Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Resembling an acorn: specifically applied to the acorn-shells of the family Balanidæ. See cut under Balanus.
- n. An acorn-shell; a cirriped of the family Balanidæ.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Zoöl.) Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See acornshell, and barnacle.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek acorn + -oid. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘balanoid’.
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
blandish, blazon, blench, blendling, blendure, blewit, blunge, blype, borné, borsella, borzoi, boscage and 582 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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bilby's Words
pandemic, whirl, guffaw, ethereal, feisty, dunt, ephemeral, pule, flipergebet, prink, maunder, gammon and 1023 more...
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Mollusque's miscellany
A mixture of words that I like or have commented on, along with ones parked here so they'd be listed somewhere or remind me of lists I want to make.
oranger, monographer, preoccupied, bu, bobization, coinventor, tetrapyloctomy, borgmannian, suspercollate, manhug, mancrush, obituarist and 604 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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"B"-words
bagarre, badious, balanoid, baculine, badinage, bonsella, babalaas
Tweets
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reesetee Even if you had, it would have been something to crow about. Jun 16, 2008
mollusque I'm glad you didn't think I was trying to goose you. Jun 16, 2008
reesetee Thanks for trying to distract me, m. ;-) Jun 16, 2008
mollusque Look reesetee, a barnacle goose! Jun 13, 2008
reesetee Mollusque: *groan* Jun 12, 2008
dontcry Yes, they do. They have a platform too! Jun 12, 2008
mollusque Bilby, you should avoid dictionaries that give you balanism. You might prefer balanic, which gives another thrust to the acorn theme. Jun 12, 2008
yarb And this is in addition to your toejam? Your toes have issues. Jun 12, 2008
reesetee The toe, you say? Jun 12, 2008
dontcry No, it's not a plantar wart as they are associated with the sole of your feet. This is definitely toe related...you know, associated with certain conditions of the toe. Jun 12, 2008
yarb Is it a plantar wart? Jun 12, 2008
dontcry I have a tiny balanoid bump on my little toe that hurts when I have to jam my foot into a pointy shoe... Jun 12, 2008
bilby Yes, we have no banaloids. Jun 12, 2008
gangerh Are those banaloids then?
Jun 12, 2008
bilby Yes, acorn and barnacle seem to be closely related in these parts.
One of my dictionaries gives me balanism, use of pessaries or suppositories. Acorn-shaped? Ouch. Jun 12, 2008
mollusque Thanks, bilby! I knew this word as meaning a kind of barnacle, but hadn't realized that the genus Balanus derives from Greek βάλανος for acorn. Barnacles are also called acorn shells and sea acorns. Jun 12, 2008
bilby Acorn-shaped. Jun 12, 2008