Haloid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Haloid \Ha"loid\ (h[=a]"loid or h[a^]l"oid), a. [Gr. "a`ls,
     "alo`s salt + -oid: cf. F. halo["i]de.] (Chem.)
     Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds
     consisting of a metal united to a negative element or
     radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides,
     iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. --


     n. A haloid substance.
     [1913 Webster]