Search Result for "ovoid": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an egg-shaped object;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. rounded like an egg;
[syn: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ovoid \O"void\, Ovoidal \O*void"al\, a. [Ovum + -oid: cf. F. ovo["i]de.] Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple. Syn: oviform. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ovoid \O"void\, n. A solid resembling an egg in shape. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ovoid adj 1: rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate] n 1: an egg-shaped object
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "ovoid": bulblike, bulbous, egg-shaped, ellipse, ellipsoid, global, globate, globe-shaped, globed, globelike, globoid, globose, globular, hemispheric, obovate, obovoid, orb, orbed, orbic, orbicular, orbiculate, orblike, orby, oval, ovate, oviform, ovule, sphere-shaped, spherelike, spheric, spheriform, spheroid