaped. |
| cuneate | wedge-shaped. |
| cuneated | wedge-shaped. |
| cuneately | (Adv.) CUNEATE, wedge-shaped. |
| cuplike | like a cup. |
| cuppy | cuplike. |
| cupular | of or pertaining to a cup; cup-shaped. |
| cupulate | of or pertaining to a cup; cup-shaped. |
| curlily | (Adv.) CURLY, having curls. |
| curly | having curls. |
| curney | granular. |
| curny | granular. |
| curvaceous | pleasingly curved. |
| curvaceously | (Adv.) CURVACEOUS, pleasingly curved. |
| curvaceousness | the state of being curvaceous. |
| curvacious | pleasingly curved. |
| curvaciously | (Adv.) CURVACIOUS, pleasingly curved. |
| curvaciousness | the state of being curvacious. |
| curvedness | the state of being curved. |
| curvey | full of curves. |
| curviform | curving. |
| curvilineal | bounded by curved lines. |
| curvilineally | (Adv.) CURVILINEAL, bounded by curved lines. |
| curvilinear | bounded by curved lines. |
| curvilinearity | the state of being curvilinear. |
| curvilinearly | (Adv.) CURVILINEAR. |
| curviness | the state of being curved. |
| curvy | full of curves. |
| cusp | a point; the point or horn of the moon; a toothlike meeting of two branches of a curve. |
| cuspal | of or like a cusp. |
| cuspate | in the form of a cusp. |
| cuspated | in the form of a cusp. |
| cusped | having a cusp. |
| cuspidated | shaped like a cuspid, a tooth with a single point, a canine tooth. |
| cuspis | (Lat.) a point eg the horn of the moon. |
| cusplike | resembling a cusp. |
| cyathiform | shaped like a cup. |
| cylinder | a roller-shaped object; (verb) to fit with cylinders. |
| cylindraceous | somewhat cylindrical. |
| cylindric | shaped like a cylinder. |
| cylindrical | shaped like a cylinder. |
| cylindricality | the state of being cylindrical. |
| cylindrically | (Adv.) CYLINDRICAL, shaped like a cylinder. |
| cylindricalness | the state of being cylindrical. |
| cylindricity | the state of being cylindrical. |
| cylindriform | shaped like a cylinder. |
| cylindroid | a body like a cyclinder. |
| decurvation | downward curvature. |
| demonstrability | the state of being demonstrable. |
| dendriform | shaped like a tree, eg a dendriform ulcer. |
| denticulate | finely dentate or serrate. |
| denticulated | finely dentate or serrate. |
| denticulation | the state of being denticulate. |
| dentiform | shaped like a tooth. |
| dentoid | shaped like a tooth. |
| difform | (Obs.) unlike, irregular in form. |
| digitiform | shaped like a finger. |
| digitule | any small fingerlike process. |
| dilatate | dilated. |
| discal | pertaining to, or resembling, a disk. |
| disciform | round or oval in shape. |
| disclike | like a disc. |
| discoid | disc-shaped; (noun) something in the form of a disc. |
| discoidal | disk-shaped. |
| disform | to alter the form of. |
| dishlike | like a dish. |
| disklike | like a disk. |
| dismayd | (Spenser) misshapen, deformed. |
| distichous | in or having two rows. |
| distichously | (Adv.) DISTICHOUS, in or having two rows. |
| dolabrate | shaped like the head of an axe. |
| dolabriform | shaped like a hatchet or cleaver. |
| domelike | resembling a dome. |
| dorsiflex | bent towards the back; (verb) to bend towards the back or dorsal. |
| doughnutlike | like a doughnut. |
| downswept | curved downwards. |
| droplet | a tiny drop. |
| dropwise | by drops. |
| egglike | resembling an egg in shape. |
| ellipse | a type of plane curve. |
| ellipsoidal | having the shape of an ellipse. |
| elliptic | having the shape of an ellipse. |
| elliptical | having the shape of an ellipse (noun) an ellipse |
| elliptically | (Adv.) ELLIPTICAL. |
| ellipticalness | the state of being elliptical, having the shape of an ellipse. |
| ellipticity | the state of being an ellipse. |
| embossment | the act of forming bosses or raised figures. |
| enridged | (Shakesp.) formed into ridges. |
| enround | (Shakesp.) to make round, surround. |
| erose | irregularly notched as if bitten. |
| erosely | (Adv.) EROSE, irregularly notched as if bitten. |
| ethmoidal | of or like a sieve. |
| falcate | resembling a sickle. |
| falcated | resembling a sickle. |
| falcation | the state of being falcate, sickle-shaped. |
| falciform | shaped like a sickle. |
| fanlike | resembling a fan. |
| fanwise | in the fashion of a fan. |
| fasciate | exhibiting a flattened ribbon-like structure. |
| fasciated | exhibiting a flattened ribbon-like structure. |
| fasciately | (Adv.) FASCIATE. |
| fascicled | arranged, growing, or occurring in a fascicle or fascicles. |
| fascicular | in bundles. |
| fascicularly | (Adv.) FASCICULAR, in bundles. |
| fasciculate | in bundles. |
| fasciculated | in bundles. |
| fasciculately | (Adv.) FASCICULATE, in bundles. |
| fasciculus | (Lat.) a little bundle; a fascicle. |
| fastigiate | pointed; conical. |
| fastigiated | pointed; conical. |
| fatiscence | the state of being fatiscent, having gaps. |
| fatiscent | gaping with cracks. |
| faveolate | honeycombed. |
| fibriform | shaped like a fibre. |
| fibrilliform | in the form of fibrils. |
| figurate | of a definite form or figure. |
| figurately | (Adv.) FIGURATE, of a definite form or figure. |
| filament | a slender or threadlike object. |
| filamentary | like a filament. |
| filamentous | threadlike; of some bacteria, viruses, etc, having long strands of similar cells. |
| filiform | shaped like a thread. |
| filose | threadlike; having a threadlike end. |
| finched | finch-backed, striped or spotted on the back. |
| fingerlike | like a finger. |
| finlike | resembling a fin. |
| fistular | hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed. |
| fisty | like a fist. |
| flabellate | fan-shaped. |
| flagginess | the condition of being flaggy, flabby. |
| flaggy | flag-like; flabby. |
| flary | flare-like. |
| flatten | to make or become flat. |
| flattish | somewhat flat. |
| floriform | shaped like a flower. |
| forcepslike | like a forceps. |
| forcipate | formed and opening like a forceps. |
| forcipated | formed and opening like a forceps. |
| forficulate | like scissors. |
| forkedness | the state of being forked. |
| forkiness | the state of dividing in a forklike manner. |
| forky | forked; furcated. |
| formless | lacking structure. |
| formlessly | (Adv.) FORMLESS, without form. |
| fossulate | grooved; pitted. |
| foveate | pitted. |
| foveated | pitted. |
| foveiform | shaped like a small pit. |
| freeform | having a free-flowing design or shape. |
| funiculate | forming a narrow ridge. |
| funnelform | having the form of a funnel. |
| furcal | forked. |
| furcate | forked (verb) to divide into branches |
| furcately | (Adv.) FURCATE, forked. |
| furcation | a branching like a fork. |
| furciferous | bearing a forked appendage; rascally. |
| furcular | shaped like a fork. |
| fusiform | tapering at each end, spindle-shaped. |
| galea | (Lat.) a helmet-shaped structure. |
| galeate | helmet-shaped. |
| galeated | helmet-shaped. |
| geminate | twinned (verb) to double, to arrange in pairs |
| geminately | (Adv.) GEMINATE, in pairs. |
| gemlike | resembling a gem. |
| geniculation | being jointed, like a knee. |
| geomorphic | earth-shaped. |
| gibbose | humpbacked, humped; (of a moon) between half and full. |
| gibbous | humpbacked, humped; (of a moon) between half and full. |
| gibbously | (Adv.) GIBBOUS, of a moon, between half and full. |
| gibbousness | the state of being gibbous. |
| gimmal | a ring that can be divided into two or three rings. |
| gimmalled | jointed, hinged, like a gimmal. |
| gimp | a yarn with a hard core; (verb) to make or furnish with this. |
| gladiate | shaped like a sword. |
| global | spherical. |
| globally | (Adv.) GLOBAL, spherical. |
| globate | having the form of a globe. |
| globated | having the form of a globe. |
| globby | glob-like. |
| globe | a ball, a round body (verb) to form into a globe |
| globelike | like a globe. |
| globoid | globelike; (noun) a globelike shape. |
| globose | having a rounded form resembling that of a globe. |
| globosely | (Adv.) GLOBOSE, having a rounded form like a globe. |
| globoseness | the state of being globose. |
| globosity | sphericity. |
| globous | having a rounded form resembling that of a globe. |
| globular | spherical (noun) a globular star cluster |
| globularity | the quality of being globular. |
| globularly | (Adv.) GLOBULAR, spherical. |
| globularness | the state of being globular. |
| globule | a little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form. |
| globulet | a little globule. |
| globulous | globular, spherical. |
| globus | (Lat.) any spherelike structure. |
| globy | (Milton) round. |
| glomerate | to gather into a ball. |
| goadlike | like a goad. |
| goosenecked | having a neck like a goose. |
| granular | consisting of or like grains or granules. |
| granularly | (Adv.) GRANULAR, consisting of or like grains or granules. |
| granulary | (Arch.) granular. |
| granuliform | having the form of a granule. |
| granulose | consisting of or like grains or granules. |
| granulous | consisting of or like grains or granules. |
| graticule | a design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions. |
| gregatim | (Lat.) in flocks. |
| grid | a grating, network; (verb) to set out in a grid. |
| gridded | having a grid. |
| gridiron | a frame of iron bars for broiling over a fire; (verb) to mark with parallel lines or bars. |
| gulflike | like a gulf. |
| gutlike | like a gut. |
| gymmal | a ring that can be divided into two or three rings. |
| gyrose | having a folded surface; marked with wavy lines. |
| gyrous | of or like a gyre, spiral. |
| hairlike | resembling a hair. |
| halolike | like a halo. |
| hamose | hooked. |
| hamous | hooked. |
| hamular | of the form of a small hook, hooked. |
| hastate | spear-shaped. |
| hastated | spear-shaped. |
| hastately | (Adv.) HASTATE, spear-shaped. |
| headlike | shaped like a head. |
| heap | a mass of things resting one above another (verb) to pile up |
| heapy | full of heaps. |
| helical | shaped like a helix. |
| helically | (Adv.) HELICAL, shaped like a helix. |
| helix | (Greek) a screw-shaped coil. |
| hemihedron | a solid hemihedrally derived, such as a tetrahedron. |
| hemisphere | half of a sphere. |
| hemispheric | like a hemisphere. |
| hemispherical | like a hemisphere. |
| hemispheroid | the half of a spheroid. |
| hemispheroidal | in the form of a half-sphere. |
| hemitropal | half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure. |
| hemitrope | of a crystal, twinned; (noun) a twinned crystal. |
| hemitropic | half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure. |
| hemitropism | the state of being a hemitrope, a twinned crystal. |
| hemitropous | half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure. |
| hersed | (Obs.) arranged like a herse, in harrow form. |
| heteromorphism | the state of having different forms. |
| hexagrammoid | a hexagram shape. |
| hexangular | having six angles. |
| hippocrepian | horseshoe-shaped; (noun) a type of bryozoan that has a lophophore shaped like a horseshoe. |
| holosteric | totally solid. |
| homomorphic | relating to homomorphism. |
| homomorphism | similarity of external form, appearance, or size. |
| hooklike | resembling a hook. |
| hooplike | like a hoop. |
| hornlike | resembling a horn. |
| hubbly | having an uneven surface. |
| hummocky | abounding in hummocks. |
| humpiness | the state of being humpy. |
| humplike | like a hump. |
| imbricately | (Adv.) IMBRICATE. |
| incisiform | shaped like an incisor tooth. |
| incudal | shaped like an incus or anvil. |
| infundibular | funnel-shaped. |
| infundibulate | funnel-shaped. |
| infundibuliform | shaped like a funnel. |
| inkblot | a blotted pattern of spilled ink. |
| insectiform | having the form of an insect. |
| intumescence | a swollen or enlarged part of a plant or animal. |
| isomorphism | similarity in shape or structure in unrelated forms. |
| jagged | cut unevenly into notches. |
| jaggedly | (Adv.) JAGGED, cut unevenly into notches. |
| jaggedness | the state of being jagged. |
| jaggy | having jags, as, jaggy teeth (noun) a jaggy computer image |
| jagless | not producing intoxication. |
| jymold | (Shakesp.) jointed, hinged. |
| kidneylike | shaped like a kidney. |
| kitelike | like a kite. |
| knobbiness | the state of being knobby. |
| knobbly | covered with knobs or nodules. |
| knobby | covered with knobs. |
| knoblike | like a knob. |
| knotlike | like a knot. |
| knub | a small lump. |
| knubbly | knobbly. |
| knubby | full of or covered with knubs or small protuberances. |
| labral | relating to the labrum, liplike. |
| labrum | (Lat.) a lip or edge, as of a basin. |
| lacelike | resembling lace. |
| lacey | of or like lace. |
| lacily | (Adv.) LACY, of or like lace. |
| laciness | the quality of being lacy. |
| lacy | of or like lace. |
| ladderlike | like a ladder. |
| lageniform | shaped like a flask. |
| lambdoid | shaped like the letter Greek lambda. |
| lambdoidal | shaped like the Greek letter lambda. |
| lamella | (Lat.) a thin plate or layer. |
| lamellar | flat and thin; composed of lamellae. |
| lamellarly | (Adv.) LAMELLAR, flat and thin. |
| lamellate | composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. |
| lamellated | composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. |
| lamellately | (Adv.) LAMELLATE, composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. |
| lamelloid | like lamellae, in thin plates. |
| lamellose | composed of, or having, lamellae. |
| lamellosity | the state of being lamellose. |
| lamina | (Lat.) a thin plate or layer. |
| laminal | in, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; (noun) a consonant articulated with the blade of the tongue. |
| laminar | in layers or thin plates. |
| laminary | in layers or thin plates. |
| laminose | relating to lamina, a thin plate or layer. |
| laminous | relating to lamina, a thin plate or layer. |
| lanceolate | shaped like a lance-head. |
| lanceolated | shaped like a lance-head. |
| lanceolately | (Adv.) LANCEOLATE, shaped like a lance-head. |
| lanciform | shaped like a lance. |
| lathlike | like a lath, long and slender. |
| leaflike | resembling a leaf. |
| ledgy | abounding in ledges; as, a ledgy island. |
| leglike | like a leg. |
| lenslike | like a lens. |
| lenticularly | (Adv.) LENTICULAR, lens-shaped. |
| lentiform | shaped like a lens. |
| lentoid | shaped like a lens or lentil, biconvex; (noun) something lens-shaped. |
| libriform | shaped like a book. |
| ligniform | of the form or shape of wood. |
| liguloid | like a ligule, a thin outgrowth at the junction of a leaf and leafstalk. |
| limbous | overlapping. |
| linear | of or belonging to a line. |
| linelike | like a line. |
| liney | like a line. |
| linguiform | shaped like a tongue. |
| lingular | of or like a lingula, a tonguelike process or part. |
| lingulate | shaped like the tongue or a strap. |
| lingulated | shaped like the tongue or a strap. |
| liplike | resembling a lip. |
| lobar | of or relating to a lobe. |
| lobate | having a lobe or lobes. |
| lobated | having a lobe or lobes. |
| lobately | (Adv.) LOBATE, having a lobe or lobes. |
| lobe | a rounded, projecting anatomical part; (verb) to divide into lobes. |
| lobelet | a small lobe. |
| lobelike | like a lobe. |
| lobose | having a lobe or lobes. |
| lobular | shaped like a lobe. |
| lobularly | (Adv.) LOBULAR, shaped like a lobe. |
| lobulate | having lobules. |
| lobulation | the state of being lobulate. |
| lobule | a small lobe. |
| loculus | (Lat.) a small compartment or chamber. |
| looplike | like a loop. |
| lopsided | leaning to one side. |
| lopsidedly | (Adv.) LOPSIDED, leaning to one side. |
| lorate | having the form of a thong or strap. |
| lozenge | a rhombus or diamond-shaped figure. |
| lozenged | divided into lozenges. |
| lozengy | with lozenges > LOZENGIER, LOZENGIEST. |
| lump | a shapeless mass (verb) to make into lumps |
| lumpily | (Adv.) LUMPY, full of lumps. |
| lumpiness | the state of being lumpy. |
| lumpy | full of lumps. |
| lunate | crescent-shaped (noun) a crescent-shaped bone of the wrist |
| lunated | crescent-shaped. |
| lunately | (Adv.) LUNATE, crescent-shaped. |
| lune | anything shaped like a half-moon. |
| lunular | crescent-shaped. |
| lyrate | lyre-shaped. |
| lyrated | lyre-shaped. |
| lyrately | (Adv.) LYRATE, lyre-shaped. |
| lyriform | lyre-shaped. |
| malleiform | shaped like a hammer. |
| mamillate | with nipple-like projections. |
| mamillated | with nipple-like projections. |
| mamillation | the state of being mamillate, with nipple-like projections. |
| mamilliform | nipple-shaped. |
| mammiform | shaped like a breast. |
| mammillar | resembling a breast or nipple. |
| mammillate | with nipple-like projections. |
| mammillated | with nipple-like projections. |
| mammillation | a nipple-like protrusion. |
| mammilliform | in the form of a nipple. |
| mandibulate | shaped like a mandible; (noun) something shaped like a mandible. |
| mandibulated | shaped like a mandible. |
| maniform | having the shape of a hand. |
| maplike | having or consisting of lines resembling a map. |
| mapwise | in the manner of a map. |
| mazelike | like a maze. |
| meniscal | pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus. |
| meniscoid | concavo-convex, like a meniscus. |
| meshwork | a network, a web. |
| meshy | formed with meshes; netted. |
| microsphere | a small sphere. |
| microspherical | of or like a microsphere. |
| mirrorwise | in the fashion of a mirror. |
| misform | to make in an ill form. |
| monadiform | having the form of a monad. |
| moniliform | having narrow intervals or joints resembling a string of beads. |
| monomorphic | having or existing in only one form. |
| monomorphism | existence in one form only. |
| monomorphous | existing in one form only. |
| monosymmetric | having only one plane of symmetry. |
| monosymmetrical | having only one plane of symmetry. |
| monosymmetry | the state of being monosymmetric, having only one plane of symmetry. |
| monticulate | having small projections. |
| monticulous | having small projections. |
| morphic | relating to form, morphological. |
| multangular | having many angles. |
| multiangular | having many angles. |
| multiaxial | having more than one axis. |
| multifid | having many divisions. |
| multifidly | (Adv.) MULTIFID, having many divisions. |
| multifidous | having many divisions. |
| multiform | a multiform object; something exhibiting many and various forms. |
| multilobate | having many lobes. |
| multilobular | having many lobules. |
| multiserial | in many rows. |
| multispiral | having many coils. |
| multitier | having many tiers. |
| mytiliform | mussel-shaped. |
| napiform | resembling a turnip in shape, form, or appearance. |
| needlelike | like a needle. |
| nephroid | kidney-shaped. |
| netlike | resembling a net. |
| netty | like a net, or network. |
| niblike | like a nib. |
| nodality | the state of being nodal. |
| nodated | knotted. |
| nodation | the act of making a knot, or state of being knotted. |
| nodose | having knots or nodules. |
| nodosity | knottiness; a knotty swelling. |
| nodous | having knots or nodules. |
| nodular | composed of nodules. |
| nodulation | the state of having nodules. |
| nodule | a little rounded lump or swelling. |
| noduled | having little knots or lumps. |
| nodulose | having small nodes or knots. |
| nodulous | having small nodes or knots. |
| noncellular | not cellular. |
| nooklike | like a nook. |
| nooselike | like a noose. |
| nubbiness | the state of being nubby. |
| nubbly | having small protuberances. |
| nubby | having small protuberances. |
| nubiform | cloudlike. |
| nuggety | in nuggets> NUGGETIER, NUGGETIEST. |
| nummular | coin-shaped. |
| nummulated | coin-shaped. |
| oary | having the form of or using oars. |
| obcompressed | flattened from front to back. |
| obconic | conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical. |
| obeliscoid | shaped like an obelisk. |
| obeliskoid | shaped like an obelisk. |
| oblateness | the state of being oblate. |
| oblong | long in one direction (noun) something that is oblong |
| oblongly | (Adv.) OBLONG, long in one direction. |
| obovoid | of a solid body, eg a fruit, egg-shaped, with the base as the narrower end. |
| olivary | olive-shaped. |
| omniform | having every form or shape. |
| omniformity | the state of having every form. |
| ooidal | egg-shaped. |
| orbicular | spherical. |
| orbicularly | (Adv.) ORBICULAR, spherical. |
| orbiculate | having the shape of a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular. |
| orbiculated | having the shape of a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular. |
| orblike | like an orb. |
| orby | orbed. |
| ornithomorphic | shaped like bird. |
| outbulge | to bulge outwards. |
| outjet | a projection. |
| outjetting | a projection. |
| outjut | a projection. |
| outjutting | a projection. |
| oval | egg-shaped (noun) an oval (egg-shaped) figure or object |
| ovality | the state of being oval. |
| ovally | (Adv.) OVAL, egg-shaped. |
| ovalness | the state of being oval. |
| ovately | (Adv.) OVATE, egg-shaped. |
| overarch | to form an arch above. |
| oviform | egg-shaped. |
| ovoid | egg-shaped; (noun) something egg-shaped. |
| ovoidal | egg-shaped; (noun) something egg-shaped. |
| pairwise | in pairs. |
| paliform | shaped like a stake. |
| palmlike | resembling a palm tree. |
| parcelwise | by parcels, piecemeal. |
| peaklike | like a peak. |
| pectinal | having teeth like a comb; (noun) a fish with bones or a spine resembling a comb. |
| pectinate | toothed like a comb. |
| pectinated | toothed like a comb. |
| pectinately | (Adv.) PECTINATE, toothed like a comb. |
| pedate | footed, footlike. |
| pedately | (Adv.) PEDATE, like a foot. |
| pediform | shaped like a foot. |
| peglike | like a peg. |
| pellet | a little ball; (verb) to make into a pellet. |
| pelletal | resembling a pellet. |
| pelletise | to make into a pellet. |
| pelletize | to make into a pellet. |
| pelmatic | of or like a pelma, an impression showing the shape of the sole. |
| pelviform | basin-shaped. |
| penannular | in the form of an almost complete ring. |
| penicilliform | paintbrush-shaped. |
| pennaceous | featherlike. |
| pentacyclic | having five whorls. |
| pentalpha | a five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases. |
| pentangle | a five-pointed star, formerly used as a mystic or magical symbol. |
| pentangular | having the shape of a pentangle. |
| phacoid | lens-shaped, lentil-shaped. |
| phacoidal | lens-shaped, lentil-shaped. |
| phalloid | shaped like a phallus. |
| phialiform | saucer-shaped. |
| piecewise | piece by piece. |
| piliform | shaped like a hair. |
| pillowy | like a pillow in form or feel > PILLOWIER, PILLOWIEST. |
| pilular | like a pilule, a small pill. |
| pinacoid | a crystal face, or a crystallographic form consisting of a pair of faces, parallel to two axes. |
| pinakoid | a crystal form consisting of two (or more) parallel planes or faces. |
| pincerlike | like a pincer. |
| pipelike | like a pipe. |
| pipiness | the quality of being pipy. |
| pipy | like a pipe; hollow-stemmed. |
| piriform | shaped like a pear. |
| pisciform | shaped like a fish. |
| planform | the contour of an object as viewed from above. |
| planklike | like a plank. |
| planulate | flat. |
| planuliform | having the form of a planula. |
| plasm | a mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular shape. |
| platelike | like a plate. |
| plexal | pertaining to a plexus, a network. |
| plexiform | in the form of a network. |
| plexure | an interweaving. |
| plexus | (Lat.) a network. |
| plicately | (Adv.) PLICATE, folded like a fan. |
| plicateness | the state of being plicate. |
| ploughwise | as in ploughing. |
| pluffy | puffed up, puffy. |
| poculiform | cup-shaped. |
| pointy | pointed. |
| polygonal | like a polygon. |
| polygonally | (Adv.) POLYGONAL, like a polygon. |
| polymorphic | occurring in several forms. |
| polymorphically | (Adv.) POLYMORPHIC, of species where several (eg color) forms may be produced in a single brood. |
| polymorphous | occurring in several forms. |
| polymorphously | (Adv.) POLYMORPHOUS, having, assuming, or occurring in various forms, characters, or styles. |
| pooch | a dog; (verb) to bulge. |
| pouchlike | like a pouch. |
| pouchy | sagging, pouched-looking. |
| pouff | to give a puffed appearance to. |
| pouffe | to give a puffed appearance to. |
| premorse | ending abruptly as if bitten off. |
| prill | to turn into pellet form eg by melting and letting the falling drops solidify. |
| prismatoid | a body that approaches to the form of a prism. |
| prismatoidal | having the form of a prismatoid. |
| procoelous | cupped in front. |
| proteiform | changeable in form. |
| protuberate | to bulge out. |
| pseudomorph | a false or abnormal physical form. |
| pseudomorphic | of or like a pseudomorph. |
| pucker | a fold or wrinkle (verb) to gather into small wrinkles or folds |
| puffily | (Adv.) PUFFY, swollen, puffed up. |
| puffy | swollen, puffed up. |
| pulvinate | cushion-like; bulging; pillowy. |
| pulvinated | cushion-like; bulging; pillowy. |
| pyramidal | shaped like a pyramid. |
| pyramidally | (Adv.) PYRAMIDAL, shaped like a pyramid. |
| pyriform | shaped like a pear. |
| quadrangle | a plane figure with four angles (and therefore four sides). |
| quadrangular | like a quadrangle. |
| quadrangularly | (Adv.) QUADRANGULAR, like a quadrangle. |
| quadrate | square; (verb) to make square; to make to agree. |
| quadricone | a quadric cone, or cone having a conic as base. |
| racemation | a cluster or bunch of anything esp grapes. |
| radiciform | like a root. |
| raduliform | like a rasp or file. |
| ramate | branched, as the stem or root of a plant. |
| ramiform | branching; shaped like branches. |
| randomwise | in a random fashion. |
| rectangled | rectangular. |
| recurvate | bent back. |
| reedlike | resembling a reed. |
| reniform | kidney-shaped eg of a mineral mass. |
| repand | slightly wavy. |
| repandly | (Adv.) REPAND, slightly wavy. |
| reptiliform | having the form of a reptile. |
| restiform | cordlike. |
| retial | pertaining to a rete, a network. |
| retiform | shaped like a net. |
| retroverse | turned backwards. |
| rhipidate | fan-shaped. |
| ribbonlike | like a ribbon. |
| riblike | like a rib. |
| ridge | a long narrow ridge (verb) to form into ridges |
| ridgelike | like a ridge. |
| ridgy | having a ridge or ridges. |
| ringlike | like a ring. |
| ringwise | in the manner of a ring. |
| rodlike | like a rod. |
| rostrocarinate | beaked and keeled; (noun) a supposed flint implement with beak and keel. |
| rotiform | wheel-shaped; as, rotiform appendages. |
| rotundate | rounded off; orbicular. |
| rotundity | the state of being rotund. |
| round | shaped like a sphere or circle (noun) a round thing; a series of calls made by a tradesman etc.; (verb) to make round |
| roundedness | the state of being rounded. |
| roundish | somewhat round. |
| roundly | (Adv.) ROUND, shaped like a sphere. |
| roundness | the state of being round. |
| sacciform | shaped like a sac. |
| saccular | sac-like. |
| sacculate | formed in a series of saclike enclosures. |
| sacculated | formed in a series of saclike enclosures. |
| sacculation | the state of being sacculated. |
| sacklike | like a sack. |
| saclike | like a sac. |
| saddlebacked | saddle-shaped. |
| sagittal | shaped like an arrowhead. |
| sagittally | (Adv.) SAGITTAL, shaped like an arrowhead. |
| sagittate | shaped like an arrowhead. |
| saucerlike | like a saucer. |
| sawlike | resembling a saw. |
| scalariform | shaped like a ladder. |
| scalariformly | (Adv.) SCALARIFORM, shaped like a ladder. |
| scalelike | like a scale. |
| scalpelliform | shaped like a scalpel. |
| scalpriform | shaped like a chisel. |
| scarry | having scars. |
| scissorwise | in the fashion of scissors. |
| scoleciform | tapeworm-shaped. |
| scolopendriform | having the form of a centipede. |
| scopate | brushlike. |
| scraggly | irregular or ragged in growth or form. |
| scrollwise | in the fashion of a scroll. |
| scutate | buckler-shaped; round or nearly round. |
| scutation | the state of being scutate, buckler-shaped. |
| scutiform | shield-shaped. |
| scyphate | cup-shaped. |
| scyphiform | cup-shaped. |
| seamlike | like a seam. |
| securiform | shaped like an axe. |
| semicircular | having the shape of semicircle. |
| semicircularly | (Adv.) SEMICIRCULAR, having the shape of semicircle. |
| semicylinder | a longitudinal half-cylinder. |
| semielliptical | being in the form of a partial ellipse. |
| semiglobe | a half globe, a hemisphere. |
| semiglobular | being in the form of a half globe. |
| semilunar | shaped like a half moon. |
| semilunate | shaped like a half-moon. |
| semioval | shaped like half of an oval. |
| semiround | something half round. |
| semiterete | half-cylindrical. |
| septiform | shaped like a partition. |
| septilateral | having seven sides. |
| serpentiform | in the form of a serpent. |
| serrate | to notch. |
| serration | the state of being saw-edged. |
| serratulate | minutely serrate. |
| serrature | a notching, like that between the teeth of a saw. |
| serriform | resembling a notched or sawlike edge. |
| serrulate | finely serrate; having very minute teeth. |
| serrulated | finely serrate; having very minute teeth. |
| serrulation | the state of being serrulate, sawlike. |
| sesamoid | shaped like a sesame seed; (noun) a small rounded bone formed in the substance of a tendon, eg in the flexor tendon of the big toe. |
| setiform | shaped like a bristle. |
| sexangular | hexagonal. |
| sexangularly | (Adv.) SEXANGULAR, hexagonal. |
| shapable | that may be shaped. |
| shapeable | that can be shaped. |
| shapeless | without shape. |
| shapelessly | (Adv.) SHAPELESS, without shape. |
| sheafy | resembling a sheaf. |
| sheathlike | like a sheath. |
| sheathy | forming or resembling a sheath or case. |
| sheety | in sheets. |
| shelflike | like a shelf. |
| shoalwise | in shoals. |
| sievelike | like a sieve. |
| sigmate | s-shaped; (verb) to add a Greek s to. |
| sigmoid | s-shaped; (noun) an S-shaped curve in a bodily part. |
| sigmoidal | s-shaped. |
| sigmoidally | (Adv.) SIGMOIDAL, S-shaped. |
| sinisterwise | in left-handed fashion. |
| sinuose | wavy; bending in a supple manner. |
| sinuosity | the state of being sinuous. |
| sinuous | wavy; bending in a supple manner. |
| sinuously | (Adv.) SINUOUS, wavy. |
| sinuousness | the state of being sinuous. |
| skewness | the state of being skew. |
| slab | a thin flat piece of stone, etc (verb) to form into slabs |
| slablike | resembling a slab. |
| sleevelike | like a sleeve. |
| slitlike | like a slit. |
| slitty | like a slit. |
| slubby | lumpy, knobbly in texture. |
| snaglike | like a snag. |
| snakelike | like a snake. |
| snubness | the quality of being snub. |
| solid | having definite shape and volume (noun) a solid substance |
| spadelike | like a spade. |
| sparlike | like a spar. |
| spathulate | spoon-shaped. |
| spatular | shaped like a spatula, broad and blunt. |
| spatulate | shaped like a spatula, broad and blunt. |
| spearlike | like a spear. |
| speary | having the form of a spear. |
| sphaer | (Obs.) a sphere. |
| sphaere | (Obs.) a sphere. |
| sphear | (Arch.) a sphere. |
| spheare | (Arch.) a sphere. |
| sphenoid | wedge-shaped; (noun) a wedge-shaped bone. |
| sphenoidal | wedge-shaped. |
| spheral | relating to a sphere; perfectly round. |
| sphere | a solid figure bounded by a surface of which all points are equidistant from a centre (verb) to place in a sphere, encompass |
| spherelike | like a sphere. |
| spheric | having the shape of a sphere. |
| spherical | having the shape of a sphere. |
| sphericality | the state of being spherical. |
| spherically | (Adv.) SPHERICAL, having the shape of a sphere. |
| sphericalness | the state of being spherical. |
| sphericity | a descriptive term to describe how close a particle's shape is to a sphere. |
| spheroid | a body resembling or approximating to a sphere in shape; esp one formed by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes. |
| spheroidal | having the form of a spheroid. |
| spheroidally | (Adv.) SPHEROIDAL, having the form of a spheroid. |
| spheroidically | (Adv.) SPHEROIDAL, having the form of a spheroid. |
| spheroidicity | the state of being spheroid. |
| spherular | like a spherule or small sphere. |
| spherule | a small sphere. |
| sphery | spherelike; belonging to the celestial spheres. |
| spicate | spiked; spikelike. |
| spicated | spiked; spikelike. |
| spicular | resembling a dart; having sharp points. |
| spiculate | having a sharp point. |
| spiculated | covered with spicules or needle-like. |
| spiculation | the state of being spiculate, having a sharp point. |
| spicule | a spike or splinter. |
| spikelike | like a spike. |
| spikily | (Adv.) SPIKY, having spikes. |
| spikiness | the state of being spiky. |
| spiky | having spikes. |
| spinelike | like a spine. |
| spinescence | the quality of being spiny. |
| spinescent | tapering or developing into a spine. |
| spiniform | like a thorn or spine. |
| spininess | the state of being spiny. |
| spiny | having spines. |
| spirality | the state of being spiral. |
| spirewise | in the form of a spire. |
| spiroid | in spiral form. |
| spiry | spire-like; having spires. |
| spongiform | resembling a sponge; soft and porous. |
| spoonways | like spoons packed closely together. |
| spoonwise | like spoons packed closely together. |
| squamiform | shaped like a scale. |
| squareness | the state of being square. |
| squarewise | in squares. |
| squarish | somewhat square. |
| squarishly | (Adv.) SQUARISH, somewhat square. |
| squarishness | the state of being squarish. |
| stairwise | in the fashion of stairs. |
| stalactitiform | having the form of a stalactite. |
| stalklike | like a stalk. |
| staphyline | like a bunch of grapes. |
| starlike | resembling a star. |
| stellate | star-shaped; starry. |
| stellated | star-shaped; starry. |
| stellately | (Adv.) STELLATE. |
| stelliform | shaped like a star. |
| stellulate | minutely stellate. |
| steplike | like a step. |
| sticklike | like a stick. |
| stilliform | having the shape of a drop or globule. |
| stipitiform | in the form of a stipes. |
| straticulate | composed of parallel strata. |
| straticulation | the state of being straticulate. |
| strigiform | shaped like an owl. |
| stringily | (Adv.) STRINGY, fibrous. |
| stringy | fibrous. |
| strobiliform | having the form of a strobilE |
| strombuliform | shaped like a spinning top; spirally twisted. |
| subarcuation | the state of being subarcuate, somewhat arched. |
| subcordate | somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape. |
| subglobose | not quite globose. |
| subglobular | having nearly the shape of a globe. |
| sublunate | approaching the form of a crescent. |
| suborbicular | almost orbicular, nearly circular. |
| suboval | somewhat oval; nearly oval. No -S. |
| subovate | nearly ovate. |
| subtriangular | not quite triangular. |
| subulate | awl-shaped. |
| succise | (Lat.) appearing to have the lower part cut off. |
| superficies | (Lat.) the outer surface or appearance of something or someone. |
| swathy | in swathes. |
| symmetric | having symmetry. |
| symmetrical | having symmetry. |
| symmetricalness | the state of being symmetrical. |
| symmetry | an exact correspondence between the opposite halves of a figure. |
| synclastic | curved in all directions towards a single point. |
| syphonal | like a syphon. |
| syphonic | like a syphon. |
| tablewise | in the manner of a table. |
| tabular | in the form of a table. |
| tabularly | (Adv.) TABULAR, in the form of a table. |
| taeniate | ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon or tapeworm. |
| taenioid | ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon or tapeworm. |
| taggy | of eg wool, matted into tags. |
| taglike | like a tag. |
| taillike | like a tail. |
| tandemwise | in tandem. |
| tanklike | resembling a tank. |
| tapelike | like a tape. |
| taperness | the state of being taper. |
| taperwise | in tapering fashion. |
| tauriform | having the form of a bull. |
| tauromorphous | bull-shaped. |
| tectiform | shaped like a roof. |
| tela | (Lat.) a weblike structure. |
| telescopiform | in the form of a telescope. |
| tenioid | ribbonlike; shaped like a ribbon. |
| tentlike | resembling a tent. |
| tentwise | in the fashion of a tent. |
| terete | smooth-surfaced, cylindrical, and tapering at the ends. |
| tessellar | like a tessella, a small tessera, a token or ticket. |
| testiculate | like a testicle, esp in shape. |
| testiculated | like a testicle, esp in shape. |
| tetracyclic | of, in or with four whorls or rings. |
| tetramorphic | having four forms. |
| theriomorphic | having the form of a beast. |
| theriomorphous | having the form of a beast. |
| thongy | resembling an item of clothing made from a strip of cloth. |
| thornlike | like a thorn. |
| threadlike | like thread. |
| thready | threadlike. |
| thumblike | like a thumb. |
| thyrsoidal | having the form of a thyrsus. |
| tilelike | like a tile. |
| toelike | like a toe. |
| tonguelike | like a tongue. |
| toothlike | like a tooth. |
| toroid | shaped like a doughnut or anchor-ring; (noun) anything shaped like a doughnut or anchor-ring. |
| torose | swelling; bulging. |
| torosity | the state of being torose, swelling. |
| torous | swelling; bulging. |
| torsive | twisted spirally. |
| tortile | wreathed; twisted; coiled. |
| tortive | (Shakesp.) turned awry. |
| torulose | with small swellings at intervals. |
| trachelate | having a neck. |
| transeptate | divided by transverse septa. |
| trapezohedral | having the shape of a trapezohedron. |
| trapezohedron | a crystalline form whose faces are trapeziums. |
| treelike | resembling a tree. |
| triangular | having the form of a triangle. |
| triangularity | the state of being triangular. |
| triangularly | (Adv.) TRIANGULAR, having the form of a triangle. |
| triangulately | (Adv.) TRIANGULATE, triangular. |
| tricostate | three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base. |
| tridental | having three prongs. |
| triform | having a triple form. |
| triformed | having a triple form. |
| trifurcation | the state of being divided into three forks. |
| trilateral | having three sides (noun) a figure with three sides |
| trilaterally | (Adv.) TRILATERAL, having three sides. |
| trilobed | having three lobes. |
| trimorphic | having three forms. |
| trimorphous | having three forms. |
| trinacrian | three-pointed, with three extremities. |
| trinacriform | three-pronged. |
| tripart | in three parts. |
| tripedal | having three feet. |
| triquetra | a symmetrical triangular ornament formed of three interlaced arcs or lobes > TRIQUETRAE or TRIQUETRAS. |
| triquetral | triangular; three-edged with concave faces. |
| triscele | a figure consisting of three radiating curves or legs. |
| triskele | a figure consisting of three radiating curves or legs. |
| triskelion | a figure consisting of three radiating curves or legs. |
| trisulcate | having three ridges or forks. |
| trochal | resembling or revolving like a wheel. |
| tubar | in the form of a tube. |
| tubate | in the form of a tube. |
| tube | a pipe; any long hollow body; (verb) to provide with or fit into a tube. |
| tubelike | shaped like a tube. |
| tuberiform | shaped like a lump or protuberance. |
| tuberoid | shaped like a tuber; (noun) a thickened or fleshy root resembling a tuber. |
| tuberous | having tubers; knobbed. |
| tubiform | shaped like a tube. |
| tubular | in the form of a tube (noun) a completely enclosed bicycle tire |
| tubularity | the state of being tubular. |
| tubularly | (Adv.) TUBULAR, in the form of a tube. |
| tubulate | to form into a tube; to provide with a tube. |
| tubulation | the act of shaping or making a tube. |
| tubule | a small pipe or fistular body; a little tube. |
| tubulose | resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally hollow. |
| tubulous | resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally hollow. |
| tubulously | (Adv.) TUBULOUS, resembling, or in the form of, a tube. |
| tuft | a bunched cluster (verb) to form into tufts |
| tufty | abounding with tufts. |
| tumescent | tending to swell. |
| tumescently | (Adv.) TUMESCENT, tending to swell. |
| tunnellike | like a tunnel. |
| turbinated | shaped like a top. |
| turbination | being shaped like a turbinate, a scroll. |
| turriculated | turreted; formed in a long spiral. |
| tusklike | resembling a tusk. |
| twiforked | bifurcate. |
| twiformed | having two forms. |
| twiglike | like a twig. |
| umbiliform | shaped like an umbilicus. |
| umbonal | of or like an umbo, the boss of a shield. |
| umbonation | the state of being umbonate, having a central boss. |
| umbraculate | overshadowed by an umbraculum. |
| umbraculum | (Lat.) an umbrella or umbrella-like structure. |
| unarched | not arched. |
| uncate | hook-shaped. |
| unciform | shaped like a hook; (noun) something hook-shaped. |
| uncinate | hooked at the end. |
| uncinated | hooked at the end. |
| uncurved | not curved. |
| undate | wavy. |
| undulance | the state of being undulant. |
| undulancy | the state of being undulant. |
| undulant | rising and falling in waves. |
| undular | undulating, wavy. |
| undulose | undulating, wavy. |
| undulous | undulating, wavy. |
| unguiform | shaped like a claw. |
| unilobar | having a single lobe. |
| unilobed | having a single lobe. |
| unlobed | not lobed. |
| unshape | to deprive of shape; to undo. |
| unshapen | (PaP.) UNSHAPE, to deprive of shape. |
| urnlike | like an urn. |
| variform | of various forms. |
| variformly | (Adv.) VARIFORM, of various forms. |
| vaselike | like a vase. |
| vasiform | shaped like a duct or vase. |
| vaultlike | like a vault. |
| vaulty | (Shakesp.) like a vault. |
| vee | the letter V. |
| veillike | like a veil. |
| veily | like a veil, diaphanous. |
| ventricose | distended or swollen in the middle. |
| ventricosity | the state of being ventricose, distended or swollen in the middle. |
| ventricous | distended or swollen in the middle. |
| vermiform | having the form of a worm eg vermiform appendix. |
| verruciform | shaped like a wart; wartlike. |
| versiform | varying in form. |
| verticillate | whorled. |
| verticillately | (Adv.) VERTICILLATE, resembling a whorl. |
| verticillation | the state of being verticillate, whorled. |
| virgulate | shaped like a little twig or rod. |
| vitriform | of the form or shape of glass. |
| volutoid | like a volute, a spiral. |
| vulviform | shaped like a vulva, the external genital of a female animal. |
| wafery | thin, wafer-like> WAFERIER, WAFERIEST. |
| warp | to turn or twist out of shape. |
| wavelike | resembling a wave. |
| waviness | the state of being wavy. |
| web | a fine structure spun by a spider (verb) to envelop with a web |
| webby | of or pertaining to a web or webs. |
| weblike | like a web. |
| wedge | a tapering piece of wood or metal (verb) to force apart with a wedge |
| wedgelike | like a wedge. |
| wedgewise | in the manner of a wedge. |
| wedgy | like a wedge; wedge-shaped. |
| whelky | knobby; rounded. |
| whiplike | resembling a whip. |
| whorled | having whorls. |
| winglike | resembling a wing. |
| wirelike | like a wire. |
| wispily | (Adv.) WISPY, like a wisp. |
| wispiness | the state of being wispy. |
| wispish | like a wisp. |
| wisplike | like a wisp. |
| wispy | like a wisp. |
| womblike | like a womb. |
| womby | (Shakesp.) hollow; capacious. |
| wormlike | resembling a worm. |
| wreath | a circlet or ring of flowers or foliage. |
| wreathe | to shape into a wreath. |
| wreathen | (Arch.) wreathed. |
| wreathy | wreathed. |
| xenomorphic | having a form not its own. |
| xenomorphically | (Adv.) XENOMORPHIC, having a form not its own. |
| ypsiliform | shaped like an ypsilon. |
| ypsiloid | in the form of the letter Y. |
| zygal | formed like the letter H; of or relating to a yoke or union. |
| zygomorphic | bilaterally symmetrical. |
| zygomorphism | the state of being zygomorphic, bilaterally symmetrical. |
| zygomorphous | bilaterally symmetrical. |