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Can you name the shapes that these '-FORM' and '-OID' words describe?
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The word...
describes things that look like...
anguilliform
aquiform
bacilliform
cruciform
cuneiform
ensiform/xiphoid
flagelliform
floriform
lamelliform
omniform
oviform
pisiform
ramiform
unciform
The word...
describes things that look like...
amygdaloid
arachnoid
asteroid
botryoid
cancroid
cricoid
dactyloid
deltoid
helicoid
hominoid
osteoid
pterygoid
rhizoid
sigmoid
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KarenNfld
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Oct 24th, 2009 at 01:51 GMT
8 points
Challenging, good quiz!
Pyrophorus
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Nov 7th, 2009 at 04:17 GMT
2 points
Cool quiz! Can it accept "sheet" for lamelliform as well? Another cool word is crinoid, meaning lily-shaped and also used for a marine organism also known as a "sea lily" - an adjective and a noun.
micah
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Jan 16th, 2010 at 22:44 GMT
1 point
Nice quiz! I'm personally a fan of "botryoid" (shaped like a bunch of grapes).
montylaw
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Jan 16th, 2010 at 22:51 GMT
2 points
Very hard - a great challenge.
redpolar
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Jan 16th, 2010 at 22:51 GMT
2 points
very nice quiz. A great challenge indeed
smart_mom
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Jan 17th, 2010 at 01:36 GMT
3 points
Wow - fun! Educational, too.
melissa
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Jan 17th, 2010 at 03:53 GMT
7 points
Great quiz. And now, thanks to pterygoid and dactyloid - I can figure out what pterodactyl means.
Strattosphere
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Jan 23rd, 2010 at 07:18 GMT
-1 points
water is not a shape
kagomeshuko
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Jan 28th, 2010 at 05:28 GMT
3 points
@strattosphere There are a LOT of things there that aren't shapes or have a certain shape. However, the English language has given the words to mean such things. They didn't have my sister's nuciform that she spelled in the spelling bee, nor araneiform, which is VERY difficult to spell.
Nerdoscience
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Jan 28th, 2010 at 05:33 GMT
0 points
agree, water not a shape. and omniform should accept "All"
Ellix
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Jan 28th, 2010 at 06:40 GMT
3 points
By "shape" I'm referring to the -form and -oid endings, which can mean "shaped like" or "has the appearance of". That's why I worded the header so it would say: "The word aquiform describes things that look like water." Not literally shaped like water.
maniacalclown
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Jan 30th, 2010 at 04:48 GMT
2 points
Indy, throw me the flagelliform!
TheArbiter
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Feb 2nd, 2010 at 11:04 GMT
2 points
Possibly accept talon or beak for unciform? Great quiz.
icing
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Feb 21st, 2010 at 03:21 GMT
4 points
Great quiz, really interesting challenge.
Mantikore
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May 21st, 2011 at 04:11 GMT
0 points
i thought flagelliform was tentacle
dancastro
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Jun 2nd, 2011 at 12:12 GMT
1 point
Please accept "fin" for pterygoid. I always thought that ptero- was 'wing' and pteryg- was 'fin' (like that of a fish). At least I remember having seen acanthopterygian or something alike as a type of fish.
simon123123
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Aug 28th, 2012 at 20:23 GMT
1 point
For the first one it doesn't accept "Anguilla Merkel."
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