Crossword clues for humanoid
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1912 (adj.), an anthropological hybrid from human + -oid. As a noun, from 1925. Earlier (1906) brand name of a type of cow's milk altered to be closer to human milk intended as food for infants.
Wiktionary
a. Having the appearance or characteristics of a human. n. A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human.
WordNet
n. an automaton that resembles a human being [syn: android, mechanical man]
Wikipedia
A humanoid (; from English human and -oid "resembling") is something that has an appearance resembling a human being. The earliest recorded use of the term, in 1870, referred to indigenous peoples in areas colonized by Europeans. By the 20th century, the term came to describe fossils which were morphologically similar, but not identical, to those of the human skeleton. Although this usage was common in the sciences for much of the 20th century, it is now considered rare. More generally, the term can refer to anything with uniquely human characteristics and/or adaptations, such as possessing opposable anterior forelimb- appendages (thumbs), visible spectrum- binocular vision (having two eyes), or biomechanic digitigrade- bipedalism (the ability to walk on heels in an upright position).
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, humanoid is a type of creature, or " creature type". Humanoids are any creature shaped generally like a human (two arms, two legs, one head, or a humanlike torso, arms, and head), of Small or Medium size. Most humanoids can speak, and usually have well-developed societies.
Humanoids are similar in form to monstrous humanoids and giants, but are treated as a different type of creature. Additionally, many Fey and Outsiders share the humanoid form.
Prior to 3rd edition, humanoid referred exclusively to orcs, goblinoids and similar creatures, while more advanced creatures such as Elves and Dwarves were referred to as demihumans, and humans were outside of both categories.
The following creatures are considered humanoids in at least one edition of Dungeons & Dragons, or they are very humanoid-looking creatures even if they don't have the actual "humanoid" type.
A humanoid is any being whose body structure resembles that of a human (i.e., bipedal, etc.).
Humanoid may also refer to:
- a hominid
- an apeman
- humanoid robot, non-fictional humanoid robots
- Humanoid (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons creature type
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The Humanoids, a novel by Jack Williamson
- Creation of the Humanoids, a movie based on the novel
- Humanoids from the Deep, a 1980 monster movie
- Humanoid (album), the third album by German rock band Tokio Hotel
- Humanoids (album), by South Korean pop duo TVXQ
- "Humanoid", a song on the 2007 Chevelle album Vena Sera
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Brian Dougans, the electronic musician also known as "Humanoid"
- " Stakker Humanoid", a hit single by the above artist.
- Humanoids Publishing, a comic book publisher
- Vash the Stampede, a Trigun character nicknamed "The Humanoid Typhoon"
Humanoid is the third German studio album and the second English studio album by German band Tokio Hotel. Released through Island Records and Cherrytree Records, the album was recorded in both German and English with both versions set for a simultaneous worldwide release bearing the same title, Humanoid. The German version of the album was released on October 2, 2009 in Germany and other European countries, while the English version was released in the United States on October 6, 2009. Unlike their previous English-language album, Scream, Humanoid had no UK release in 2009. Humanoid was digitally released on UK iTunes on January 27, 2014.
The first single, " Automatisch" was released on September 18, 2009, and " Automatic" was released on September 22, 2009 in the US.
The song "Human Connect To Human" was featured in a Verizon Wireless commercial promoting Motorola's Droid phone. "Humanoid" is included on the set list for rhythm game Rock Band 3.
Usage examples of "humanoid".
In physique he closely resembled the Aliansa, being tall and robust and with a face less humanoid than the aborigines of the Mire and Mountain.
Since the hoer was moving down the row toward the humanoid robots, its passengers had no choice but to get off and go the other way.
In the center of the whole group were Obmi and his henchman Keak, well protected by tough humanoids and their powers, of course.
The cat-creature seemed unwilling to come near the center of the party, and that meant that it was most certainly vulnerable to spell and weapon - at least, those enchanted weapons wielded by Obmi, Keak, and a few others of the officers of the motley collection of humanoids.
Were the humanoids allied with the undead, given that a pyramid ship-long known to be an abode for mummies, liches, and other perversions-traveled in their fleet with them?
He was gnawing, grinding his teeth on the hangnail, then the nail itself, the base of the nail, the pale arc of quarter moon, the lunula, and there was something awful and atavistic in the scene, Chin unborn, curled in a membranous sac, a scary little geek-headed humanoid, sucking his scalloped hands.
Except for the soft sleek fur that covered their bodies, some slight differences in dentition, and the absence of fingernails the Naa were very humanoid.
The humanoid pressed four kelp-like, nailless fingers to his forehead.
The dispirited humanoids who had colonized the moon had never bothered to award a name to their principal population center, so it, too, was known as Naos III.
The perceptions of the Borellian Nomen were far more advanced than those of other humanoids.
The four-foot bubble with the Cygnan and the two humanoids curled inside was snubbed securely to the shaft.
The bubble with its curled-up Cygnan and fetal humanoids was still snubbed in place.
Currently undergoing field and flight tests, the Vig Zam, as it was called, was heavily armored and, because it had legs but no arms, only vaguely humanoid.
The Yahoos, regarded as a distinct species, humanoid rather than equine, represent the irrational bestiality that the Houyhnhnms reject.
The innards of the CI module formed a glittering assemblage before her, the microcircuits like a maze rendered too fine for the humanoid eye to follow.