alkaloid

Other forms of alkaloid

plural

alkaloids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alkaloid

What does alkaloid mean?

alkaloid means "natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants".

How many syllables are in alkaloid?

alkaloid has 3 syllables: al-ka-loid. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈælkəˌlɔɪd/.

Is alkaloid a common word?

alkaloid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with alkaloid?

5 words rhyme with alkaloid. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.