sty·loid 
(stīloid′)
(stīloid′)adj.
1. Resembling a style in shape; slender and pointed: the styloid muscles in carnivores.
2. Anatomy Of, relating to, or designating any of several slender, pointed bone processes, especially the spine that projects from the base of the temporal bone.
n.
A long solitary crystal of calcium oxalate occurring in the cells of certain plants.