Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

.22 caliber
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter
 
.38 caliber
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures thirty-eight hundredths of an inch in diameter
 
.45 caliber
of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures forty-five hundredths of an inch in diameter
 
abasic
of or relating to abasia (inability to walk)
 
abbatial
of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess
 
abdominal
of or relating to or near the abdomen
 
abdominovesical
of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
 
Aberdonian
of or relating to Aberdeen
 
abient
characterized by avoidance or withdrawal
 
abiogenetic
originating by abiogenesis
 
Abkhazian
of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language
 
ablative
relating to the ablative case
 
Abnaki
of or relating to the Abnakis or their language
 
abolitionary
relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery
 
abomasal
relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants)
 
absolutist
pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
 
abyssal
relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters
 
academic
associated with academia or an academy
 
acanthotic
of or relating to or having acanthosis
 
acapnial
relating to or demonstrating acapnia
 
accentual
of or pertaining to accent or stress
 
accessional
of or constituting an accession
 
accipitrine
of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks)
 
accommodational
of or relating to the accommodation of the lens of the eye
 
acculturational
of or relating to acculturation
 
accusative
serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
 
accusatorial
specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor
 
acentric
lacking a centromere
 
acervate
pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass
 
acetic
relating to or containing acetic acid
 
acetonic
of or relating to acetone
 
acetylenic
of or related to acetylene
 
acetylic
of or related to acetic acid
 
Achaean
of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people
 
achenial
pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit
 
achlorhydric
lacking hydrochloric acid
 
achondritic
of or related to an achondrite
 
achondroplastic
of or relating to achondroplasia
 
achromatinic
(of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains
 
aciculate
related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts
 
acidimetric
involving or related to acidimetry
 
acidotic
having or being characterized by acidosis
 
acinar
pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry
 
acinar
pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)
 
acneiform
resembling acne
 
acoustic
of or relating to the science of acoustics
 
acrocentric
having a subterminal centromere
 
acrogenic
pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
 
acronymic
characterized by the use of acronyms
 
actinic
relating to or exhibiting actinism
 
actinometric
of or related to actinometry
 
actinomycetal
of or belonging to the actinomycetes
 
actinomycotic
of or related to actinomycosis infection
 
actuarial
of or relating to the work of an actuary
 
aculeate
having or resembling a stinger or barb
 
adactylous
without fingers and/or toes
 
adamantine
consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
 
adenocarcinomatous
of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma
 
adenoid
relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue
 
adenoidal
of or pertaining to the adenoids
 
adient
characterized by acceptance or approach
 
adjectival
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
 
adjudicative
concerned with adjudicating
 
administrative
of or relating to or responsible for administration
 
adnexal
of or pertaining to adnexa
 
adolescent
relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
 
Adonic
or relating to or like Adonis
 
adrenal
of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions
 
adrenal
near the kidneys
 
adrenergic
relating to epinephrine (its release or action)
 
adrenocortical
of or derived from the cortex of the adrenal glands
 
advective
of or relating to advection
 
adventitial
of or pertaining to the adventitia
 
adventuristic
of or pertaining to adventurism
 
adverbial
of or relating to or functioning as an adverb
 
aecial
of or belonging to an aecium
 
Aegean
of or relating to or bordering the Aegean Sea
 
Aegean
of or relating to or characteristic of the prehistoric Aegean civilization
 
Aeolian
of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds; relating to or caused by the wind
 
Aeolian
of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people
 
aeonian
of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era)
 
aeriferous
conveying air; as the bronchial tubes
 
aerodynamic
of or relating to aerodynamics
 
aerolitic
of or pertaining to certain stony meteorites
 
aerological
of or pertaining to aerology
 
aeromechanic
of or pertaining to aerodynamics
 
aeromedical
of or relating to aviation medicine
 
aeronautic
of or pertaining to aeronautics
 
aerophilatelic
of or relating to airmail stamps
 
Aeschylean
of or relating to or in the manner of Aeschylus
 
aesculapian
of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
 
aesthetic
relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics
 
aetiologic
relating to the etiology of a disease
 
aetiologic
of or relating to the philosophical study of causation
 
afebrile
having no fever
 
affine
(mathematics) of or pertaining to the geometry of affine transformations
 
affixal
of or pertaining to a linguistic affix
 
Afghanistani
of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people
 
African
of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
 
Afrikaner
belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language
 
Afro-Asian
of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples
 
agential
of or relating to an agent or agency
 
agnostic
of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
 
agonadal
lacking gonads
 
agonal
pertaining to or associated with agony (especially death agonies)
 
agonistic
of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
 
agranulocytic
relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis
 
agraphic
relating to or having agraphia
 
agricultural
relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
 
agrobiologic
of or pertaining to agrobiology
 
agrologic
of or related to agrology
 
agronomic
of or relating to or promoting agronomy
 
agrypnotic
of or pertaining to agrypnia
 
ahistorical
unconcerned with or unrelated to history or to historical development or to tradition
 
air-breathing
deriving oxygen from the air
 
alabaster
of or resembling alabaster
 
alar
of or relating to the axil
 
Alaskan
relating to or characteristic of the state or people of Alaska
 
Albanian
of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture
 
Albigensian
of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism
 
albinal
of or pertaining to or affected by albinism
 
albitic
of or related to albite feldspar
 
albuminous
relating to or containing or resembling albumin
 
albuminuric
of or related to the state of albuminuria
 
alchemic
related to or concerned with alchemy
 
alchemistic
of or relating to alchemists
 
aldehydic
of or related to or containing aldehydes
 
aldermanic
of or relating to or like an alderman
 
aleuronic
of or related to aleurone
 
Aleutian
of or relating to the Aleut or their language or culture
 
Alexandrian
of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire
 
alexic
of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia
 
algal
of or relating to alga
 
algebraic
of or relating to algebra
 
Algerian
of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its inhabitants
 
algoid
of or resembling algae
 
algolagnic
of or relating to algolagnia
 
algometric
of or related to algometry
 
Algonquian
of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or language
 
alimentative
related to the supply of aliment
 
alkahestic
of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist
 
alkaloidal
pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids
 
alkalotic
marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis)
 
alkylic
of or related to an alkyl
 
allantoic
relating to or characterized by an allantois
 
allelic
of or relating to alleles
 
allergenic
relating to or having the effect of an allergen
 
allergic
characterized by or caused by allergy
 
alliaceous
of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium
 
Allied
of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I
 
Allied
of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II
 
allogamous
relating to cross-fertilization in plants
 
allographic
of or relating to an allograph
 
allomerous
pertaining to allomerism
 
allometric
relating to or marked by allometry
 
allomorphic
pertaining to allomorphs
 
allopathic
of or relating to the practice of allopathy
 
allophonic
pertaining to allophones
 
allotropic
of or related to or exhibiting allotropism
 
alluvial
of or relating to alluvium
 
allylic
of or pertaining to the allyl radical
 
alopecic
pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers
 
alphabetic
relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet
 
alphameric
of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters
 
Alpine
relating to the Alps and their inhabitants
 
alpine
relating to or characteristic of alps
 
Alsatian
of or relating to or characteristic of Alsace or its inhabitants
 
Altaic
of or pertaining to or written in Altaic
 
altitudinal
pertaining to altitude
 
alular
pertaining to alulae
 
aluminous
pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum
 
alveolar
pertaining to the tiny air sacs of the lungs
 
alveolar
pertaining to the sockets of the teeth or that part of the upper jaw
 
alvine
of or relating to the intestines
 
amalgamative
characterized by or tending toward amalgamation
 
amaranthine
of or related to the amaranth plant
 
amaurotic
pertaining to blindness caused by amaurosis
 
ambassadorial
of or relating to or characteristic of ambassadors
 
amblyopic
pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology
 
Ambrosian
of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose
 
ambulacral
pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms
 
ambulatory
relating to or adapted for walking
 
ameban
pertaining to or resembling amoebae
 
ameboid
like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape)
 
amenorrheal
related to the suppression of normal menstrual flow for any reason other than pregnancy
 
American
of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
 
American
of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
 
amethystine
containing or resembling amethyst
 
Amharic
related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic
 
aminic
pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia
 
amitotic
pertaining to a simple method of cell division
 
ammino
pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt)
 
ammoniac
pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia
 
ammoniated
combined or treated with ammonia
 
ammonitic
of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods
 
amnesic
of or relating to or caused by amnesia
 
amnic
of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion
 
amoristic
of or pertaining to romantic love
 
amphibian
relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
 
amphitheatric
of or related to an amphitheater
 
amphoric
the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle
 
ampullar
of or related to an ampulla
 
amygdaline
related to or resembling an almond
 
amylolytic
of or related to the process of amylolysis
 
anabiotic
of or related to the state of anabiosis
 
anabolic
of or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism
 
anaclitic
of or related to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on another
 
anacoluthic
of or related to syntactic inconsistencies of the sort known as anacoluthons
 
anaemic
relating to anemia or suffering from anemia
 
anaesthetic
relating to or producing insensibility
 
anaglyphic
related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy
 
anagogic
based on or exemplifying anagoge
 
anagrammatic
related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram
 
anal
of or related to the anus
 
analphabetic
relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic
 
analytic
using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
 
anamnestic
of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory
 
anamorphic
pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system
 
anamorphic
pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another
 
anapaestic
(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one
 
anaphasic
of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase
 
anaphoric
relating to anaphora
 
anaphylactic
related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis
 
anaplastic
of or relating to anaplasia
 
anarchistic
of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism
 
anasarcous
characterized by or affected by dropsy
 
anastigmatic
pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images)
 
anastomotic
of or relating to or exhibiting anastomosis
 
anatomic
of or relating to the structure of the body
 
anatomic
of or relating to the branch of morphology that studies the structure of organisms
 
ancestral
of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
 
Andalusian
in or relating to Andalusia
 
Andean
relating to the Andes and their inhabitants
 
Andorran
of or relating to or characteristic of Andorra or its people
 
androgenetic
of or related to androgenesis
 
androgenic
of or related to the male hormone androgen
 
androgynous
relating to or exhibiting both female and male sex organs but with a predominantly female appearance
 
anecdotal
having the character of an anecdote
 
anemographic
pertaining to the recording of wind measurements
 
anemometric
pertaining to the measurement of wind speed and direction
 
anencephalic
characterized by partial or total absence of a brain
 
aneroid
containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid
 
anestric
of or relating to anestrus
 
aneuploid
having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number
 
aneurismal
relating to or affected by an aneurysm
 
angelic
of or relating to angels
 
anginal
of or related to the pain of angina pectoris
 
angiocarpic
having or being fruit enclosed in a shell or husk
 
angiomatous
of or related to or having a tumor of the kind known as an angioma
 
angiospermous
of or related to or characteristic of plants that are angiosperms
 
Anglican
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican church
 
Anglo-catholic
supporting the Anglican Church
 
Anglo-Indian
relating to British India or the English in India
 
Anglo-Jewish
of English-speaking Jews and their culture
 
Anglo-Saxon
of or relating to the Anglo-Saxons or their language
 
Anglophilic
characterized by Anglophilia
 
Anglophobic
characterized by Anglophobia
 
Angolan
of or relating to or characteristic of Angola or its people
 
Anguillan
of or relating to or characteristic of Anguilla or its people
 
anguine
of or related to or resembling a snake
 
angular
measured by an angle or by the rate of change of an angle
 
anicteric
without jaundice
 
animalistic
of or pertaining to animalism
 
animatistic
of or pertaining to animatism
 
animist
of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism
 
anionic
of or relating to anions
 
aniseikonic
relating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikonia
 
anisogametic
relating to either of a pair of dissimilar (anisogamic) gametes combining in sexual reproduction
 
anisogamic
relating to a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar in some respect (as size or shape)
 
anisometropic
relating to a difference in the refractive power of the two eyes
 
ankylotic
relating to or characteristic of the abnormality ankylosis
 
annalistic
relating to annals
 
annelid
relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida
 
annexational
relating to annexation
 
annunciatory
relating to the act of announcing or being announced
 
anodal
of or at or relating to an anode
 
anoperineal
relating to the anus and surrounding perineum
 
anopheline
relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes
 
anorectal
pertaining to the anus and rectum considered together
 
anorthitic
characteristic of anorthite
 
anosmatic
relating to an impairment or loss of the sense of smell
 
anoxemic
relating to or marked by abnormally little oxygen in arterial blood
 
anoxic
relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs
 
anserine
of or resembling a goose
 
antecubital
of or relating to the region of the arm in front of the elbow
 
antediluvial
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
 
antennal
of or relating to antennae
 
antenuptial
relating to events before a marriage
 
antheridial
relating to or characterized by an antheridium
 
anthracitic
relating to or resembling anthracite coal
 
anthropic
relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence
 
anthropocentric
human-centered
 
anthropogenetic
of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings
 
anthropological
of or concerned with the science of anthropology
 
anthropometric
of or relating to anthropometry
 
anthropophagous
of or relating to eaters of human flesh
 
anti-American
opposed to the United States and its policies
 
antiadrenergic
relating to blocking or reducing adrenergic effects in the body
 
antiapartheid
opposing the policy of apartheid in South Africa
 
antibacterial
destroying bacteria or inhibiting their growth
 
antibiotic
of or relating to antibiotic drugs
 
anticancer
used in the treatment of cancer
 
anticlimactic
of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style
 
anticoagulative
of or relating to an anticoagulant
 
anticyclonic
of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center
 
antidotal
counteracting the effects of a poison
 
antiferromagnetic
relating to antiferromagnetism
 
antifungal
capable of destroying fungi
 
antigenic
of or relating to antigens
 
Antiguan
of or relating to or characteristic of Antigua or its people
 
antimonic
relating to or derived from antimony
 
antinomian
relating to or influenced by antinomianism
 
antiphonal
relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony
 
antiphonal
containing or using responses; alternating
 
antipodal
relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides of the earth
 
antipollution
intended to reduce pollution
 
antiquarian
of or relating to antiques or antiquities
 
antiquarian
of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities
 
antisemitic
relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews
 
antistrophic
of or relating to an antistrophe
 
antithyroid
having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity
 
antitypic
of or relating to an antitype that is a symbol
 
antitypic
of or relating to an antitype that represents an opposite
 
antiviral
inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses
 
anuran
relating to frogs and toads
 
anuretic
of or relating to an inability to urinate
 
anxiolytic
anxiety relieving
 
aoristic
of or relating to the aorist tense
 
aortal
of or relating to the aorta
 
aphaeretic
relating to or formed by or consisting of aphaeresis
 
aphakic
of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia
 
aphanitic
of or relating to aphanite
 
aphasic
related to or affected by aphasia
 
aphetic
produced by aphesis
 
aphoristic
containing aphorisms or maxims
 
apian
relating to or having the characteristics of bees
 
apiarian
relating to bees or beekeeping
 
apicultural
relating to the care and breeding of bees
 
aplitic
of or related to aplite
 
apneic
of or relating to apnea
 
apocalyptic
of or relating to an apocalypse
 
Apocryphal
of or belonging to the Apocrypha
 
apocynaceous
of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae
 
apogametic
of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization
 
apogean
relating to or characteristic of an apogee
 
apomictic
of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis
 
aponeurotic
of or relating to an aponeurosis
 
apopemptic
addressed to one who is departing
 
apophatic
of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable')
 
apophyseal
of or relating to an apophysis
 
apoplectic
pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy
 
apoplectiform
resembling apoplexy
 
aposiopetic
relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis
 
apostolic
of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings
 
apostolic
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
 
apostrophic
of or characteristic of apostrophe
 
apothecial
of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi
 
apothegmatic
given to or characterized by terse apothegms
 
Appalachian
in or relating to Appalachia
 
appellant
of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals)
 
appellative
pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
 
appendicular
relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs
 
appetitive
of or relating to appetite
 
appointive
relating to the act of appointing
 
appositional
relating to or being in apposition
 
appropriative
of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself
 
apsidal
of or relating to an apse
 
aptitudinal
of or relating to aptitudes
 
aquacultural
of or relating to aquiculture
 
aquatic
relating to or consisting of or being in water
 
aqueous
similar to or containing or dissolved in water
 
aquiferous
of or relating to an aquifer
 
Arabian
of or relating to Arabian horses
 
Arabian
relating to or associated with Arabia or its people
 
Arabic
relating to or characteristic of Arabs
 
araceous
relating to a plant of the family Araceae
 
arachnidian
relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida
 
Aramaean
of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language
 
Aramaic
of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages
 
araneidal
relating to or resembling a spider
 
Arawakan
of or relating to the peoples who speak the language of the Arawak
 
arbitral
relating to or resulting from arbitration
 
arbitrative
relating to or having the authority to arbitrate
 
arborary
of or relating to or formed by trees
 
archaeologic
related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology
 
archaistic
imitative of an archaic style or manner
 
archangelic
of or relating to or resembling archangels
 
archdiocesan
of or relating to an archdiocese
 
archducal
belonging to or befitting an archduke or his archduchy
 
arched
constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches
 
archegonial
of or relating to an archegonium
 
archepiscopal
of or associated with an archbishop
 
archesporial
of or relating to the cells in a sporangium that give rise to spores
 
archidiaconal
of or relating to an archdeacon or his office
 
archipelagic
relating to or part of an archipelago
 
architectonic
of or pertaining to construction or architecture
 
architectural
of or pertaining to the art and science of architecture
 
archival
of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive
 
archosaurian
of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria
 
areal
of or relating to or involving an area
 
arenicolous
growing or living or burrowing in sand
 
areolar
relating to or like or divided into areolae
 
argentic
relating to compounds in which silver is bivalent
 
Argentinian
of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people
 
argentous
relating to compounds in which silver is univalent
 
Argive
of or relating to the ancient Greek city of Argos or its people
 
Aristotelian
of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
 
arithmetic
relating to or involving arithmetic
 
Armenian
of or pertaining to Armenia or the people or culture of Armenia
 
armillary
of or relating to bracelets
 
Arminian
of or relating to Arminianism
 
armorial
of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms
 
aromatic
(chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings
 
arsenical
relating to or containing arsenic
 
arsenious
relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent
 
artefactual
of or relating to artifacts
 
arterial
of or involving or contained in the arteries
 
arteriolar
of or relating to or involving arterioles
 
arteriosclerotic
affected by arteriosclerosis
 
arteriovenous
connecting an artery to a vein
 
arthralgic
of or relating to arthralgia
 
arthromeric
of or relating to one of the body segments of jointed animals
 
arthropodal
of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropoda
 
arthrosporic
of or relating to arthrospores
 
Arthurian
of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
 
articular
relating to or affecting the joints of the body
 
articulative
of or relating to articulation
 
artiodactyl
of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla
 
artistic
relating to or characteristic of art or artists
 
arundinaceous
of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria
 
ASAT
of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit
 
ascensional
tending to rise
 
ascetic
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
 
ascitic
of or relating to or resulting from an abnormal accumulation of protein and electrolyte rich fluid in the peritoneal cavity
 
asclepiadaceous
of or relating to plants of the milkweed family
 
ascocarpous
of or relating to ascocarps
 
ascomycetous
related to or characteristic of fungi of the class Ascomycetes
 
ascosporic
of or relating to ascospores
 
Asiatic
of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture
 
aspectual
of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb)
 
asphaltic
containing asphalt
 
asphyxiated
in a state of asphyxia
 
Assamese
of or relating to or characteristic of Assam or its people or culture or language
 
associational
of or relating to associations or associationism
 
asteriated
(of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism
 
asterismal
relating to asterisms or constellations
 
asteroidal
of or relating to or resembling an asteroid
 
astomatal
lacking a stoma or stomata
 
astragalar
of or relating to the anklebone
 
astral
being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
 
astrocytic
of or relating to or containing large star-shaped cells in the neuroglia
 
astrological
relating to or concerned with astrology
 
astronautic
of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics
 
astronomic
relating or belonging to the science of astronomy
 
astrophysical
of or concerned with astrophysics
 
asymptotic
relating to or of the nature of an asymptote
 
asynergic
of or relating to the state of asynergy; lacking synergy
 
atactic
lacking motor coordination; marked or caused by ataxia
 
ateleiotic
of or relating to ateleiosis
 
atheist
related to or characterized by or given to atheism
 
Athenian
of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its inhabitants
 
atheromatic
of or relating to or resembling atheroma
 
atherosclerotic
of or relating to atherosclerosis
 
athletic
relating to or befitting athletics or athletes
 
Atlantic
relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
 
atmospheric
relating to or located in the atmosphere
 
atomic
of or relating to or comprising atoms
 
atonalistic
of or relating to atonalism
 
atonic
characterized by a lack of tonus
 
atrial
of or relating to a cavity or chamber in the body (especially one of the upper chambers of the heart)
 
atrioventricular
relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart
 
atrophic
relating to or characterized by atrophy
 
attentional
of or relating to attention
 
Attic
of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times
 
attitudinal
of or relating to attitudes
 
attritional
relating to or caused by attrition
 
auctorial
of or by or typical of an author
 
Audenesque
in the manner of W. H. Auden
 
audile
of or relating to the process of hearing
 
audiometric
of or relating to audiometry
 
audiovisual
involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids)
 
augitic
of or relating to or containing the mineral augite
 
Augustan
relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus
 
aural
relating to or characterized by an aura
 
aural
of or pertaining to hearing or the ear
 
auric
of or relating to or containing or derived from gold
 
auricular
pertaining to an auricle of the heart
 
auricular
relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of hearing
 
auricular
of or relating to near the ear
 
auroral
of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras
 
auroral
characteristic of the dawn
 
auscultatory
of or relating to auscultation
 
austenitic
composed of austenite
 
Australasian
relating to or found in Australasia
 
Australian
of or relating to or characteristic of Australia or its inhabitants or its languages
 
australopithecine
of or belonging to the hominid genus Australopithecus
 
Austrian
of or relating to Austria or its people or culture
 
Austronesian
of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its people or culture
 
autacoidal
of or relating to an autacoid
 
autarchic
of or relating to or characterized by autarchy
 
autobiographic
relating to or in the style of an autobiography
 
autobiographic
of or relating to or characteristic of an autobiographer
 
autocatalytic
relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis
 
autodidactic
relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact
 
autogenetic
of or relating to autogenesis
 
autographic
written in the author's own handwriting
 
autoimmune
of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body
 
autolytic
of or relating to self-digestion
 
automotive
of or relating to motor vehicles
 
autophytic
of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
 
autoplastic
of or relating to or involved in autoplasty
 
autoradiographic
of or relating to or produced by autoradiography
 
autosomal
of or relating to an autosome
 
autotelic
of or relating to or believing in autotelism
 
autotomic
of or relating to autotomy
 
autotypic
of or relating to autotypy
 
auxetic
of or relating to growth by auxesis
 
auxinic
relating to or containing auxins
 
avascular
without blood vessels
 
avellan
pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts
 
aversive
tending to repel or dissuade
 
Avestan
of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of Zoroastrianism)
 
avian
pertaining to or characteristic of birds
 
avifaunal
of or relating to birds of a particular region or period
 
avionic
of or relating to avionics
 
avitaminotic
of or relating to or characteristic of avitaminosis
 
avocational
of or involved in an avocation
 
avuncular
being or relating to an uncle
 
avuncular
resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence
 
award-winning
having received awards
 
axial
of or relating to or resembling an axis of rotation
 
axial
relating to or attached to the axis
 
axillary
of or relating to the armpit
 
axiological
of or relating to the study of values
 
axiomatic
of or relating to or derived from axioms
 
axonal
of or relating to or resembling an axon
 
Azerbaijani
of or pertaining to Azerbaijan or the people or culture of Azerbaijan
 
azido
relating to or containing the azido group N3
 
azimuthal
of or relating to or in azimuth
 
azo
relating to or containing the azo radical
 
azotemic
of or involving excess nitrogenous waste products in the urine (usually due to kidney insufficiency)
 
azotic
of or containing nitrogen
 
baboonish
resembling a baboon
 
Babylonian
of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture
 
baccate
resembling a berry
 
bacchantic
of or relating to or resembling a bacchanalian reveler
 
bacillar
relating to or produced by or containing bacilli
 
back-channel
via a back channel
 
bacteremic
of or relating to or having bacteremia
 
bacterial
relating to or caused by bacteria
 
bacterioid
resembling bacteria
 
bacteriologic
of or relating to bacteriology
 
bacteriolytic
of or relating to or causing bacteriolysis
 
bacteriophagic
of or relating to bacteriophages
 
bacteriostatic
of or relating to or causing bacteriostasis
 
Bahai
of or relating to Bahaism
 
Bahamian
of or relating to or characteristic of the Bahama Islands or their inhabitants
 
Bahraini
of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language
 
balletic
characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet
 
ballistic
relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
 
balsamic
of or relating to or containing balsam
 
Baltic
of or near or on the Baltic Sea
 
Baltic
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages
 
Balzacian
of or relating to Honore de Balzac or his writings
 
Bantoid
relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics of Bantu
 
Bantu
of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture
 
Bantu-speaking
of or relating to people who speak Bantu
 
baptismal
of or relating to baptism
 
Baptistic
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church
 
Barbadian
of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants
 
bardic
being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry
 
baric
of or relating to or containing barium
 
barographic
relating to or registered by a barograph
 
barometric
relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a barometer
 
baroque
of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750
 
barytic
of or relating to or containing baryta
 
basaltic
of or relating to or containing basalt
 
basidial
relating to or characterized by basidia
 
basidiomycetous
pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes
 
basidiosporous
of or relating to or characterized by spores produced by basidia
 
basilar
of or relating to or located at the base
 
basilican
of or relating to or resembling a basilica
 
basinal
of or relating to a basin
 
basophilic
staining readily with basic dyes
 
batholithic
of or relating to a batholith
 
bathyal
relating to ocean depths between 200 and 2000 meters (corresponds to the continental slope)
 
bathymetric
of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes
 
bauxitic
resembling or containing bauxite
 
Bavarian
of or relating to or characteristic of Bavaria or its people
 
Bayesian
of or relating to statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem
 
Beethovenian
of or relating to Ludwig van Beethoven or his music
 
behavioral
of or relating to behavior
 
behaviorist
of or relating to behaviorism
 
Belarusian
of or pertaining to Belarus or to the people or culture of Belarus
 
belemnitic
of or relating to belemnites
 
Belgian
of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people
 
Benedictine
of or relating to the Benedictines
 
Benedictine
of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works
 
benedictive
expressing benediction
 
beneficiary
having or arising from a benefice
 
benevolent
intending or showing kindness
 
Bengali
of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people
 
Beninese
of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people
 
benthal
of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water
 
bentonitic
of or relating to or containing bentonite
 
benzenoid
similar to benzene in structure or linkage
 
benzoic
containing or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin
 
benzylic
relating to benzyl
 
Bermudan
of or relating to or characteristic of Bermuda or its inhabitants
 
betulaceous
of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family
 
Bhutanese
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Bhutan or its people or culture or language
 
biauricular
relating to the two auditory openings
 
biaxal
having two axes
 
biblical
in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people
 
biblical
of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
 
bibliographic
relating to or dealing with bibliography
 
bibliolatrous
given to Bible-worship
 
bibliomaniacal
characteristic of or characterized by or noted for bibliomania
 
bibliophilic
of or relating to bibliophiles
 
bibliopolic
of or relating to bibliopoles
 
bibliothecal
of or relating to a library or bibliotheca or a librarian
 
bibliotic
of or relating to bibliotics
 
bicapsular
divided into two capsules or having a two-part capsule
 
bicentenary
of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years
 
bichromated
treated or combined with bichromate
 
bicipital
having two heads or points of origin as a biceps
 
bicylindrical
having two cylindrical surfaces usually with parallel axes
 
Biedermeier
of or relating to a style of furniture developed in Germany in the 19th century
 
bifilar
having or using two filaments
 
biflagellate
having two flagella
 
bignoniaceous
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Bignoniaceae
 
bilabial
of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips
 
biliary
relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder
 
biliary
relating to or containing bile
 
billiard
of or relating to billiards
 
bimetallic
pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals
 
bimillenial
of or relating to a bimillennium
 
bimolecular
relating to or affecting two molecules
 
bimorphemic
consisting of two morphemes
 
binary
of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base
 
binocular
relating to both eyes
 
binomial
of or relating to or consisting of two terms
 
biocatalytic
of or relating to biocatalysts
 
biochemical
of or relating to biochemistry; involving chemical processes in living organisms
 
bioclimatic
of or concerned with the relations of climate and living organisms
 
biogenetic
of or relating to the production of living organisms from other living organisms
 
biogenic
produced by living organisms or biological processes
 
biogenous
producing or produced by living things
 
biogeographic
of or relating to or involved with biogeography
 
biographic
of or relating to or being biography
 
biologic
pertaining to biology or to life and living things
 
biologistic
of or relating to biologism
 
biomedical
relating to the activities and applications of science to clinical medicine
 
bionic
of or relating to bionics
 
bionomic
of or relating to the science of ecology
 
biosynthetic
of or relating to biosynthesis
 
biosystematic
of or relating to biosystematics
 
biotic
of or relating to living organisms
 
biotitic
relating to or involving biotite
 
biotypic
of or relating to a biotype
 
bipolar
of, pertaining to, or occurring in both polar regions
 
bipolar
of or relating to manic depressive illness
 
biquadratic
involving the fourth and no higher power of a quantity or degree
 
birefringent
relating to or characterized by double refraction
 
bisectional
of or relating to bisection
 
Bismarckian
of or relating to Prince Otto von Bismarck or his accomplishments
 
bismuthal
of or relating to bismuth
 
bismuthic
containing bismuth (especially in the pentavalent state)
 
bisontine
relating to or characteristic of bison
 
bistered
colored with or as if with bister
 
bistroic
of or relating to or resembling a bistro
 
bitumenoid
like bitumen
 
bituminous
resembling or containing bitumen
 
bivalent
having a valence of two or having two valences
 
bivariate
having two variables
 
bizonal
relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones
 
black-and-white
lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black
 
bladderlike
resembling a bladder
 
bladed
bearing or characterized by a blade or sword; often used in combination
 
bladed
having a blade or blades; often used in combination
 
blastemal
of or relating to blastemata
 
blastocoelic
of or relating to a segmentation cavity
 
blastodermatic
of or relating to a blastoderm
 
blastogenetic
of or relating to blastogenesis
 
blastomeric
of or relating to a blastomere
 
blastomycotic
of or relating to or characteristic of blastomycosis
 
blastoporal
of or relating to a blastopore
 
blastospheric
of or relating to a blastula
 
bodily
of or relating to or belonging to the body
 
Boeotian
of or relating to ancient Boeotia or its people or to the dialect spoken there in classical times
 
Bogartian
of or relating to or in the style of Humphrey Bogart
 
Bohemian
of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people
 
Bolivian
of or relating to or characteristic of Bolivia or its people
 
bolographic
of or relating to a bolograph
 
bolometric
of or relating to a bolometer
 
Bolshevistic
of or relating to Bolshevism
 
bony
composed of or containing bone
 
Boolean
of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT
 
boracic
of or relating to or derived from or containing boron
 
borated
mixed or impregnated with borax
 
boreal
toward or located in the north
 
boreal
relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind
 
boronic
of or relating to boron
 
boskopoid
belonging or relating to or resembling Boskop man
 
Bosnian
of or relating to or characteristic of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the people of Bosnia
 
botanic
of or relating to plants or botany
 
botryoid
resembling a cluster of grapes in form
 
Botswanan
of or pertaining to Botswana or the people of Botswana
 
bottom-dwelling
of or relating to fish and marine life that dwell on the bottom of a body of water
 
bottom-feeding
of or relating to fish and marine life that feed on the bottom of a body of water
 
botulinal
of or relating to or produced by the botulinus
 
boustrophedonic
of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions
 
bovid
of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)
 
brachial
of or relating to an arm
 
brachiopod
of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda
 
brachyurous
of or belonging to the suborder Brachyura
 
bracteal
pertaining to or resembling or functioning as a bract
 
bracteate
having bracts
 
bracteolate
having bracteoles
 
brahminic
of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin
 
branchial
of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)
 
branchiopod
of or relating to or characteristic of the subclass Branchiopoda
 
brasslike
resembling the sound of a brass instrument
 
brazen
made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
 
Brazilian
of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the people of Brazil
 
breech-loading
(of guns) designed to be loaded at the breech
 
bregmatic
of or relating to the bregma of the skull
 
bridal
of or pertaining to a bride
 
bridal
of or relating to a wedding
 
brimless
without a brim
 
brisant
of or relating to the power (the shattering effect) of an explosive
 
Britannic
of Britain
 
British
of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture
 
Briton
characteristic of or associated with the Britons
 
broadband
of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video)
 
broadband
responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies
 
Brobdingnagian
huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag
 
bromic
relating to or containing bromine (especially pentavalent bromine)
 
bromidic
given to uttering bromides
 
bronchial
relating to or associated with the bronchi
 
bronchiolar
of or relating to or involving bronchioles
 
bronchoscopic
of or relating to an instrument for examining the interior of the bronchi
 
Bruneian
of or relating to or characteristic of Brunei or its people
 
bryophytic
relating to plants of the division Bryophyta
 
bubaline
relating to or resembling a buffalo
 
bubonic
of or evidencing buboes
 
buccal
of or relating to or toward the cheek
 
bucolic
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
 
Buddhistic
of or relating to or supporting Buddhism
 
budgetary
of or relating to a budget
 
bulbaceous
producing or growing from bulbs
 
bulbar
involving the medulla oblongata
 
bulbed
having a bulb
 
Bulgarian
of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its people
 
bulimic
suffering from bulimia
 
bungaloid
characterized by bungalows
 
bureaucratic
of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy
 
burglarious
involving or resembling burglary
 
burlesque
relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
 
Burmese
of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people
 
burrlike
resembling a burr; especially in being prickly
 
bursal
relating to or affecting a bursa
 
Burundian
of or relating to or characteristic of Burundi or its people
 
buteonine
relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo
 
butyraceous
having the qualities of butter or yielding or containing a substance like butter
 
butyric
relating to or producing butyric acid
 
Byzantine
of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
 
Byzantine
of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
 
cachectic
relating to or having the symptoms of cachexia
 
cacodaemonic
of or relating to evil spirits
 
cacodylic
of or relating to cacodyl
 
cacogenic
pertaining to or causing degeneration in the offspring produced
 
cadastral
of or relating to the records of a cadastre
 
cadaveric
of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
 
caducean
of or relating to a caduceus
 
caecal
of or like a cecum
 
caecilian
of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae
 
caesarean
relating to abdominal delivery
 
Caesarian
of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar
 
caesural
of or relating to a caesura
 
caffeinic
of or containing caffein
 
cairned
marked by cairns
 
calcaneal
relating to the heel bone or heel
 
calcareous
composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
 
calceiform
of slipper-shaped blossoms
 
calcic
derived from or containing calcium or lime
 
calciferous
bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
 
calcific
involving or resulting from calcification
 
calcitic
of or relating to or containing calcite
 
calculous
relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi
 
Calcuttan
of or relating to or characteristic of Calcutta or its inhabitants
 
calendric
relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement
 
calico
made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
 
calicular
relating to or resembling a calyculus
 
Californian
of or relating to or characteristic of California or its inhabitants
 
calisthenic
of or relating to calisthenics
 
calligraphic
of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy
 
callithumpian
of or relating to a callithump
 
caloric
of or relating to calories in food
 
caloric
relating to or associated with heat
 
calorimetric
of or relating to the measurement of heat
 
Calvinistical
of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents
 
calyceal
of or relating to or resembling a calyx
 
calycled
having a calyculus
 
calyptrate
having a calyptra
 
calyptrate
having calypters
 
cambial
of or relating to or functioning as a cambium
 
Cambrian
of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language
 
Cameroonian
of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people
 
campanular
shaped like a bell or campana
 
camphoraceous
being or having the properties of camphor
 
camphoric
relating to or derived from or containing camphor
 
Canadian
of or relating to Canada or its people
 
canalicular
relating to or like or having a canaliculus
 
cancroid
of or relating to a cancroid
 
canicular
relating to or especially immediately preceding or following the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star)
 
canicular
of or relating to the dog days of summer
 
canine
of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
 
canine
of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
 
cannibalistic
characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism
 
canonic
of or relating to or required by canon law
 
canonic
appearing in a biblical canon
 
canonist
pertaining to or characteristic of a body of rules and principles accepted as axiomatic; e.g.
 
cantonal
of or relating to a canton
 
capacitive
of or relating to capacitance
 
Capetian
of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet
 
capillary
of or relating to hair
 
capitalist
of or relating to capitalism or capitalists
 
capitular
of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter
 
Cappadocian
of or pertaining to Cappadocia or its people or culture
 
caprine
being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats
 
capsular
of or relating to a capsule
 
capsular
resembling a capsule
 
carangid
of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae
 
carbocyclic
having or relating to or characterized by a ring composed of carbon atoms
 
carbolated
containing or treated with carbolic acid
 
carbonaceous
relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon
 
carboniferous
of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era
 
carbonyl
relating to or containing the carbonyl group
 
carboxyl
relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical
 
carcinogenic
causing or tending to cause cancer
 
carcinomatous
being or relating to carcinoma
 
cardiac
of or relating to the heart
 
cardiographic
of or relating to a cardiograph
 
cardiologic
of or relating to or used in or practicing cardiology
 
cardiopulmonary
of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions
 
cardiovascular
of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels
 
carinal
relating to or resembling a carina
 
Carmelite
of or relating to the Carmelite friars
 
carnal
of or relating to the body or flesh
 
carnivorous
relating to or characteristic of carnivores
 
Caroline
of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I or Charles II of England
 
Carolingian
of or relating to the Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father
 
carotid
of or relating to either of the two major arteries supplying blood to the head and neck
 
carpal
of or relating to the wrist
 
carpellary
belonging to or forming or containing carpels
 
carpetbag
following the practices or characteristic of carpetbaggers
 
carposporic
relating to or resembling a carpospore
 
carposporous
having carpospores
 
carroty
resembling the bright orange of the root of the carrot plant
 
Cartesian
of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works
 
Carthaginian
of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
 
Carthusian
of or relating to the Carthusian order
 
cartilaginous
of or relating to cartilage
 
cartographic
of or relating to the making of maps or charts
 
caruncular
resembling a caruncle
 
carunculate
having a caruncle
 
caryophyllaceous
of or pertaining to plants of the family Caryophyllaceae
 
cash-and-carry
sold for cash and the customer carries it away (no delivery service)
 
casuistic
of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems
 
casuistic
of or relating to or practicing casuistry
 
catabolic
relating to or characterized by catabolism
 
catachrestic
constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis
 
Catalan
relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language
 
Catalan
relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants
 
catalatic
of or relating to the enzyme catalase
 
cataleptic
of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy
 
catalytic
relating to or causing or involving catalysis
 
catamenial
of or relating to menstruation or the menses
 
cataphatic
of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively
 
cataphoretic
of or relating to electrophoresis
 
cataplastic
of or relating to cataplasia
 
catapultian
of or like a catapult
 
catarrhal
of or relating to a catarrh
 
catatonic
characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs
 
catechetic
of or relating to or involving catechesis
 
catechetic
of or relating to or resembling a rigorous catechism
 
catechismal
of or relating to a catechism summarizing the principles of Christianity
 
categorial
of or relating to the concept of categories
 
categoric
relating to or included in a category or categories
 
cathectic
of or relating to cathexis
 
cathedral
relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne
 
cathodic
of or at or pertaining to a cathode
 
Catholic
of or relating to or supporting Catholicism
 
cationic
of or relating to cations
 
catkinate
resembling a catkin
 
catoptric
of or relating to catoptrics; produced by or based on mirrors
 
Caucasian
of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia
 
caudal
constituting or relating to a tail
 
celebratory
used for celebrating
 
celestial
relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
 
celestial
of or relating to the sky
 
celiac
belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease
 
celiac
of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen
 
cellular
relating to cells
 
cellulosid
of or containing or made from cellulose
 
cementitious
like or relevant to or having the properties of cement
 
cenobitic
of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living
 
cenogenetic
of or relating to cenogenesis
 
Cenozoic
of or relating to or denoting the Cenozoic era
 
censorial
belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions
 
centenary
of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
 
centesimal
relating to or divided into hundredths
 
centigrade
of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees
 
Central American
of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages
 
centralist
advocating centralization
 
centroidal
of or relating to (especially passing through) a centroid
 
centromeric
pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis
 
centrosomic
of or relating to a centrosome
 
cephalic
of or relating to the head
 
cephalopod
relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda
 
ceramic
of or relating to or made from a ceramic
 
cercarial
of or relating to cercaria
 
cereal
made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
 
cerebellar
relating to or associated with the cerebellum
 
cerebral
of or relating to the cerebrum or brain
 
cerebrospinal
of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
 
cerebrovascular
of or relating to the brain and the blood vessels that supply it
 
ceremonious
characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
 
ceric
of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4
 
cerous
of or relating to or containing cerium with valence 3
 
ceruminous
relating to or secreting cerumen
 
cervical
relating to or associated with the neck
 
cervical
of or relating to the cervix of the uterus
 
cervine
relating to or resembling deer
 
cetacean
of or relating to whales and dolphins etc
 
Chadian
of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language
 
chaetal
of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles)
 
chaetognathan
of or relating to arrowworms
 
chafflike
abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff
 
Chaldaean
of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture
 
chalybeate
containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron
 
chancroidal
of or relating to or having chancroids
 
chancrous
of or having chancres
 
chaotic
of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions
 
charitable
relating to or characterized by charity
 
chartaceous
of or like paper
 
Chassidic
of or relating to the Jewish Hasidim or its members or their beliefs and practices
 
chauvinistic
of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind
 
Chechen
of or relating to Chechnya or its people or culture
 
chelate
having or resembling chelae or claws
 
chelate
relating to or characterized by chelation
 
cheliceral
of or relating to or resembling chelicerae
 
chelicerous
having chelicerae
 
cheliferous
having chelae
 
chelonian
of or relating to or resembling or being a turtle or tortoise
 
chemic
relating to or used in chemistry
 
chemical
of or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes
 
chemiluminescent
relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence
 
chemoreceptive
of or relating to chemoreceptors
 
chemotherapeutic
of or relating to chemotherapy
 
cherty
resembling or containing chert
 
Chian
of or relating to Chios
 
chiasmal
of or relating to a chiasm
 
childbearing
relating to or suitable for childbirth
 
Chilean
of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its people
 
chiliastic
relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and happiness
 
chimeral
being or relating to or like a chimera
 
Chinese
of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures
 
Chippendale
of or relating to an 18th-century style of furniture made by Thomas Chippendale; graceful outlines and Greek motifs and massive rococo carvings
 
chiromantic
of or relating to palmistry
 
chirpy
(birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp
 
chitinous
of or resembling chitin
 
chlamydial
of or pertaining to the sexually transmitted infection or to the parasite
 
chlorophyllose
relating to or being or containing chlorophyll
 
chlorotic
of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis
 
choleraic
relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera
 
choragic
pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus
 
choral
related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir
 
chordal
relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords
 
chordate
of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata
 
choreographic
of or concerned with choreography
 
choric
relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus
 
chorionic
of or relating to a chorion
 
Christian
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
 
Christological
of or relating to Christology
 
chromatic
able to refract light without spectral color separation
 
chromatinic
(of substance of a cell nucleus) readily colored by stains
 
chromatographic
of or relating to chromatography
 
chromosomal
of or relating to a chromosome
 
chronological
relating to or arranged according to temporal order
 
Churchillian
of or relating to or suggestive of Winston Churchill
 
chylaceous
consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle
 
chylifactive
producing or converting into chyle
 
chyliferous
transmitting chyle
 
cilial
of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
 
ciliary
relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of the eye
 
ciliary
of or relating to the human eyelash
 
cinematic
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema
 
cinerary
containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead
 
circadian
of or relating to biological processes occurring at 24-hour intervals
 
circulative
of or relating to circulation
 
circulatory
relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood
 
cislunar
situated between the earth and the moon
 
citric
of or related to citric acid
 
citrous
of or relating to or producing fruit of the plants of the genus Citrus
 
citrous
of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus
 
civic
of or relating or belonging to a city
 
civic
of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals
 
civil
of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
 
clamatorial
of or relating to Clamatores
 
classical
of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
 
classicistic
of or relating to classicism
 
classificatory
relating to or involving classification
 
clausal
of or relating to or functioning as a clause
 
cleistogamic
exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy
 
clerical
of or relating to the clergy
 
clerical
of or relating to clerks
 
client-server
relating to a computer system in which a central server supports a number of networked workstations
 
climatic
of or relating to a climate
 
clinical
relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients
 
clitoral
of or relating to the clitoris
 
clonal
of or relating to a clone
 
clonic
of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation
 
closed-circuit
relating to or consisting of a closed circuit
 
cloven-footed
of or relating to the cloven feet of ruminants or swine
 
cloze
based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure
 
co-referent
relating to coreference
 
coastal
of or relating to a coast
 
coccal
of or pertaining to or resembling a coccus
 
coccygeal
of or relating to or near the coccyx
 
cochlear
of or relating to the cochlea of the ear
 
Cockney
relating to or resembling a cockney
 
cockney
characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect
 
cogitative
of or relating to having capacities for cogitation
 
cognitive
of or being or relating to or involving cognition
 
coin-operated
of devices that do not operate without the prior insertion of one or more coins
 
coital
of or relating to coitus or copulation
 
Coleridgian
of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings
 
collagenic
relating to or consisting of collagen
 
collarless
without a collar
 
collegial
characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
 
collegial
of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
 
colloidal
of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid
 
Colombian
of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its people
 
colonial
of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
 
colonial
of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
 
colonic
of or relating to the colon
 
colorectal
relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum
 
colorimetric
of or relating to colorimetry
 
Columbian
of or relating to Christopher Columbus
 
comatose
relating to or associated with a coma
 
comb-like
resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb
 
cometary
of or relating to or resembling a comet
 
comic
of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
 
commemorating
intended as a commemoration
 
commensal
living in a state of commensalism
 
commercial
of or relating to commercialism
 
communal
relating to a small administrative district or community
 
communicative
of or relating to communication
 
communist
relating to or marked by communism
 
comparative
relating to or based on or involving comparison
 
composite
of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
 
computational
of or involving computation or computers
 
computer readable
suitable for feeding directly into a computer
 
conceptualistic
involving or characteristic of conceptualism
 
concessive
of or pertaining to concession
 
concretistic
of or relating to concrete representations of abstractions
 
condylar
of or relating to or resembling a condyle
 
conelike
relating to or resembling a cone
 
configurational
of or relating to or characterized by configuration
 
confrontational
of or relating to confrontation
 
Confucian
relating to or characteristic of Confucianism
 
congeneric
belonging to the same genus
 
congestive
relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid
 
Congolese
of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people
 
congregational
relating to or conducted or participated in by a congregation
 
Congregationalist
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a Congregational church
 
congressional
of or relating to congress
 
conjugal
of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband
 
conjunctival
of or relating to the conjunctiva
 
consonantal
relating to or having the nature of a consonant
 
conspecific
belonging to the same species
 
conspirative
relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators
 
constitutional
of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup
 
consubstantial
regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)
 
consular
having to do with a consul or his office or duties
 
contextual
relating to or determined by or in context
 
continental
of or relating to or characteristic of a continent
 
Continental
of or pertaining to or typical of Europe
 
continental
of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War
 
contractual
relating to or part of a binding legal agreement
 
contrapuntal
relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint
 
Coptic
of or relating to the Copts or their church or language or art
 
copular
of or relating to a copula
 
cordless
not having a cord
 
corinthian
of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its inhabitants
 
corinthian
or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture
 
cormose
having or producing corms
 
corneal
of or related to the cornea
 
Cornish
of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language
 
coronary
surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)
 
corporate
of or belonging to a corporation
 
corporatist
of or relating to corporatism
 
corpuscular
of or relating to corpuscles
 
correlational
relating to or employing correlation
 
Corsican
of or relating to or characteristic of Corsica or its people
 
cortical
of or relating to a cortex
 
cortico-hypothalamic
of or relating to the cortex and the hypothalamus
 
corvine
relating to or resembling a crow
 
corymbose
resembling a corymb
 
cosmic
of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe
 
cosmogenic
pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe
 
cosmologic
pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the universe such as space and time and causality
 
Costa Rican
of or relating to Costa Rica or its people
 
costal
of or relating to or near a rib
 
counterinsurgent
of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
 
counterrevolutionary
relating to or being a counterrevolution
 
counterterror
intended to prevent terrorism
 
covalent
of or relating to or characterized by covalence
 
cranial
of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain
 
craniometric
of or relating to craniometry
 
creaseproof
of fabric that does not wrinkle easily
 
credal
of or relating to a creed
 
Creole
of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana
 
Creole
of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both
 
Cretaceous
of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era
 
cretaceous
abounding in chalk
 
criminological
of or relating to or involved in criminology
 
crinoid
of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea
 
critical
of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
 
Croatian
of or relating to or characteristic of Croatia or its people or language
 
Cromwellian
of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell
 
cross-cultural
dealing with or comparing two or more cultures
 
cross-linguistic
relating to different languages
 
cross-modal
relating to different sense modalities
 
cross-ply
of or relating to an older kind of automobile tire that had a flexible tread and relatively stiff sidewalls
 
cross-pollinating
of or relating to or characteristic of cross-pollination
 
cross-sectional
of or relating to a cross section
 
cross-sentential
of or relating to relations between sentences
 
croupy
resembling or arising from or indicating croup
 
cruciferous
of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
 
crural
of or relating the leg from the knee to the foot
 
crustacean
of or belonging to the class Crustacea
 
crustaceous
being or having or resembling a hard crust or shell
 
crustal
of or relating to or characteristic of the crust of the earth or moon
 
crustose
(of lichens) having a thin crusty thallus that adheres closely to the surface on which it is growing
 
cryogenic
of or relating to very low temperatures
 
cryonic
of or relating to cryonics
 
cryptanalytic
of or relating to cryptanalysis
 
cryptobiotic
of or related to the state of cryptobiosis
 
cryptogamic
of or relating to a cryptogam
 
Cuban
of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba
 
cubic
involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable
 
cubist
relating to or characteristic of cubism
 
cubital
of or relating to the elbow
 
cucurbitaceous
of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae
 
culinary
of or relating to or used in cooking
 
cultural
of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors
 
cultural
relating to the raising of plants or animals
 
cultural
of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society
 
cuneal
shaped like a wedge
 
cuneiform
of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)
 
cupric
of or containing divalent copper
 
curatorial
of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator
 
curricular
of or relating to an academic course of study
 
custard-like
resembling custard in consistency
 
cutaneal
relating to or existing on or affecting the skin
 
cuticular
of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula
 
cyanobacterial
relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria
 
cybernetic
of or relating the principles of cybernetics
 
cyclic
conforming to the Carnot cycle
 
cyclonal
of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm
 
cyclonal
of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center
 
cyclopean
of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops
 
cyclothymic
of or relating to or exhibiting cyclothymia
 
cyprinid
of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae
 
Cypriote
of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture
 
Cyrillic
relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages
 
cystic
of or relating to or resembling a cyst
 
cystic
of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder)
 
cytoarchitectonic
of or relating to cytoarchitecture
 
cytogenetic
of or relating to cytogenetics
 
cytokinetic
of or relating to the division of the cytoplasm of a cell following the division of the nucleus
 
cytologic
of or relating to the science of cytology
 
cytolytic
of or relating to cytolysis, the dissolution or destruction of a cell
 
cytophotometric
of or relating to the study of cells by means of a cytophotometer
 
cytoplasmatic
of or relating to cytoplasm
 
cytoplastic
of or relating to a cytoplast
 
cytotoxic
of or relating to substances that are toxic to cells
 
czarist
of or relating to or characteristic of a czar
 
Czechoslovakian
of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language
 
dacitic
relating to or consisting of dacite
 
dactylic
of or consisting of dactyls
 
daisylike
resembling a daisy
 
Dalmatian
of or relating to Dalmatia or its inhabitants
 
damascene
of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people
 
Danish
of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language
 
Dantesque
of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings
 
Darwinian
of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic evolution
 
declarative
relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
 
deconstructionist
of or concerned with the philosophical theory of literature known as deconstructionism
 
deductive
relating to logical deduction
 
defervescent
of or relating to the reduction of a fever
 
deformational
relating to or causing change in either shape or size of a material body or geometric figure
 
deictic
relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use
 
deist
of or relating to deism
 
deliverable
suitable for or ready for delivery
 
Delphian
of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi
 
demagogic
characteristic of or resembling a demagogue
 
Democratic
belong to or relating to the Democratic Party
 
demographic
of or relating to demography
 
demoniac
of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon
 
Demosthenic
of or relating to Demosthenes or his oratory
 
Demotic
of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use
 
dendritic
(neuroscience) of or relating to or resembling a dendrite
 
denominational
relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination
 
denominational
relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp
 
dental
of or relating to the teeth
 
dental
of or relating to dentistry
 
departmental
of or relating to a department
 
dermal
of or relating to or located in the dermis
 
dermatologic
of or relating to or practicing dermatology
 
despotic
belonging to or having the characteristics of a despot
 
developmental
of or relating to or constituting development
 
Deweyan
of or relating to John Dewey or his philosophy
 
diabetic
of or relating to or causing diabetes
 
diagnostic
concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis
 
diagonalizable
capable of being transformed into a diagonal matrix
 
dialectal
belonging to or characteristic of a dialect
 
dialectic
of or relating to or employing dialectic
 
diamagnetic
relating to or exhibiting diamagnetism; slightly repelled by a magnet
 
diamantine
consisting of diamonds or resembling diamonds
 
diametral
related to or along a diameter
 
diaphoretic
inducing perspiration
 
diaphyseal
relating to the diaphysis of a bone
 
diastolic
of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole
 
diatomic
of or relating to a molecule made up of two atoms
 
diazo
relating to or containing diazonium
 
dicarboxylic
containing two carboxyls per molecule
 
dichromatic
of or relating to dichromatism
 
Dickensian
of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions)
 
dictatorial
of or characteristic of a dictator
 
dictyopteran
of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera
 
dietary
of or relating to the diet
 
differentiable
possessing a differential coefficient or derivative
 
differential
relating to or showing a difference
 
differential
involving or containing one or more derivatives
 
digestive
relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
 
digital
relating to or performed with the fingers
 
digital
displaying numbers rather than scale positions
 
diluvial
of or connected with a deluge
 
dimensional
of or relating to dimensions
 
dimorphic
occurring or existing in two different forms
 
diocesan
belonging to or governing a diocese
 
Dionysian
of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus
 
diplomatic
relating to or characteristic of diplomacy
 
dipolar
having equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles having opposite signs and separated by a small distance
 
dipterous
of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera
 
Dipylon
of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens
 
directional
relating to or indicating directions in space
 
directional
relating to direction toward a (nonspatial) goal
 
disciplinary
relating to discipline in behavior
 
disciplinary
relating to a specific field of academic study
 
discomycetous
relating to or characteristic of fungi of the subclass Discomycetes
 
distributional
of or relating to spatial distribution
 
dithyrambic
of or in the manner of a dithyramb
 
divisional
of or relating to a military division
 
dizygotic
derived from two separately fertilized eggs
 
Djiboutian
of or relating to Djibouti or its people or culture
 
doctoral
of or relating to a doctor or doctorate
 
doctrinal
relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine
 
documental
relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
 
dogmatic
relating to or involving dogma
 
dogmatic
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
 
dolomitic
relating to or consisting of dolomite
 
domestic
of or relating to the home
 
domiciliary
of or relating to or provided in a domicile
 
dominical
of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day
 
dominical
of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ
 
Dominican
of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order
 
Dominican
of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people
 
Donatist
of or relating to Donatism
 
Donnian
of or relating to or in the manner of John Donne
 
Dorian
of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture
 
doric
of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture
 
Dostoyevskian
of or relating to or in the style of Feodor Dostoevski
 
dot-com
of or relating to an internet company
 
double-humped
having two humps
 
Draconian
of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws
 
dramatic
pertaining to or characteristic of drama
 
dramaturgic
relating to the technical aspects of drama
 
drupaceous
of or related to a drupe
 
ducal
of or belonging to or suitable for a duke
 
ductless
not having a duct
 
dumpy
resembling a garbage dump
 
duodenal
in or relating to the duodenum
 
dural
of or relating to the dura mater
 
Dutch
of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture
 
dyadic
of or relating to a dyad or based on two
 
dynamic
of or relating to dynamics
 
dynastic
of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty
 
dyslexic
of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia
 
dysplastic
relating to or evidencing dysplasia
 
dystopian
of or pertaining to or resembling a dystopia
 
earthen
made of earth (or baked clay)
 
earthy
of or consisting of or resembling earth
 
East African
of or relating to or located in East Africa
 
East German
relating to or characteristic of East Germany
 
East Indian
of or relating to or located in the East Indies
 
East Pakistani
of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language
 
Eastern Orthodox
of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church
 
Ebionite
of or relating to the Ebionites or their religion
 
ebracteate
without bracts
 
ecclesiastic
of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church)
 
ecologic
characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment
 
econometric
of or relating to econometrics
 
economic
of or relating to the science of economics
 
economic
of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth
 
ectodermal
of or relating to the ectoderm
 
ectopic
exhibiting ectopia
 
ectozoan
of or relating to epizoa
 
Ecuadorian
of or relating to or characteristic of Ecuador or its people
 
editorial
of or relating to an article stating opinions or giving perspectives
 
editorial
relating to or characteristic of an editor
 
educational
relating to the process of education
 
Edwardian
of or relating to or characteristic of the era of Edward VII in England
 
Egyptian
of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language
 
Einsteinian
of or relating to Albert Einstein or his theories
 
electoral
of or relating to elections
 
electric
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
 
electrical
relating to or concerned with electricity
 
electrocardiographic
of or relating to an electrocardiograph
 
electrochemical
of or involving electrochemistry
 
electroencephalographic
of or relating to an electroencephalograph
 
electrolytic
of or relating to or containing an electrolyte
 
electrolytic
of or concerned with or produced by electrolysis
 
electromagnetic
pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion
 
electromechanical
of or relating to or involving an electrically operated mechanical device
 
electromotive
concerned with or producing electric current
 
electron microscopic
of or relating to or involving an electron microscope
 
electronic
of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons
 
electronic
of or concerned with electrons
 
electrostatic
concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity
 
elegiac
resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
 
elemental
relating to or being an element
 
elemental
relating to severe atmospheric conditions
 
elementary
of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education
 
elfin
relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf
 
Elizabethan
of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen
 
elocutionary
of or relating to elocution
 
elysian
relating to the Elysian Fields
 
embolic
of or relating to an embolism or embolus
 
emotional
of or pertaining to emotion
 
emphysematous
relating to or resembling or being emphysema
 
empiric
relying on medical quackery
 
empyreal
of or relating to the sky or heavens
 
emulous
characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation
 
encysted
enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst
 
endermatic
acting by absorption through the skin
 
endocrinal
of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
 
endodontic
of or relating to or involving or practicing endodontics
 
endogenous
of or resembling an endogen
 
endometrial
of or relating to the endometrium
 
endoparasitic
of or relating to parasites that live in the internal organs of animals
 
endoscopic
of or relating to endoscopy
 
endothelial
of or relating to or located in the endothelium
 
endovenous
within or by means of a vein
 
endozoan
of or relating to entozoa
 
English
of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people
 
English
of or relating to the English language
 
enolic
of or relating to or consisting of enol
 
enteral
of or relating to the enteron
 
enteral
of or relating to or inside the intestines
 
entomologic
of or relating to the biological science of entomology
 
entrepreneurial
of or relating to an entrepreneur
 
environmental
concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment
 
environmental
of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings
 
enzymatic
of or relating to or produced by an enzyme
 
eolithic
of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths)
 
eosinophilic
of or relating to eosinophil
 
eparchial
of or relating to an eparchy
 
epenthetic
of or pertaining to epenthesis
 
Ephesian
of or relating to ancient Ephesus or its people or language or culture
 
epic
constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic
 
epicanthic
relating to the epicanthus
 
epicarpal
of or relating to the epicarp
 
Epicurean
of Epicurus or epicureanism
 
epicyclic
of or relating to an epicycle
 
epidemiologic
of or relating to epidemiology
 
epidural
on or outside the dura mater
 
epigastric
lying on or over the stomach
 
epigastric
of or relating to the anterior walls of the abdomen
 
epileptic
of or relating to or characteristic of epilepsy
 
epilithic
growing on stone
 
epiphyseal
relating to the epiphysis of a bone
 
epiphytic
of or relating to epiphytes
 
episcopal
denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
 
Episcopalian
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal church
 
epistemic
of or relating to epistemology
 
epithelial
of or belonging to the epithelium
 
epitheliod
resembling epithelium
 
eponymic
being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
 
equatorial
of or relating to conditions at the geographical equator
 
equatorial
of or relating to or at an equator
 
equestrian
of or relating to or featuring horseback riding
 
equestrian
of or relating to or composed of knights
 
equine
of or belonging to the family Equidae
 
equine
resembling a horse
 
equinoctial
relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal)
 
equinoctial
relating to the vicinity of the equator
 
Erasmian
of or relating to or in the manner of Erasmus
 
eremitic
of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living
 
ergonomic
of or relating to ergonomics
 
ergotic
relating to or produced by ergot
 
ergotropic
of or relating to ergotropism
 
Eritrean
of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people
 
eruptive
producing or characterized by eruptions
 
erythematous
relating to or characterized by erythema
 
erythroid
relating to erythrocytes
 
erythropoietic
of or relating to the formation of red blood cells
 
eschatological
of or relating to or dealing with or regarding the ultimate destiny of mankind and the world
 
esophageal
relating to the esophagus
 
Essene
said of or relating to the Essenes
 
essential
being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc
 
Estonian
of or pertaining to Estonia or the people or culture of Estonia
 
estrogenic
relating to or caused by estrogen
 
estuarial
of or relating to or found in estuaries
 
ethereal
of or containing or dissolved in ether
 
ethical
of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics
 
Ethiopian
of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages
 
ethnocentric
centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own
 
ethnographic
of or relating to ethnography
 
ethnologic
of or relating to ethnology
 
etymological
based on or belonging to etymology
 
eucaryotic
having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei
 
Eucharistic
of or relating to the sacrament of the Eucharist
 
euclidean
relating to geometry as developed by Euclid
 
eudaemonic
producing happiness and well-being
 
eugenic
pertaining to or causing improvement in the offspring produced
 
euphonic
of or relating to or characterized by euphony
 
Eurafrican
relating to or coming from Europe and Africa
 
Eurasiatic
relating to, or coming from, Europe and Asia
 
European
of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the people of Europe
 
Europocentric
focussed on Europe and the Europeans
 
eutherian
of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria
 
eutrophic
(ecology) of a lake or other body of water rich in nutrients and subject to eutrophication
 
evangelical
of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
 
evangelical
relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels
 
evangelistic
relating to or promoting the preaching and dissemination of the Christian gospel
 
evaporative
relating to or causing or being caused by evaporation
 
evidentiary
pertaining to or constituting evidence
 
evolutionary
of or relating to or produced by evolution
 
excrescent
forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
 
excretory
of or relating to the process of excretion
 
executive
having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.
 
exegetic
relating to exegesis
 
exilic
of or relating to a period of exile (especially the exile of the Jews known as the Babylonian Captivity)
 
existential
relating to or dealing with existence (especially with human existence)
 
existential
of or as conceived by existentialism
 
existentialist
relating to or involving existentialism
 
exocrine
of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions
 
exodontic
of or relating to or involving exodontics
 
expansionist
of or involving or guided by expansionism
 
experiential
relating to or resulting from experience
 
experimental
relating to or based on experiment
 
expiative
having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
 
expiratory
of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration
 
exponential
of or involving exponents
 
expressionist
of or relating to expressionism
 
exteroceptive
of or relating to exteroception
 
extracellular
located or occurring outside a cell or cells
 
extragalactic
outside or beyond a galaxy
 
extralinguistic
not included within the realm of language
 
extrasystolic
of or relating to or happening during an extrasystole
 
extraterrestrial
originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere
 
extropic
of or relating to extropy
 
exuvial
of or relating to the cast-off skins or cuticles of various animals
 
Fabian
of or relating to Fabianism
 
facial
of or concerning the face
 
facial
of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object
 
factor analytic
of or relating to or the product of factor analysis
 
factorial
of or relating to factorials
 
factual
of or relating to or characterized by facts
 
facultative
of or relating to the mental faculties
 
faecal
of or relating to feces
 
Fahrenheit
of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
 
falconine
relating to or resembling a falcon
 
Falstaffian
of or resembling Falstaff
 
familial
relating to or having the characteristics of a family
 
fanged
having fangs
 
fascist
relating to or characteristic of fascism
 
fatalist
of or relating to fatalism
 
faucal
of or relating to the fauces
 
Faustian
pertaining to or resembling or befitting Faust or Faustus especially in insatiably striving for worldly knowledge and power even at the price of spiritual values
 
febrile
of or relating to or characterized by fever
 
federal
of or relating to the central government of a federation
 
feline
of or relating to cats
 
feminist
of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women
 
femoral
of or relating to or near the femur or thigh
 
fenestral
of or relating to windows
 
fenestral
of or relating to or having a fenestra
 
ferial
of or relating to or being a feria
 
fermentable
capable of being fermented
 
ferric
of or relating to or containing iron
 
ferromagnetic
relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism
 
fetal
of or relating to a fetus
 
feudal
of or relating to or characteristic of feudalism
 
feudatory
of or pertaining to the relation of a feudal vassal to his lord
 
fiberoptic
of or relating to fiber optics
 
fibrillose
covered with fibrils more or less evenly disposed
 
fibrinous
characterized by the presence of fibrin
 
fibrocalcific
involving or resulting from calcification of fibrous tissue
 
fibrocartilaginous
of or relating to fibrocartilage
 
fictile
of or relating to the craft of pottery
 
fictional
related to or involving literary fiction
 
fiducial
used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement
 
fiducial
relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
 
field-crop
of or relating to field crops
 
Fijian
of or relating to Fiji or its people or language or culture
 
filar
related to or having filaments (especially across a field of view as in the eyepiece of a telescope)
 
filarial
related to or infested with or transmitting parasitic worms especially filaria
 
filariid
of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae
 
filial
designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
 
financial
involving financial matters
 
Finnish
of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland
 
firmamental
relating to the firmament or upper regions
 
fisheye
of or relating to a fisheye lens
 
fishy
of or relating to or resembling fish
 
fistulous
of or pertaining to or resembling a fistula
 
flagellate
having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
 
flakey
made of or resembling flakes
 
Flemish
of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture
 
fleshy
of or relating to or resembling flesh
 
flinty
containing flint
 
floral
of or relating to the plant life in a particular region
 
floral
relating to or associated with flowers
 
Florentine
of or relating to or characteristic of the city of Florence, Italy
 
floricultural
of or relating to or involving floriculture
 
flowery
of or relating to or suggestive of flowers
 
fluvial
of or relating to or happening in a river
 
focal
of or relating to a focus
 
foliaceous
of or pertaining to or resembling the leaf of a plant
 
foliate
ornamented with foliage or foils
 
follicular
of or relating to or constituting a follicle
 
forcipate
shaped like a forceps; deeply forked
 
formalised
concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art)
 
formic
of or containing or derived from formic acid
 
formic
of or relating to or derived from ants
 
formulary
of or relating to or of the nature of a formula
 
fossil
characteristic of a fossil
 
fossiliferous
bearing or containing fossils
 
four-wheel
of or relating to vehicles with four wheels
 
fourhanded
(of card games) involving or requiring four players
 
Franciscan
of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him
 
Frankish
of or relating to the Franks
 
fraternal
of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men
 
fretted
having frets
 
Freudian
of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his psychoanalytic ideas
 
frictional
pertaining to or worked or produced by friction
 
frictionless
lacking all friction
 
Frisian
of or relating to the people or culture or language of Friesland or Frisia
 
frontal
of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
 
Frostian
of or relating to or in the manner of Robert Frost
 
fruticose
of or relating to or resembling a shrub
 
fugal
of or relating to or in the style of a musical fugue
 
functional
relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure
 
fundamentalist
of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents
 
fundamentalist
of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism
 
funerary
of or for or relating to a funeral
 
fungal
of or relating to fungi
 
fungoid
resembling fungi
 
funicular
relating to or operated by a cable
 
future
a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened
 
futurist
of or relating to futurism
 
Gabonese
of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants
 
Gaelic
relating to or characteristic of the Celts
 
galactic
of or relating to a galaxy (especially our galaxy the Milky Way)
 
Galilaean
of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants
 
Galilean
of or relating to Galileo or his works
 
Gallic
of or pertaining to France or the people of France
 
Gallic
of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls
 
Gallican
relating to or characteristic of Gallicanism
 
gallinaceous
of or relating to or resembling a gallinacean
 
galvanic
pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action
 
Galwegian
of or relating to or characteristic of the Scottish district of Galloway or its people
 
Gambian
of or relating to or characteristic of Gambia or its inhabitants
 
Gandhian
of or relating to Mahatma Gandhi or his teachings
 
garlicky
relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic
 
gastric
relating to or involving the stomach
 
gastroduodenal
of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
 
gastroesophageal
of or relating to or involving the stomach and esophagus
 
gastronomic
of or relating to gastronomy
 
Gauguinesque
in the manner of Paul Gauguin
 
Gaussian
of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability
 
gemmiferous
bearing or reproducing by a gemma
 
genealogic
of or relating to genealogy
 
generational
of or relating to a generation
 
generic
relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
 
genetic
pertaining to or referring to origin
 
genetic
of or relating to the science of genetics
 
genetic
of or relating to or produced by or being a gene
 
genial
of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
 
genital
of or relating to the external sex organs
 
genitive
serving to express or indicate possession
 
genotypic
of or relating to or constituting a genotype
 
Genovese
of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants
 
gentile
belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples
 
geodesic
of or relating to or determined by geodesy
 
geographic
of or relating to the science of geography
 
geologic
of or relating to or based on geology
 
geometric
of or relating to or determined by geometry
 
geomorphologic
pertaining to geological structure
 
geophysical
of or concerned with geophysics
 
geophytic
of or relating to geophytes
 
geopolitical
of or relating to geopolitics
 
Georgian
of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England
 
Georgian
of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants
 
Georgian
of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language
 
Georgian
of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia
 
geostrategic
of or relating to geostrategy
 
geothermal
of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
 
geriatric
of or relating to the aged
 
geriatric
of or relating to or practicing geriatrics
 
German
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Germany or its people or language
 
German-American
of or relating to or characteristic of German Americans
 
Germanic
of or relating to the language of Germans
 
gerundial
relating to or like a gerund
 
gestational
of or relating to gestation
 
Ghanaian
of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language
 
GI
of or relating to the stomach and intestines
 
Gibraltarian
of or relating to Gibraltar or its inhabitants
 
Gilbertian
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert
 
gingival
of or relating to the gums
 
glabellar
of or relating to the glabella
 
glacial
relating to or derived from a glacier
 
gladiatorial
of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat
 
glandular
relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland
 
Glaswegian
of or relating to or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants
 
glial
of or relating to neuroglia
 
glomerular
of or relating to glomeruli
 
glossopharyngeal
pertaining to the tongue and throat
 
glottal
of or relating to or produced by the glottis
 
glottochronological
pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source
 
gluteal
of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles
 
glycogenic
of or relating to or involving glycogen
 
gnomic
relating to or containing gnomes
 
Gnostic
of or relating to Gnosticism
 
Goethian
of or relating to or in the manner of Goethe
 
gonadal
of or relating to the gonads
 
gonadotrophic
of or relating to or involving gonadotropin
 
Gothic
of or relating to the Goths
 
Gothic
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
 
Gothic
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
 
Graecophilic
characterized by a love of Greece and Grecian things
 
grammatic
of or pertaining to grammar
 
granuliferous
producing or full of granules
 
granulocytic
of or relating to granulocytes
 
granulomatous
relating to or characterized by granulomas
 
grapelike
resembling the fruit of a grape vine
 
graphic
of or relating to the graphic arts
 
graphic
relating to or presented by a graph
 
gravimetric
of or relating to hydrometry
 
gravitational
of or relating to or caused by gravitation
 
green
concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party
 
greenhouse
of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect
 
greenside
adjacent to a putting green
 
Gregorian
of or relating to Pope Gregory XIII or the calendar he introduced in 1582
 
Gregorian
of or relating to Pope Gregory I or to the plainsong chants of the Roman Catholic Church
 
Grenadian
of or relating to or characteristic of Grenada or its inhabitants
 
growing
relating to or suitable for growth
 
grubby
infested with grubs
 
GU
of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions
 
Guatemalan
of or relating to or characteristic of Guatemala or its residents
 
gubernatorial
relating to a governor
 
Guinean
of or relating to or characteristic of Guinea or its inhabitants
 
gustative
of or relating to gustation
 
guttural
relating to or articulated in the throat
 
Guyanese
of or relating to or characteristic of Guyana or its inhabitants
 
gymnastic
of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility
 
gymnosophical
of or relating to gymnosophy
 
gymnospermous
relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae
 
gynaecological
of or relating to or practicing gynecology
 
gyral
relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain
 
gyroscopic
having the characteristics of a gyroscope
 
hadal
relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters)
 
haemal
relating to the blood vessels or blood
 
haematic
relating to or containing or affecting blood
 
haematogenic
pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells
 
haematological
of or relating to or involved in hematology
 
haemolytic
relating to or involving or causing hemolysis
 
haemophilic
relating to or having hemophilia
 
haemorrhagic
of or relating to a hemorrhage
 
hair-shirt
self-sacrificing or austere
 
Haitian
of or relating to or characteristic of the republic of Haiti or its people
 
Handelian
of or relating to or in the manner of George Frederick Handel
 
Hanoverian
of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters
 
haptic
of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch
 
harmonic
of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm
 
harmonic
of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds
 
harmonic
of or relating to harmonics
 
Hawaiian
of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language
 
heathlike
resembling heath
 
Hebraical
of or relating to the language of the Hebrews
 
Hebraical
of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews
 
Hebridean
of or relating to the Hebrides
 
Hegelian
of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy
 
heliac
pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun
 
Hellenic
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language
 
Hellenistical
relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization
 
Hemingwayesque
in the manner of Ernest Hemingway
 
hemiparasitic
of or relating to plants that are hemiparasites
 
hemispheric
of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres
 
hemispherical
of or relating to or being a hemisphere
 
hemodynamic
or of relating to or involved in hemodynamics
 
hepatic
pertaining to or affecting the liver
 
heraldic
of or relating to heraldry
 
herbal
of or relating to herbs
 
hermeneutic
interpretive or explanatory
 
heroic
relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity
 
Hertzian
of or relating to the physicist Heinrich Hertz or his work
 
heterodyne
of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations
 
heterosporous
characterized by heterospory
 
heterotrophic
requiring organic compounds of carbon and nitrogen for nourishment
 
hex
of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
 
hexagonal
having six sides or divided into hexagons
 
hidrotic
of or relating to sweat
 
hieratic
written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing
 
hieratic
associated with the priesthood or priests
 
hieroglyphic
written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
 
hieroglyphic
resembling hieroglyphic writing
 
high-energy
of or relating to elementary particles having energies of hundreds of thousands of electron volts
 
hilar
of or relating to or located near a hilum
 
Himalayan
of or relating to the Himalayas
 
Hindoo
of or relating to or supporting Hinduism
 
Hindustani
of or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its people or language
 
hiplength
extending to or just over the hips
 
Hippocratic
of or relating to Hippocrates or the school of medicine that took his name
 
hircine
of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor)
 
Hispanic
related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture
 
Hispaniolan
of or relating to the West Indian island of Hispaniola
 
histologic
of or relating to histology
 
historical
of or relating to the study of history
 
Hitlerian
of or relating to or suggestive of Adolf Hitler or his Nazi regime in Germany
 
Hittite
of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture
 
Hmong
of or related to the Hmong people or their language or their culture
 
Hollywood
of or relating to the film industry in the United States
 
holographic
of or relating to holography or holograms
 
holographic
written entirely in one's own hand
 
home
relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
 
homeopathic
of or relating to the practice of homeopathy
 
homeostatic
related to or characterized by homeostasis
 
Homeric
relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him
 
homiletic
of or relating to homiletics
 
homiletic
of the nature of a homily or sermon
 
homonymic
of or related to or being homonyms
 
homophonous
characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way
 
homosporous
characterized by homospory
 
homostyled
(botany) having styles all of the same length
 
Honduran
of or relating to or characteristic of Honduras or its people
 
hooflike
resembling a hoof; especially having the horny texture of a hoof
 
horary
relating to the hours
 
hormonal
of or relating to or caused by hormones
 
horse-drawn
pulled by a horse
 
horticultural
of or relating to the cultivation of plants
 
Hugoesque
in the manner of Victor Hugo
 
human
characteristic of humanity
 
human
relating to a person
 
humane
pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
 
humanist
of or pertaining to Renaissance humanism
 
humanist
of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion
 
humanitarian
of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism
 
humic
of or relating to or derived from humus
 
humified
converted to humus
 
humoral
of or relating to bodily fluids
 
Hungarian
relating to or characteristic of Hungary
 
Huxleyan
of or relating to Thomas Huxley
 
hyaloplasmic
of or relating to hyaloplasm
 
hydraulic
of or relating to the study of hydraulics
 
hydraulic
moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil)
 
hydrocephalic
relating to or characterized by or evidencing hydrocephalus
 
hydrodynamic
of or relating to hydrodynamics
 
hydroelectric
of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower
 
hydrographic
of or relating to the science of hydrography
 
hydrokinetic
relating to fluids in motion or the forces that produce or affect such motion
 
hydrolyzable
capable of undergoing hydrolysis
 
hydropathic
of or relating to hydropathy or its administration
 
hydrostatic
relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit
 
hydroxy
being or containing a hydroxyl group
 
hymenal
of or relating to the hymen
 
hymeneal
of or relating to a wedding or marriage
 
hymenopterous
of or relating to insects of the order Hymenoptera
 
hyoid
of or relating to the hyoid bone
 
hyperbolic
of or relating to a hyperbola
 
hyperemic
relating to or caused by hyperemia
 
hyperthermal
of or relating to or affected by hyperthermia
 
hypnotic
of or relating to hypnosis
 
hypodermal
of or relating to the hypodermis
 
hypodermic
relating to or located below the epidermis
 
hypoglycaemic
of or relating to hypoglycemia
 
hypophyseal
of or relating to the hypophysis
 
hypothalamic
of or relating to the hypothalamus
 
hypothermic
of or relating to or affected by hypothermia
 
hypovolaemic
of or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating blood
 
iambic
of or consisting of iambs
 
Iberian
of or relating to the Iberian Peninsula or its inhabitants
 
Ibsenian
of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen
 
Icelandic
of or relating to Iceland or its people or culture and language
 
ichorous
of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies
 
iconic
relating to or having the characteristics on an icon
 
icosahedral
of or relating to an icosahedron
 
ictal
of or relating to a seizure or convulsion
 
icterogenic
producing jaundice
 
ideal
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
 
ideographic
of or relating to or consisting of ideograms
 
ideological
of or pertaining to or characteristic of an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
 
idiomatic
of or relating to or conforming to idiom
 
idiopathic
(of diseases) arising from an unknown cause
 
idolatrous
relating to or practicing idolatry
 
igneous
produced under conditions involving intense heat
 
iliac
of or relating to the ilium
 
illative
relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
 
immune
relating to the condition of immunity
 
immunochemical
of or relating to immunochemistry
 
immunocompromised
unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy
 
immunologic
of or relating to immunology
 
immunosuppressed
of persons whose immune response is inadequate
 
immunosuppressive
of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression
 
immunotherapeutic
of or relating to immunotherapy
 
imperative
relating to verbs in the imperative mood
 
imperial
befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress
 
imperial
relating to or associated with an empire
 
imperial
of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures
 
imperialist
of or relating to imperialism
 
impetiginous
of or relating to or having impetigo
 
implicational
relating to or concerned with logical implication
 
impressionist
relating to or characteristic of Impressionism
 
impressionistic
of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning
 
Incan
of or pertaining to the Incas or their culture or empire
 
incendiary
involving deliberate burning of property
 
incestuous
relating to or involving incest
 
incestuous
resembling incest as by excessive intimacy
 
incident
falling or striking of light rays on something
 
indexical
of or relating to or serving as an index
 
indexless
lacking an index
 
Indian
of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
 
Indo-European
of or relating to the former Indo-European people
 
Indo-Germanic
of or relating to the Indo-European language family
 
Indonesian
of or relating to or characteristic of Indonesia or its people or languages
 
inductive
arising from inductance
 
indusial
of or relating to or being an indusium
 
industrial
of or relating to or resulting from industry
 
inertial
of or relating to inertia
 
infantile
of or relating to infants or infancy
 
infectious
of or relating to infection
 
infernal
characteristic of or resembling Hell
 
infernal
of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
 
infinitival
relating to or formed with the infinitive
 
informational
relating to or having the nature of information
 
inframaxillary
relating to the lower jaw
 
inguinal
of or relating to or near the groin
 
inhalant
inhaling or serving for inhalation
 
ink-jet
of or relating to an ink-jet printer
 
inquisitorial
especially indicating a form of prosecution in which proceedings are secret and the accused is questioned by a prosecutor who acts also as the judge
 
inscriptive
of or relating to an inscription
 
insectan
of or relating to the class Insecta
 
insecticidal
of or relating to insecticide
 
inspiratory
pertaining to the drawing in phase of respiration
 
institutional
relating to or constituting or involving an institution
 
instructional
of or relating to or used in instruction
 
instrumental
relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
 
insular
relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
 
insurrectional
of or relating to or given to insurrection
 
integral
of or denoted by an integer
 
integumental
of or relating to the integument
 
intensive
tending to give force or emphasis
 
intercellular
located between cells
 
intercostal
located or occurring between the ribs
 
interdepartmental
between or among departments
 
interdisciplinary
drawing from or characterized by participation of two or more fields of study
 
interest-bearing
of financial obligations on which interest is paid
 
interfacial
relating to or situated at an interface
 
intergalactic
between or among galaxies
 
interlineal
written between lines of text
 
interlobular
between lobes or lobules
 
interlocutory
consisting of dialogue
 
intermolecular
existing or acting between molecules
 
interoceptive
of or relating to interoception
 
interplanetary
between or among planets
 
interrogative
relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood
 
interstellar
between or among stars
 
interstitial
of or relating to interstices
 
intertidal
of or relating to the littoral area above the low-tide mark
 
intertribal
between or among tribes
 
intervertebral
pertaining to the space between two vertebrae
 
intimal
of or relating to the intima
 
intracellular
located or occurring within a cell or cells
 
intracerebral
within the brain
 
intracranial
within the skull
 
intracutaneous
relating to areas between the layers of the skin
 
intradepartmental
within a department
 
intralinguistic
within a particular language
 
intralobular
inside lobes or lobules
 
intramolecular
within the molecule; occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule
 
intramuscular
within a muscle
 
intrapulmonary
being or occurring within a lung
 
intrasentential
of or relating to constituents within a sentence
 
intrauterine
within the womb
 
intraventricular
within the system of ventricles in the brain
 
intuitionist
of or relating to intuitionism
 
invitational
pertaining to or characteristic of an invitation
 
involucrate
having an involucre
 
iodinated
treated with iodine
 
Ionian
of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture
 
ionic
containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions
 
Ionic
of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language
 
Ionic
of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture
 
Iraqi
of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture
 
iridaceous
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae
 
iridic
of or relating to the iris of the eye
 
iridic
of or containing iridium
 
Irish
of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people
 
iritic
of or relating to located near the iris of the eye
 
irrational
real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers
 
ischaemic
relating to or affected by ischemia
 
isentropic
with unchanging entropy; at constant entropy
 
Islamic
of or relating to or supporting Islamism
 
Ismaili
of or relating to a branch of Shiism that is noted for its esoteric philosophy
 
isolationist
of or relating to isolationism
 
isomeric
of or relating to or exhibiting isomerism
 
isometric
related by an isometry
 
isomorphic
having similar appearance but genetically different
 
isopteran
relating to or characteristic of insects of the order Isoptera
 
isothermic
of or relating to an isotherm
 
isotonic
relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of a musical scale
 
isotopic
of or relating to or having the relation of an isotope
 
Israeli
of or relating to or characteristic of Israel or its people
 
isthmian
of or relating to or forming an isthmus
 
Italian
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language
 
Italic
of or relating to the Italic languages
 
italic
characterized by slanting characters
 
Jacksonian
of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or his concepts of popular democracy
 
Jacobean
of or relating to James I or his reign or times
 
Jacobinical
of or relating to the Jacobins of the French Revolution
 
Jainist
relating to or characteristic of Jainism
 
Jamaican
of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or to its inhabitants
 
Jamesian
of or relating to or characteristic of Henry James or his writing
 
Jamesian
of or relating to or characteristic of William James or his philosophy or his teachings
 
Javanese
of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language
 
Jeffersonian
relating to or characteristic of Thomas Jefferson or his principles or theories
 
Jesuitical
having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism
 
jet-propelled
propelled by (or as if propelled by) a jet engine
 
Jewish-Orthodox
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism
 
jihadi
of or relating to a jihad
 
jittery
characterized by jerky movements
 
Jordanian
of or relating to or characteristic of Jordan or its people
 
journalistic
of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism
 
Jovian
of or pertaining to or befitting the Roman deity Jupiter
 
Jovian
of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter
 
Judaic
of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion
 
Judaical
of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their culture or religion
 
Judeo-Christian
being historically related to both Judaism and Christianity
 
judicial
belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge
 
judicial
relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge
 
jugular
relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat
 
Julian
of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar
 
jumentous
smelling strongly like a beast of burden
 
Jungian
of or relating to Carl Jung or his psychological theories
 
Jurassic
of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era
 
juridic
of or relating to the law or jurisprudence
 
jurisprudential
relating to the science or philosophy of law or a system of laws
 
juvenile
of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people
 
Kafkaesque
relating to or in the manner of Franz Kafka or his writings
 
Kampuchean
of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language
 
Kantian
of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy
 
karyokinetic
of or relating to the division of the nucleus of a cell during mitosis or meiosis
 
Kashmiri
of or relating to or characteristic of Kashmir or its people or culture
 
katharobic
of living being in an oxygenated environment lacking organic matter
 
Kazakhstani
of or pertaining to Kazakhstan or to the Kazakhs or their culture
 
Kenyan
of or relating to or characteristic of Kenya or its people
 
Keynesian
of or relating to John Maynard Keynes or to his economic theories
 
kinaesthetic
of or relating to kinesthesis
 
kinetic
relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith
 
Kiplingesque
in the manner of Rudyard Kipling
 
knee-length
extending to the knee
 
Kokka
of or pertaining to the branch of Shinto recognized as the state religion of Japan
 
Koranic
of or related to the sacred texts of Islam
 
Korean
of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its people or language
 
Kurdish
of or relating to Kurdistan or the Kurds or their language and culture
 
Kuwaiti
of or relating to the capital of Kuwait or its residents
 
Kuwaiti
of or relating to the kingdom of Kuwait or its people
 
Kyrgyzstani
of or relating to or characteristic of Kyrgyzstan or its people or culture
 
labial
relating to or near the female labium
 
labial
of or relating to the lips of the mouth
 
labyrinthine
relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
 
lacertilian
of or relating to lizards
 
lachrymal
relating to or located near the organ that produces tears
 
lachrymal
of or relating to tears
 
lachrymatory
relating to or prompting tears
 
lacteal
relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk
 
lactic
of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey)
 
lactogenic
inducing lactation
 
lacustrine
of or relating to or living near lakes
 
Lamarckian
of or relating to Lamarckism
 
Lancastrian
of or relating to the English city of Lancaster or its residents
 
Lancastrian
of or relating to the former English royal house or their supporters
 
Lao
of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand
 
Laotian
of or relating to Laos or its people
 
lapidary
of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them
 
Laputan
relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Laputa or its people
 
large-cap
of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of five billion dollars or more
 
larval
relating to or typical of a larva
 
laryngeal
of or relating to or situated in the larynx
 
laryngopharyngeal
of or relating to the larynx and pharynx
 
lathery
resembling lather or covered with lather
 
Latin
of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
 
Latin
of or relating to the ancient region of Latium
 
Latin
relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages
 
Latin-American
of or relating to the countries of Latin America or their people
 
latinate
derived from or imitative of Latin
 
latitudinal
of or relating to latitudes north or south
 
Latvian
of or relating to or characteristic of Latvia or its people or language
 
leaden
made of lead
 
Lebanese
of or relating to or characteristic of Lebanon or its people
 
legal
of or relating to jurisprudence
 
legal
relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
 
legislative
of or relating to or created by legislation
 
legislative
relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature
 
leguminous
relating to or consisting of legumes
 
Leibnitzian
of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his mathematics or philosophy
 
lenten
of or relating to or suitable for Lent
 
Leonardesque
in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci
 
leonine
of or characteristic of or resembling a lion
 
leprous
relating to or resembling or having leprosy
 
Levantine
of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants
 
Levitical
of or relating to the book of Leviticus in the Bible
 
lexical
of or relating to words
 
lexical
of or relating to dictionaries
 
lexicalised
expressed by a word
 
lexicographic
of or relating to lexicography
 
lexicostatistic
pertaining to statistical methods used in studying the relations between languages
 
Liberian
of or relating to Liberia or its people
 
libidinal
belonging to the libido
 
Libyan
of or relating to Libya or its people
 
Liechtensteiner
of or relating to Liechtenstein or its inhabitants
 
lienal
of or relating to the spleen
 
life-support
of or pertaining to equipment or methods used to sustain life
 
liliaceous
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Liliaceae
 
Lilliputian
tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
 
limacine
of or resembling a slug
 
limbic
of or relating to or forming a limbus
 
limnological
of or relating to limnology
 
Lincolnesque
of or relating to or in the manner of Abraham Lincoln
 
lingual
pertaining to or resembling or lying near the tongue
 
lingual
consisting of or related to language
 
linguistic
of or relating to the scientific study of language
 
Linnaean
of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic classification that Linnaeus proposed
 
literary
of or relating to or characteristic of literature
 
lithic
relating to or composed of stone
 
lithic
of or containing lithium
 
lithographic
of or produced by or involved in lithography
 
lithomantic
of or relating to lithomancy
 
lithophytic
of or relating to lithophytes
 
Lithuanian
of or relating to or characteristic of Lithuania or its people or language
 
litigious
of or relating to litigation
 
littoral
of or relating to a coastal or shore region
 
liturgical
of or relating to or in accord with liturgy
 
Liverpudlian
of or relating to Liverpool or its people
 
living
pertaining to living persons
 
lobar
of or relating to or affecting a lobe
 
lobate
having or resembling a lobe or lobes
 
lobeliaceous
belonging to the family Lobeliaceae
 
lobular
of or relating to or resembling a lobule
 
local
of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood
 
locker-room
relating to or appropriate for a locker room
 
locomotive
of or relating to locomotion
 
logarithmic
of or relating to or using logarithms
 
logistic
of or relating to logistics
 
logogrammatic
of or relating to logograms or logographs
 
long-chain
of molecules having relatively long chains of atoms in a molecule
 
long-distance
of or relating to or being a long-distance telephone call
 
longitudinal
of or relating to lines of longitude
 
loopy
consisting of or covered with or having loops
 
lucifugal
light-avoiding
 
lumbar
of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
 
lumbosacral
of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips
 
lunar
of or relating to or associated with the moon
 
lung-like
performing functions similar to those performed by lungs
 
lunisolar
relating to or attributed to the moon and the sun or their mutual relations
 
lupine
of or relating to or characteristic of wolves
 
Lusitanian
of or relating to or characteristic of the region of Lusitania or its people or language
 
luteal
of or relating to the corpus luteum
 
Lutheran
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther
 
Lutheran
of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings
 
Luxembourgian
relating to or characteristic of Luxembourg
 
Luxemburger
of or relating to or characteristic of the grand duchy of Luxemburg or its people
 
Luxemburger
of or relating to the capital city of Luxemburg
 
lymphatic
of or relating to or produced by lymph
 
lymphocytic
of or relating to lymphocytes
 
lymphoid
resembling lymph or lymphatic tissues
 
lyric
of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)
 
lyric
relating to or being musical drama
 
lysogenic
capable of producing or undergoing lysis
 
lysogenic
of or relating to lysogeny
 
macaronic
of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together
 
Macedonian
of or relating to Macedonia or its inhabitants
 
macerative
accompanied by or characterized by maceration
 
Machiavellian
of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended
 
macrencephalic
having a large brain case
 
macrobiotic
of or relating to the theory or practice of macrobiotics
 
macrocephalic
having an exceptionally large head and brain
 
macrocosmic
relating to or constituting a macrocosm
 
macroeconomic
of or relating to macroeconomics
 
macromolecular
relating to or consisting of or characterized by macromolecules
 
Madagascan
of or relating to Madagascar or its people
 
magisterial
of or relating to a magistrate
 
magnetic
of or relating to or caused by magnetism
 
malarial
of or infected by or resembling malaria
 
Malawian
relating to or characteristic of Malawi or its people or culture
 
Malayan
of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the western Malay Archipelago
 
Malayo-Polynesian
of or relating to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian languages
 
Malaysian
of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia
 
Malian
of or relating to or characteristic of Mali or its people
 
Maltese
of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its inhabitants
 
Malthusian
of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism
 
mammalian
of or relating to the class Mammalia
 
mammary
of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female
 
managerial
of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management
 
Manchurian
of or relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their culture
 
Mancunian
of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents
 
Mandaean
of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture
 
mandibulate
having mandibles
 
mandibulofacial
of or relating to the lower jaw and face
 
Manichaean
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism
 
Manichaean
of or relating to Manichaeism
 
manorial
of or relating to or based on the manor
 
manual
of or relating to the hands
 
Manx
of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language
 
Maoist
of or relating to Maoism
 
Marian
of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
 
marine
of or relating to the sea
 
marine
of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps)
 
marine
relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen
 
marital
of or relating to the state of marriage
 
Markovian
relating to or generated by a Markov process
 
marly
of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl
 
marmoreal
of or relating to or characteristic of marble
 
marsupial
of or relating to the marsupials
 
Martian
of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)
 
Marxist
following the ideas of Marx and Engels
 
Marxist-Leninist
following the ideas of Marx expanded to include those of Lenin
 
Masonic
of or relating to Freemasons or Freemasonry
 
masonic
of or relating to stonemasons or masonry
 
Masoretic
of or relating to the Masorah
 
mass spectroscopic
relating to or involving mass spectroscopy
 
mass-spectrometric
relating to or involving a mass spectrometer
 
masted
having or furnished with a mast; often used in combination
 
mastoid
of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process
 
mastoid
relating to or resembling a nipple
 
maternal
relating to or derived from one's mother
 
mathematical
of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics
 
maturational
relating to or involved in maturation
 
matutinal
pertaining to or occurring in the morning
 
Mauritanian
of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants
 
maxillary
of or relating to the upper jaw
 
maxillodental
of or relating to the upper jaw and its associated teeth
 
maxillofacial
of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla)
 
maxillomandibular
relating to the upper and lower jaws
 
mayoral
of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor
 
mealy
containing meal or made of meal
 
measured
having notes of fixed rhythmic value
 
mechanical
relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
 
mechanical
relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
 
mechanistic
of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism
 
mecopterous
of or relating to mecopterans
 
mediaeval
relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
 
mediatorial
of or relating to a mediator or the duties of a mediator
 
mediatory
of or related to or directed toward mediation
 
medical
relating to the study or practice of medicine
 
medicolegal
pertaining to legal aspects of the practice of medicine (as malpractice or patient consent for operations or patient information)
 
Mediterranean
of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea
 
medullary
of or relating to the medulla of any body part
 
medullary
of or relating to the medulla oblongata
 
medullary
containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow
 
medullated
(of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin
 
medusoid
relating to or resembling a medusa
 
megakaryocytic
of or pertaining to large bone marrow cells
 
megalithic
of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths
 
megaloblastic
of or relating to megaloblasts
 
meiotic
of or relating to meiosis
 
Melanesian
of or relating to Melanesia or its people or culture
 
melodic
of or relating to melody
 
membranous
relating to or made of or similar to a membrane
 
Mendelian
of or relating to Gregor Mendel or in accord with Mendel's laws
 
meningeal
relating to the meninges
 
menopausal
of or relating to the menopause
 
mensal
pertaining to or used at the dining table
 
mensural
of or relating to measure
 
mental
of or relating to the mind
 
mental
of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
 
mentholated
containing, or impregnated with, menthol
 
mercantile
of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
 
mercurial
relating to or containing or caused by mercury
 
Mercurial
relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury
 
Mercurial
relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury
 
mercuric
of or containing mercury
 
meretricious
like or relating to a prostitute
 
meridian
of or happening at noon
 
meridional
of or relating to a meridian
 
meritocratic
relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy
 
Merovingian
of or relating to the Merovingian dynasty or its members
 
mesenteric
of or relating to or located in a mesentery
 
mesic
of or pertaining to a meson
 
Mesoamerican
of or relating to the people of Mesoamerica or their languages or cultures
 
mesoblastic
relating to or derived from the mesoderm
 
mesolithic
of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic)
 
Mesozoic
of or relating to or denoting the Mesozoic era
 
messianic
of or relating to a messiah promising deliverance
 
metabolic
of or relating to metabolism
 
metacarpal
of or relating to the metacarpus
 
metacentric
having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere
 
metacentric
of or relating to the metacenter
 
metallurgic
of or relating to metallurgy
 
metamorphic
of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)
 
metaphysical
pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics
 
metastable
(of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium
 
metastatic
relating to or affected by metastasis
 
metatarsal
of or relating to the metatarsus
 
meteoric
pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids
 
meteoric
of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions
 
meteoritic
of or relating to or caused by meteorites
 
Methodist
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley
 
methodological
relating to the methodology of some discipline
 
methylated
having received a methyl group
 
metric
based on the meter as a standard of measurement
 
metrological
of or relating to metrology
 
metropolitan
relating to or characteristic of a metropolis
 
Mexican
of or relating to Mexico or its inhabitants
 
micaceous
hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica
 
Michelangelesque
in the manner of Michelangelo
 
microbial
of or involving or caused by or being microbes
 
microcephalic
having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
 
microcosmic
relating to or characteristic of a microcosm
 
microeconomic
of or relating to microeconomics
 
microelectronic
of or relating to or consisting of miniature electronic components
 
micrometeoric
of or relating to micrometeorites
 
micropylar
of or relating to a micropyle
 
microscopic
of or relating to or used in microscopy
 
microsomal
of or relating to microsomes
 
Middle Eastern
of or relating to or located in the Middle East
 
migrational
of or related to migration
 
Milanese
of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its people
 
milch
giving milk; bred or suitable primarily for milk production
 
military
of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
 
millenary
relating to or consisting of 1000
 
millenary
of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium
 
millennial
relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years
 
mineral
relating to minerals
 
minimalist
of or relating to artistic minimalism
 
ministerial
of or relating to a government minister or ministry
 
ministerial
of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office
 
Minoan
of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age culture of Crete
 
minty
relating to or suggestive of mint
 
miotic
of or relating to or causing constriction of the pupil of the eye
 
Mishnaic
of or relating to the Mishna (the first part of the Talmud)
 
missional
relating to or connected to a religious mission
 
mithraic
of or relating to Mithraism or its god
 
mitotic
of or relating to or undergoing mitosis
 
mitral
of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve
 
mitral
relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics
 
mnemonic
of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory
 
modal
relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
 
modal
of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
 
molal
designating a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent
 
molar
of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth
 
molar
containing one mole of a substance
 
molar
designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution
 
Moldovan
of or relating to or characteristic of Moldova or its people or culture
 
molecular
relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules
 
monatomic
of or relating to an element consisting of a single atom
 
Monegasque
of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people
 
moneran
of or relating to the Monera
 
monetary
relating to or involving money
 
Mongolian
of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures
 
Mongolian
of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic
 
mongoloid
(offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome
 
Mongoloid
of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia
 
mongoloid
characteristic of or resembling a Mongol
 
monistic
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of monism
 
monocarboxylic
containing one carboxyl group
 
monocarpic
dying after bearing fruit only once
 
monochromatic
of or relating to monochromatism
 
monoclonal
forming or derived from a single clone
 
monometallic
containing one atom of metal in the molecule
 
monomorphemic
consisting of only one morpheme
 
Monophysitic
of or relating to Monophysitism
 
monotypic
consisting of only one type
 
monozygotic
derived from a single fertilized egg
 
montane
of or inhabiting mountainous regions
 
Montserratian
of or relating to Montserrat or the inhabitants of Montserrat
 
monumental
relating or belonging to or serving as a monument
 
moraceous
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae
 
Moravian
of or relating to the people or culture of Moravia
 
morbilliform
of a rash that resembles that of measles
 
Moresque
relating to or characteristic of the Moors
 
Mormon
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon Church
 
Moroccan
of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people
 
morphemic
of or relating to morphemes
 
morphologic
relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language
 
morphologic
relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
 
morphophonemic
of or relating to morphophonemics
 
mortuary
of or relating to a funeral
 
mortuary
of or relating to or characteristic of death
 
Mosaic
of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him
 
most-favored-nation
of or relating to a commercial treaty where two nations agree to accord each other the same favorable terms that would be offered in treaties with any other nation
 
motional
of or relating to or characterized by motion
 
motivational
of or relating to motivation
 
mousey
infested with mice
 
Mozambican
of or relating to the people of Mozambique
 
Mozambican
of or relating to or located in Mozambique
 
Mozartian
of or relating to or in the manner of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 
muciferous
containing or secreting mucus
 
mucinoid
resembling mucin
 
mucinous
relating to or containing mucin
 
mucocutaneous
of or relating to the mucous membranes and skin
 
mucoid
relating to or resembling mucus
 
mucopurulent
containing or composed of mucus and pus
 
mucosal
of or relating to mucous membranes
 
mucose
of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus
 
mud-brick
of or incorporating mud bricks
 
Muhammadan
of or relating to the Arabian prophet Muhammad or to the religion he founded
 
multicultural
of or relating to or including several cultures
 
multilevel
of a building having more than one level
 
multinomial
having the character of a polynomial
 
multinucleate
having two or more nuclei
 
multiphase
of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
 
municipal
relating or belonging to or characteristic of a municipality
 
mural
of or relating to walls
 
murine
of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice)
 
Muscovite
of or relating to the residents of Moscow
 
muscular
of or relating to or consisting of muscle
 
musculoskeletal
relating to muscles and skeleton
 
musical
characterized by or capable of producing music
 
musicological
of or relating to musicology
 
mutafacient
capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of intracellular agents)
 
mutagenic
capable of inducing mutation (used mainly of extracellular factors such as X-rays or chemical pollution)
 
mutant
tending to undergo or resulting from mutation
 
mutational
of or relating to or resulting from mutation
 
mutative
of or pertaining to or marked by genetic mutation
 
muzzle-loading
(of firearms) taking the projectile or cartridge through the muzzle
 
myalgic
of or relating to myalgia
 
Mycenaean
of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants
 
myelic
of or relating to the spinal cord
 
myelinic
of or relating to the substance that forms a sheath around the axon of some nerve fibers
 
myeloid
of or relating to bone marrow
 
myeloid
marrowlike
 
myocardial
of or relating to the myocardium
 
myoid
resembling muscle
 
myopathic
of or relating to any disease of the muscles that is not caused by nerve dysfunction
 
myotonic
of or relating to or caused by myotonia
 
myrmecophytic
of or relating to myrmecophytes
 
mystic
relating to or characteristic of mysticism
 
mystic
relating to or resembling mysticism
 
mythic
relating to or having the nature of myth
 
nacreous
consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl
 
Namibian
of or relating to Namibia or its people
 
Napoleonic
of or relating to or like Napoleon Bonaparte
 
narcoleptic
of or relating to narcolepsy
 
narcotic
of or relating to or designating narcotics
 
narial
of or relating to or near the nares
 
nasal
of or in or relating to the nose
 
nasopharyngeal
of or relating to or located near the nasopharynx
 
natal
relating to or accompanying birth
 
natal
of or relating to the buttocks
 
national
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
 
national
of or relating to nationality
 
national
characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
 
Native American
of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages
 
nativist
of or relating to or advocating nativism
 
nativist
advocating the perpetuation of native societies
 
natriuretic
of or relating to natriuresis
 
naturistic
in accord with naturism
 
Nauruan
of or relating to the island republic of Nauru or its residents
 
naval
connected with or belonging to or used in a navy
 
navigational
of or relating to navigation
 
Nazarene
of or relating to the town of Nazareth or its inhabitants
 
Nazarene
of or relating to the Nazarenes or their religion
 
Nazi
relating to a form of socialism
 
Nazi
relating to or consistent with or typical of the ideology and practice of Nazism or the Nazis
 
Neanderthalian
relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man
 
Neapolitan
of or relating to or characteristic of Naples or its people
 
nebular
of or relating to or resembling a nebula
 
necromantic
relating to or associated with necromancy
 
necrotic
relating to or affected by necrosis
 
nectar-rich
of plants that are rich in nectar
 
nectariferous
possessing nectaries
 
neo-Darwinian
of or relating to Darwin's theories as modified by modern genetic findings
 
neo-Lamarckian
of or relating to a modern version of Lamarckism
 
neoclassicist
relating to or advocating neoclassicism
 
neocortical
of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum
 
neolithic
of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)
 
neonatal
relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth
 
neoplastic
of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm
 
neotenic
of or relating to or characterized by neoteny
 
Nepalese
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture
 
nephritic
affected by nephritis
 
nephritic
of or relating to the kidneys
 
neritic
of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep
 
nervous
of or relating to the nervous system
 
Nestorian
relating to Nestorius or Nestorianism
 
neural
of or relating to neurons
 
neuralgic
of or relating to or suffering from neuralgia
 
neurasthenic
of or relating to or suffering from neurasthenia
 
neuroanatomic
of or relating to neural tissue or the nervous system
 
neurobiological
of or relating to the biological study of the nervous system
 
neuroendocrine
of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together)
 
neurogenic
arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues
 
neuroglial
relating to or consisting of neuroglia
 
neurologic
of or relating to or used in or practicing neurology
 
neuromatous
of or relating to or caused by neuromas
 
neuromuscular
affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue
 
neurophysiological
of or concerned with neurophysiology
 
neuropsychiatric
of or relating to neuropsychiatry
 
neuropsychological
of or concerned with neuropsychology
 
neurotic
characteristic of or affected by neurosis
 
neurotoxic
poisonous to nerves or nerve cells
 
neurotropic
(of a virus, toxin, or chemical) tending to attack or affect the nervous system preferentially
 
New Caledonian
of or relating to New Caledonia
 
New Zealander
of or relating to or characteristic of New Zealand or its people
 
Newtonian
of or relating to or inspired by Sir Isaac Newton or his science
 
Nicaean
of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor
 
Nicaraguan
of or relating to Nicaragua or is people
 
Nigerian
of or relating to Nigeria
 
Nigerien
of or relating to the people of Nigeria
 
nihilistic
of or relating to nihilism
 
Nilotic
of or relating to or constituting the Nilotic group of languages
 
Nilotic
of or relating to the Nile River or the people living near it
 
nilpotent
equal to zero when raised to a certain power
 
Nipponese
of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language
 
nitrogen-bearing
of or relating to or containing nitrogen
 
nitrogen-fixing
contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation
 
Noachian
of or relating to Noah or his time
 
nocturnal
of or relating to or occurring in the night
 
nodular
relating to or characterized by or having nodules
 
nominal
pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
 
nominal
relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
 
nominalistic
of or relating to nominalism
 
nominative
serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
 
non-metric
not based on the meter as a standard of measurement
 
noncaloric
of food have no (or few) calories
 
nonenzymatic
not relating to or produced by enzymes
 
nonfictional
not fictional
 
nonfinancial
not involving financial matters
 
nonharmonic
not harmonic
 
nonionic
not ionic
 
nonlexical
not relating to words
 
nonlinguistic
not consisting of or related to language
 
nonparametric
not involving an estimation of the parameters of a statistic
 
nonpasserine
relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds
 
nonphotosynthetic
not photosynthetic
 
nonruminant
not ruminant
 
nonspatial
not spatial
 
nonspherical
not spherical
 
nonsteroidal
not steroidal or not having the effects of steroid hormones
 
nonsuppurative
not suppurative
 
nonsurgical
not surgical
 
nonthermal
not involving heat
 
nontranslational
of or relating to movement that is not uniform or not without rotation
 
Nordic
relating to Germany and Scandinavia
 
Nordic
of or relating to or constituting the Scandinavian group of languages
 
Norman
of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans
 
Norman
of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy
 
normative
relating to or dealing with norms
 
North African
of or relating to northern Africa
 
North American
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of North America or their peoples
 
North Korean
of or relating to or characteristic of North Korea or its people or their culture
 
North Vietnamese
of or relating to North Vietnam or its people or culture
 
Norwegian
of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
 
nosocomial
taking place or originating in a hospital
 
nosohusial
taking place related or acquired under home healthcare
 
nuclear
of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
 
nuclear
of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell
 
nucleate
having a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus
 
numeral
of or relating to or denoting numbers
 
numerological
of or relating to numerology
 
Numidian
of or relating to ancient Numidia or its people or culture
 
numinous
of or relating to or characteristic of a numen
 
nutritional
of or relating to or providing nutrition
 
oaten
of or related to or derived from oats
 
obligational
relating or constituting or qualified to create a legal or financial obligation
 
obstetric
of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics
 
occipital
of or relating to the occiput
 
occlusive
tending to occlude
 
occupational
of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained
 
oceanic
relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
 
ocellated
having ocelli
 
octagonal
of or relating to or shaped like an octagon
 
octal
of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base
 
ocular
of or relating to or resembling the eye
 
ocular
relating to or using sight
 
official
of or relating to an office
 
ohmic
of or relating to or measured in ohms
 
oleaceous
of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family
 
olfactive
of or relating to olfaction
 
oligarchic
of or relating to or supporting or characteristic of an oligarchy
 
Olympian
of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose abode was Mount Olympus
 
Olympian
of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants
 
Olympic
of or relating to the Olympic Games
 
Omani
of or relating to Oman or its people
 
omissive
characterized by omissions
 
omnidirectional
not directional
 
on-the-job
relating to or associated with a job or employment
 
oncologic
of or relating to or practicing oncology
 
one-humped
having one hump
 
oneiric
of or relating to or suggestive of dreams
 
onomastic
of or related to onomastics
 
onomatopoeic
of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
 
ontogenetic
of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms
 
ontological
of or relating to ontology
 
open-hearth
of or relating to or produced by the open-hearth process
 
open-source
of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available
 
operatic
of or relating to or characteristic of opera
 
operational
pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
 
operationalist
of or relating to or espousing operationalism
 
operculate
having an operculum
 
ophthalmic
of or relating to ophthalmology
 
optative
relating to a mood of verbs in some languages
 
optative
indicating an option or wish
 
optical
of or relating to or involving light or optics
 
oracular
of or relating to an oracle
 
oral
of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth
 
orb-weaving
of spiders who weave circular webs
 
orbital
of or relating to the eye socket
 
orbital
of or relating to an orbit
 
orchestral
relating to or composed for an orchestra
 
orchestrated
arranged for performance by an orchestra
 
ordinal
of or relating to a taxonomic order
 
organicistic
relating to or tending toward organicism
 
organisational
of or relating to an organization
 
organismal
of or relating to or belonging to an organism (considered as a whole)
 
ornithological
of or relating to ornithology
 
oropharyngeal
of or relating to or located near the oropharynx
 
Orphic
ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus
 
orthodontic
of or relating to or involving or practicing orthodontics
 
orthographic
of or relating to or expressed in orthography
 
orthopaedic
of or relating to orthopedics
 
orthoptic
of or relating to normal binocular vision
 
Orwellian
of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)
 
oscine
of or relating to the songbirds
 
osmotic
of or relating to osmosis
 
ossicular
pertaining to the ossicles in the middle ear
 
ossiferous
containing bones (especially fossil bones)
 
osteal
relating to bone or to the skeleton
 
Ottoman
of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture
 
outdoor
pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities
 
ovarian
of or involving the ovaries
 
ovine
of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep
 
ovular
of or relating to an ovum
 
ovular
being or of the nature of an ovule
 
oxalic
of or derived from oxalic acid
 
Oxonian
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the city of Oxford, England, or its inhabitants
 
Oxonian
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Oxford University
 
pachydermal
of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms
 
Pacific
relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean
 
packable
capable of being packed
 
paediatric
of or relating to the medical care of children
 
Pakistani
of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language
 
palaeolithic
of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic)
 
palaeontological
of or relating to paleontology
 
palatal
relating to or lying near the palate
 
palatial
relating to or being a palace
 
palatine
of or relating to a palace
 
palatine
of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
 
palatoglossal
relating to the palate and tongue
 
paleoanthropological
of or concerned with the scientific study of human fossils
 
paleocortical
of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum
 
Paleozoic
of or relating to or denoting the Paleozoic era
 
Palestinian
of or relating to the area of Palestine and its inhabitants
 
palingenetic
of or relating to palingenesis
 
Palladian
referring to or relating to or having the style of architecture created by Andrea Palladio
 
palmar
relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot
 
palpatory
relating to or involving palpation
 
palpebrate
having eyelids
 
Pan-Hellenic
of or relating to all the Greeks
 
Panamanian
of or relating to or characteristic of Panama or its people
 
pancreatic
of or involving the pancreas
 
panicled
having panicles; occurring in panicles
 
paniculate
having a panicle
 
pantheist
of or relating to pantheism
 
papillary
of or relating to or resembling papilla
 
papillate
resembling or covered with papillae
 
papilliform
shaped like a papilla
 
Papuan
of or relating to Papua or its people or language
 
parabolic
resembling or expressed by parables
 
paradigmatic
related as members of a substitution class
 
paradigmatic
of or relating to a typical example
 
paradigmatic
of or relating to a grammatical paradigm
 
Paraguayan
of or relating to or characteristic of Paraguay or its people
 
paralytic
relating to or of the nature of paralysis
 
paramagnetic
of or relating to a paramagnet
 
paramedical
of or denoting a person who is trained to assist physicians and nurses in their activities
 
parametric
of or relating to or in terms of a parameter
 
paramilitary
of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit
 
paranasal
adjacent to the nasal cavities
 
parasitic
relating to or caused by parasites
 
parasympathetic
of or relating to the parasympathetic nervous system
 
parasympathomimetic
having an effect similar to that resulting from stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system
 
parental
designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
 
parenteral
located outside the alimentary tract
 
parenteral
administered by means other than through the alimentary tract (as by intramuscular or intravenous injection)
 
parheliacal
relating to or resembling a parhelion
 
parietal
of or relating to or associated with the parietal bones in the cranium
 
Parisian
of or relating to or characteristic of Paris or its inhabitants
 
parliamentary
relating to or having the nature of a parliament
 
parochial
relating to or supported by or located in a parish
 
parotid
relating to or located near the parotid gland
 
parous
having given birth to one or more viable children
 
paroxysmal
accompanied by or of the nature of paroxysms
 
Parthian
pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture
 
participial
of or relating to or consisting of participles
 
particularistic
relating to particularism (exclusive interest in one group or class or sect etc.)
 
partitive
indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
 
partitive
(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
 
parturient
of or relating to or giving birth
 
paschal
of or relating to Passover or Easter
 
passerine
relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
 
Pasteurian
of or relating to Louis Pasteur or his experiments
 
pastoral
of or relating to a pastor
 
patellar
near or relating to the patella or kneecap
 
paternal
belonging to or inherited from one's father
 
pathologic
of or relating to the practice of pathology
 
patriarchal
relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank
 
patristic
of or relating to the writings of the early church fathers
 
patronymic
of or derived from a personal or family name
 
Pauline
relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
 
Pavlovian
of or relating to Ivan Pavlov or his experiments
 
peacekeeping
of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces
 
peaty
of or pertaining to or of the nature of peat
 
pectic
of or relating to or derived from pectin
 
pectineal
of or relating to the pubis
 
pectoral
of or relating to the chest or thorax
 
pedagogic
of or relating to pedagogy
 
pedal
of or relating to the feet
 
Peloponnesian
of or relating to Peloponnesus
 
pelvic
of or relating to the pelvis
 
pemphigous
of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus
 
penal
of or relating to punishment
 
penial
of or relating to the penis
 
penicillin-resistant
unaffected by penicillin
 
peninsular
of or forming or resembling a peninsula
 
pentagonal
of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon
 
pentatonic
relating to a pentatonic scale
 
pentavalent
having a valence of five
 
pentecostal
of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost
 
pentecostal
of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members
 
penumbral
of or pertaining to the region of partial shadow around an umbra
 
peptic
relating to or promoting digestion
 
perceptive
of or relating to perception
 
perceptual
of or relating to the act of perceiving
 
percussive
involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments
 
percutaneous
through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
 
perianal
around the anus
 
pericardiac
located around the heart or relating to or affecting the pericardium
 
perigonal
of or relating to a perigone
 
perinasal
near the nose
 
perineal
of or relating to the perineum
 
periodontal
of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics
 
perithelial
of or relating to the tissue layer around small blood vessels
 
peritoneal
of or relating to or affecting the peritoneum
 
peroneal
of or relating to the fibula or the outer part of the leg below the knee
 
Persian
of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture
 
personal
indicating grammatical person
 
personal
of or arising from personality
 
Peruvian
of or relating to or characteristic of Peru or its people
 
petaloid
resembling a flower petal
 
phagocytic
capable of functioning as a phagocyte
 
phalangeal
of or relating to the bones of the fingers or toes
 
phallic
relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power
 
Pharaonic
of or relating to the ancient Egyptian kings
 
pharmaceutic
of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists
 
pharmaceutical
of or relating to drugs used in medical treatment
 
pharmacologic
of or relating to pharmacology
 
pharyngeal
of or relating to the throat
 
phenomenal
of or relating to a phenomenon
 
phenotypic
of or relating to or constituting a phenotype
 
philanthropic
of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy
 
philatelic
of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists
 
philharmonic
composing or characteristic of an orchestral group
 
Philippine
of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or its people or customs
 
Philistine
of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
 
philological
of or relating to or dealing with philology
 
philosophic
of or relating to philosophy or philosophers
 
phocine
of or relating to seals
 
Phoenician
of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants
 
phonemic
of or relating to phonemes of a particular language
 
phonetic
of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds
 
phonetic
of or relating to speech sounds
 
phonic
relating to speech
 
phonic
pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading
 
phonogramic
of or relating to a phonogram
 
phonologic
of or relating to phonology
 
phosphoric
containing or characteristic of phosphorus
 
photic
of or relating to or caused by light
 
photochemical
of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems
 
photoconductive
of or relating to photoconductivity
 
photoelectric
of or pertaining to photoelectricity
 
photoemissive
of or relating to photoemission
 
photographic
relating to photography or obtained by using photography
 
photomechanical
of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing
 
photometric
of or relating to photometry
 
photosynthetic
relating to or using or formed by photosynthesis
 
photovoltaic
producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy (especially light)
 
phrasal
of or relating to or functioning as a phrase
 
phreatic
of or relating to ground water
 
phrenic
of or relating to the diaphragm
 
phrenological
of or relating to phrenology
 
phyletic
of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms
 
phyllodial
having a phyllode
 
physical
relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics
 
physicochemical
relating to physical chemistry
 
physiological
of or relating to the biological study of physiology
 
physiotherapeutic
of or relating to or used in physical therapy
 
Piagetian
of or relating to or like or in the manner of Jean Piaget
 
pianistic
skilled at or adapted for the piano
 
pianistic
of or relating to the piano
 
pictographic
consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs
 
pictorial
pertaining to or consisting of pictures
 
pietistic
of or relating to Pietism
 
piezoelectric
relating to or involving piezoelectricity
 
pilar
of or relating to a hair
 
pilosebaceous
of or relating to a hair follicle and its sebaceous gland
 
pineal
relating to the pineal body
 
piratical
characteristic of pirates
 
piratical
characteristic of piracy
 
piscatorial
relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
 
piscine
of or relating to fish
 
pituitary
of or relating to the pituitary gland
 
plagioclastic
of or relating to plagioclase
 
plane-polarized
(of a moving wave) vibrating in a single plane
 
planetal
of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets
 
planetary
of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
 
planktonic
of or relating to plankton
 
planographic
of or relating to or involving planography
 
plantal
of or relating to plants
 
plantar
relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot
 
Platonic
of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy
 
Platonistic
pertaining to or characteristic of or in accordance with Platonism
 
pleochroic
of or relating to or having pleochroism
 
pleomorphic
relating to or characterized by pleomorphism
 
pleural
of or relating to the pleura or the walls of the thorax
 
plumbaginaceous
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Plumbaginaceae
 
plumbic
relating to or consisting of lead
 
pluralistic
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism
 
plutocratic
of or relating to or characteristic of a plutocrat
 
pneumatic
of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas)
 
pneumococcal
of or derived from or caused by bacteria of the genus pneumococcus
 
pneumogastric
of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach
 
pneumogastric
of or relating to the vagus nerve
 
pneumonic
pertaining to or characterized by or affected by pneumonia
 
pneumonic
relating to or affecting the lungs
 
poetic
of or relating to poets
 
poetic
of or relating to poetry
 
point-of-sale
of or relating to or being the location where something is purchased
 
polar
located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
 
polarographic
of or involving polarography
 
polemoniaceous
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Polemoniaceae
 
Polish
of or relating to Poland or its people or culture
 
political
of or relating to your views about social relationships involving authority or power
 
political
of or relating to the profession of governing
 
politically correct
exhibiting political correctness
 
politically incorrect
exhibiting political incorrectness
 
polyatomic
of or relating to a molecule made up of more than two atoms
 
polydactyl
of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having more than the normal number of digits
 
polygonal
having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons
 
polyhedral
of or relating to or resembling a polyhedron
 
polymeric
of or relating to or consisting of a polymer
 
polymorphemic
consisting of two or more morphemes
 
polymorphic
relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
 
polymorphic
relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
 
Polynesian
of or relating to Polynesia or its people or culture
 
polyphonic
having two or more phonetic values
 
polyphonic
of or relating to or characterized by polyphony
 
popliteal
of or relating to the area behind the knee joint
 
porcine
relating to or suggesting swine
 
porphyritic
(of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals
 
Portuguese
of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language
 
positionable
capable of being positioned
 
positional
of or relating to or determined by position
 
positive
of or relating to positivism
 
post-communist
no longer communist; subsequent to being communistic
 
postal
of or relating to the system for delivering mail
 
postbiblical
subsequent to biblical times
 
postdiluvian
existing or occurring after Noah's flood
 
postdoctoral
of or relating to study or research that is done after work for the doctoral degree has been completed
 
postexilic
of or relating to the period in Jewish history after 539 BC (after the Babylonian Captivity)
 
postganglionic
beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia)
 
postglacial
relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period
 
postictal
pertaining to the period following a seizure or convulsion
 
postmenopausal
subsequent to menopause
 
postmillennial
of or relating to the period following the millennium
 
postmodern
of or relating to postmodernism
 
postnuptial
relating to events after a marriage
 
postpositive
(of a modifier) placed after another word
 
postural
of or relating to or involving posture
 
pouched
having a pouch
 
praetorial
of or relating to a Roman praetor
 
pragmatic
of or concerning the theory of pragmatism
 
Prakritic
of or relating to Prakrit
 
prandial
of or relating to a meal
 
pre-Christian
of or relating to or being the time before the beginning of the Christian era
 
pre-Columbian
of or relating to or originating in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus
 
pre-Jurassic
of or relating to or denoting the time before the Jurassic period
 
Pre-Raphaelite
of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites
 
pre-Socratic
before the time of Socrates
 
preanal
situated in front of the anus
 
precancerous
of or relating to a growth that is not malignant but is likely to become so if not treated
 
preclinical
of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
 
precordial
in front of the heart; involving the precordium
 
predestinarian
of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination
 
prefectural
of or relating to a prefecture
 
prehistoric
of or relating to times before written history
 
prejudicial
tending to favor preconceived ideas
 
prelapsarian
of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve
 
premedical
preparing for the study of medicine
 
premenopausal
prior to menopause
 
premenstrual
of or relating to or occurring during the period just before menstruation
 
prepositional
of or relating to or formed with a preposition
 
presentational
of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy)
 
presidential
relating to a president or presidency
 
pressor
increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure
 
prime
of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
 
primiparous
of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once
 
prismatic
of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism
 
pro-American
supporting the United States and its policies
 
probabilistic
of or relating to or based on probability
 
probabilistic
of or relating to the Roman Catholic philosophy of probabilism
 
procaryotic
having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei
 
procedural
of or relating to procedure
 
processional
of or relating to or characteristic of a procession
 
processional
intended for use in a procession
 
proconsular
of or relating to or typical of a proconsul
 
Procrustean
of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him
 
prodromal
symptomatic of the onset of an attack or a disease
 
professional
of or relating to a profession
 
professional
of or relating to or suitable as a profession
 
professorial
relating to or characteristic of professors
 
proficient
of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill
 
progestational
preceding and favoring gestation; of or relating to physiological changes associated with ovulation and formation of the corpus luteum
 
progestational
of or relating to progesterone (or to a drug with effects like those of progesterone)
 
prolusory
of or relating to or having the character of a prolusion
 
promissory
relating to or having the character of a promise
 
promotional
of or relating to serving as publicity
 
promotional
of or relating to advancement
 
pronominal
relating to pronouns
 
propagandist
of or relating to or characterized by propaganda
 
propagative
characterized by propagation or relating to propagation
 
proprioceptive
of or relating to proprioception
 
propulsive
having the power to propel
 
prosodic
of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
 
prostate
relating to the prostate gland
 
prosthetic
relating to or serving as a prosthesis
 
prosthetic
of or relating to prosthetics
 
prosthodontic
of or relating to prosthodontics
 
proteinaceous
relating to or of the nature of protein
 
proteolytic
of or relating to proteolysis
 
Protestant
of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism
 
protozoal
of or relating to the Protozoa
 
protozoological
concerning the branch of zoology that studies protozoans
 
Proustian
of or relating to or in the manner of Marcel Proust
 
provencal
of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture
 
proverbial
of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
 
providential
relating to or characteristic of providence
 
provincial
of or associated with a province
 
Prussian
of or relating to or characteristic of Prussia or its inhabitants
 
psychiatric
relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry
 
psychoanalytic
of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud
 
psychogenetic
of or relating to the origin and development of the mind
 
psychogenetic
of or relating to the psychological cause of a disorder
 
psycholinguistic
of or relating to the psychology of language
 
psychological
of or relating to or determined by psychology
 
psychometric
of or relating to psychometrics
 
psychomotor
of or relating to or characterizing mental events that have motor consequences or vice versa
 
psychopharmacological
of or relating to psychopharmacology
 
psychosexual
of or relating to the mental or emotional attitudes about sexuality
 
psychotherapeutic
of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy
 
pteridological
of or relating to the study of ferns
 
Ptolemaic
of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
 
pubertal
of or related to puberty
 
pubic
relating or near the pubis
 
pudendal
of or relating to or near the pudendum
 
puerile
of or characteristic of a child
 
puerperal
relating to or connected with or occurring at the time of childbirth or shortly following, or to the woman who has just given birth
 
pugilistic
of or relating to pugilism or pugilists
 
pupillary
of or relating to the pupil of the eye
 
Puranic
of or relating to the Purana
 
purgatorial
of or resembling purgatory
 
purgatorial
serving to purge or rid of sin
 
puritanical
of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
 
putrid
of or relating to or attended by putrefaction
 
pyaemic
of or relating to pyemia
 
pycnotic
of or relating to or exhibiting pyknosis
 
pyloric
relating to or near the pylorus
 
pyogenic
producing pus
 
pyrectic
having or causing fever
 
pyrochemical
of or relating to or produced by chemical reactions at high temperatures
 
pyroelectric
relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity
 
pyrogallic
of or relating to pyrogallol
 
pyrogenetic
produced by or producing fever
 
pyrographic
of or relating to or produced by pyrography
 
pyroligneous
of a substance produced by the effect of heat on wood, especially by destructive distillation
 
pyrolytic
resulting from pyrolysis
 
pyrotechnic
of or relating to the craft of making fireworks
 
pyrrhic
of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)
 
pyrrhic
of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables
 
pyrrhic
of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece
 
Pythagorean
of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry
 
Qatari
of or concerning Qatar or its inhabitants
 
quadrangular
of or relating to or shaped like a quadrangle
 
quadraphonic
of or relating to quadraphony
 
quadratic
involving the second and no higher power of a quantity or degree
 
qualitative
relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
 
quantal
of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states
 
quantitative
relating to the measurement of quantity
 
quartan
occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)
 
quarterly
of or relating to or consisting of a quarter
 
quartzose
relating to or made of quartz
 
Quebecois
of or relating to Quebec (especially to the French speaking inhabitants or their culture)
 
Quechuan
of or relating to the Quechua or their language
 
quincentenary
of or relating to a 500th anniversary
 
quintessential
representing the perfect example of a class or quality
 
rabbinic
of or relating to rabbis or their teachings
 
Rabelaisian
of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works
 
rabid
of or infected by rabies
 
racial
of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people
 
radial
issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of light
 
radial
relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius
 
radial
relating to or near the radius
 
radial-ply
of or relating to automobile tires that have a strip under the tread and relatively little stiffening in the sidewalls
 
radical
of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
 
radio
indicating radiation or radioactivity
 
radiographic
relating to or produced by radiography
 
radiological
of or relating to radiology
 
radiophonic
relating to or by means of radiotelephony
 
raptorial
relating to or characteristic of birds of prey
 
Rastafarian
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians
 
rational
capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers
 
rationalist
of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism
 
rationalistic
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism
 
ratlike
resembling or characteristic of a rat
 
ratty
of or characteristic of rats
 
rayless
having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers
 
real-time
of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate they receive information
 
realistic
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism
 
recessional
of or relating to receding
 
recessionary
of or pertaining to a recession
 
recoilless
of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil
 
recombinant
of or relating to recombinant DNA
 
recreational
of or relating to recreation
 
rectal
of or involving the rectum
 
rectosigmoid
of or related to or near the sigmoid colon and the upper part of the rectum
 
redemptional
of or relating to or resulting in redemption
 
reductionist
of or relating to the theory of reductionism
 
refractile
of or relating to or capable of refraction
 
refractory-lined
(of furnaces) lined with material that has a high melting point
 
regimental
belonging to or concerning a regiment
 
regional
characteristic of a region
 
relativistic
relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity
 
relativistic
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism
 
Rembrandtesque
in the manner of Rembrandt
 
rental
of or relating to rent
 
rental
available to rent or lease
 
reptilian
of or relating to the class Reptilia
 
republican
relating to or belonging to the Republican Party
 
residential
of or relating to or connected with residence
 
residual
relating to or indicating a remainder
 
residuary
entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts)
 
resinated
impregnated or flavored with resin
 
resinlike
resembling resin in properties or texture
 
resistive
exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance
 
respiratory
pertaining to respiration
 
retentive
having the capacity to retain something
 
retinal
in or relating to the retina of the eye
 
revenant
of or relating to or typical of a revenant
 
reversionary
of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion)
 
revivalistic
of or relating to or characterizing revivalism
 
revolutionary
relating to or having the nature of a revolution
 
revolutionary
of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial or orbital turn
 
Rhenish
of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it
 
rheologic
of or relating to rheology
 
rhetorical
of or relating to rhetoric
 
rhizoidal
of or relating to a rhizoid
 
rhizomatous
producing or possessing or resembling rhizomes
 
Rhodesian
of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
 
rhombic
resembling a rhombus
 
rhomboid
shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid
 
rickettsial
relating to or caused by rickettsias
 
Riemannian
of or relating to Riemann's non-Euclidean geometry
 
riparian
of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream
 
ritual
of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals
 
ritual
of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals
 
ritualistic
of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism
 
robotic
of or relating to mechanical robots
 
rocket-propelled
propelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine
 
roentgenographic
relating to or produced by roentgenography
 
romaic
relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language
 
Roman
characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions
 
Roman
relating to or characteristic of people of Rome
 
Roman Catholic
of or relating to or supporting Romanism
 
Romance
relating to languages derived from Latin
 
Romanic
of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)
 
romantic
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
 
Romany
of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture
 
Rooseveltian
of or relating to or like or in the manner of Franklin Roosevelt
 
ropey
of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
 
rosaceous
of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae
 
Rosicrucian
of or relating to the Rosicrucians
 
rotary
relating to or characterized by rotation
 
rotational
of or pertaining to rotation
 
Roumanian
of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages
 
Rousseauan
of or pertaining to or characteristic of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
 
royal
of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch
 
royal
established or chartered or authorized by royalty
 
Rumansh
of or relating to the Romansh language
 
ruminant
related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
 
runic
relating to or consisting of runes
 
rupestral
composed of or inscribed on rock
 
rural
of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city
 
Ruritanian
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Ruritania (or any other imaginary country)
 
Russian
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language
 
Rwandan
of or pertaining to Rwanda
 
Sabahan
of or pertaining to Sabah or its people
 
Sabbatarian
pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance
 
sabbatic
of or relating to the Sabbath
 
sabbatical
of or relating to sabbatical leave
 
Sabine
of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines
 
saccadic
of or related to the rapid movement of the eyes between points of fixation
 
sacculate
formed with or having saclike expansions
 
sacerdotal
of or relating to a belief in sacerdotalism
 
sacral
of or relating to or near the sacrum
 
sacramental
of or relating to or involving a sacrament
 
sacrificial
used in or connected with a sacrifice
 
Sadducean
of or relating to the Sadducees
 
sadomasochistic
of or relating to sadomasochism
 
Saharan
of or relating to or located in the Sahara Desert
 
salamandriform
shaped like a salamander
 
salivary
of or relating to saliva
 
Salvadorean
of or relating to or characteristic of El Salvador or its people
 
salvific
pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption
 
Samoan
of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or culture
 
San Marinese
of or relating to San Marino or its people
 
sapiens
of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens
 
saponaceous
resembling or having the qualities of soap
 
sapphirine
made of or resembling sapphire
 
saprobic
living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen
 
saprophytic
obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
 
Sarawakian
of or relating to Sarawak or its people
 
sarcolemmal
of or relating to the sarcolemma
 
sarcolemmic
of or relating to sarcolemma
 
sarcosomal
of or relating to sarcosomes
 
Sardinian
of or relating to or characteristic of Sardinia or its people or its language
 
sartorial
of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
 
sartorial
of or relating to the sartorius muscle
 
Satanic
of or relating to Satan
 
satyric
of or relating to or having the characteristics of a satyr
 
Saudi-Arabian
of or relating to Saudi Arabia or its people
 
saxatile
growing on or living among rocks
 
Saxon
of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the English or Lowland Scots) and their language
 
scalar
of or relating to a directionless magnitude (such as mass or speed etc.) that is completely specified by its magnitude
 
scalar
of or relating to a musical scale
 
scalene
of or relating to any of the scalene muscles
 
scalene
of a triangle having three sides of different lengths
 
scalic
of or related to a musical scale
 
Scandinavian
of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
 
scapular
relating to or near the shoulder blade
 
scapulohumeral
relating to the shoulder blade and upper arm bone
 
scenic
of or relating to the stage or stage scenery
 
schismatic
of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism
 
schizoid
of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia
 
scholastic
of or relating to schools
 
scholastic
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism
 
sciatic
of or relating to the ischium (or the part of the hipbone containing it)
 
sciatic
relating to or caused by or afflicted with sciatica
 
scientific
of or relating to the practice of science
 
sclerosed
relating to or having sclerosis; hardened
 
sclerotic
of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball
 
scopal
of or relating to scope
 
scorbutic
of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy
 
scotomatous
relating to scotoma
 
Scottish
of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
 
scriptural
written or relating to writing
 
scrotal
relating to or having or lying within a scrotum
 
sculptural
relating to or consisting of sculpture
 
scurfy
having or producing or covered with scurf
 
Scythian
of or relating to the ancient Scythians or their culture or language
 
secretarial
of or relating to a secretary or to a secretary's work
 
secretory
of or relating to or producing a secretion
 
sectarian
of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects
 
sectional
relating to or based upon a section (i.e. as if cut through by an intersecting plane)
 
sectorial
relating to or resembling a sector
 
secular
of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
 
sedimentary
resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment
 
seismologic
of or concerned with seismology
 
self
(used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self
 
self-aggrandising
of or relating to or characteristic of self-aggrandizement
 
self-induced
produced by electrical self-induction
 
self-limited
relating to a disease that tends to run a definite course without treatment
 
self-pollinating
of or relating to or characteristic of self-pollination
 
self-renewing
of or relating to self-renewal
 
self-service
of or denoting an establishment (a restaurant or shop etc.) where customers serve themselves
 
Seljuk
of or relating to the Seljuks
 
semantic
of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning
 
semi-tuberous
partly tuberous
 
semiautobiographical
of or relating to a work that combines autobiography and fiction
 
semicentenary
of or relating to or marking the 50th anniversary
 
seminal
pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen
 
seminiferous
bearing or producing seed or semen
 
semiotic
of or relating to semiotics
 
semiparasitic
of or relating to plants that are semiparasites
 
semiterrestrial
chiefly but not exclusively terrestrial
 
Semitic
of or relating to or characteristic of Semites
 
Semitic
of or relating to the group of Semitic languages
 
semitropic
of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics
 
senatorial
of or relating to senators
 
Senecan
of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca
 
Senegalese
of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its people
 
sensational
relating to or concerned in sensation
 
sensorimotor
of or relating to the sensory and motor coordination of an organism or to the controlling nerves
 
sensorineural
of or relating to the neural process of sensation
 
sentential
of or relating to a sentence
 
sepaline
resembling or characteristic of a sepal
 
septal
of or relating to a septum
 
septic
of or relating to or caused by putrefaction
 
sepulchral
of or relating to a sepulchre
 
seraphic
of or relating to an angel of the first order
 
Serbian
of or relating to the people or language or culture of the region of Serbia
 
serial
pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series
 
serial
pertaining to or composed in serial technique
 
sericultural
of or relating to sericulture
 
serologic
of or relating to serology
 
serous
of or producing or containing serum
 
servo
of or involving servomechanisms
 
sex-limited
relating to characteristics that are expressed differently in the two sexes
 
sex-linked
concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular)
 
sexagesimal
of or relating to or reckoning in sixtieths
 
sexual
of or relating to or characterized by sexuality
 
Seychellois
of the Seychelles or their people
 
shakedown
intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system
 
Shakespearian
of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works
 
shallow-draft
of vessels whose keel is not far below the waterline
 
shamanist
of or relating to shamanism
 
shambolic
(British slang) disorderly or chaotic
 
shaped
having the shape of
 
sharp-pointed
having a sharp point
 
Shavian
of or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works
 
shelflike
resembling a shelf (or considered to resemble a shelf)
 
Shintoistic
relating to or characteristic of Shintoism
 
Shona
of or relating to or characteristic of the culture of the Shonas
 
short-handled
having a short handle
 
short-order
of or relating to food that can be prepared quickly
 
shouldered
having shoulders or shoulders as specified; usually used as a combining form
 
Shuha
of or pertaining to any Shinto sect other than Kokka Shinto
 
Siamese
of or relating to Thailand
 
Siamese
of or relating to the languages of the Thai people
 
Siamese
of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people
 
Siberian
of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians
 
Sicilian
of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily
 
side-to-side
alternately left and right with respect to a central point
 
sidearm
(of pitches) made with the arm moving parallel to the ground
 
sidereal
of or relating to the stars or constellations
 
Sierra Leonean
of or relating to Sierra Leone or its people
 
sigmoid
curved in two directions (like the letter S)
 
sigmoid
of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine
 
Sikh
of or relating to the Sikhs or their religious beliefs and customs
 
siliceous
relating to or containing or resembling silica
 
simian
relating to or resembling an ape
 
sinewy
consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
 
Singaporean
of or relating to the city of Singapore
 
Singaporean
of or relating to the island nation of Singapore and its people
 
Singhalese
of or relating to the Sinhalese people
 
Singhalese
of or relating to the Sinhalese languages
 
single-stranded
having a single strand
 
Sinitic
of or relating to the Chinese people or their language or culture
 
Siouan
of or relating to the Sioux people or their language and culture
 
Sisyphean
of or relating to Sisyphus
 
skeletal
of or relating to or forming or attached to a skeleton
 
Skinnerian
of or relating to B. F. Skinner or his behaviorist psychology
 
skinny
of or relating to or resembling skin
 
Slav
speaking a Slavic language
 
Slavonic
of or relating to Slavic languages
 
slivery
resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points
 
Slovakian
of or relating to or characteristic of Slovakia or its people or language
 
Slovenian
of or relating to or characteristic of Slovenia or its people or language
 
small-cap
of stocks of companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion dollars
 
snow-capped
(of mountains) capped with a covering of snow
 
social
relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society
 
social
relating to human society and its members
 
sociobiologic
of or relating to sociobiology
 
sociocultural
relating to both social and cultural matters
 
socioeconomic
involving social as well as economic factors
 
sociolinguistic
of or relating to sociolinguistics
 
sociological
of or relating to or determined by sociology
 
sociopathic
of or relating to a sociopathic personality disorder
 
Socratic
of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching
 
soft-finned
of or relating to fish with soft fins
 
soft-nosed
(of a bullet) made of soft material that expands on impact
 
solanaceous
of or relating to plants of the family Solanaceae (the potato family)
 
solar
relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
 
Solomonic
exhibiting or requiring the wisdom of Solomon in making difficult decisions
 
Somalian
of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture
 
somatosensory
of or relating to the somatosenses
 
sophistic
of or pertaining to sophists
 
soteriological
of or relating to soteriology
 
Sotho
of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages
 
South African
of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people
 
South American
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of South America or their peoples
 
South Korean
of or relating to or characteristic of South Korea or its people
 
Soviet
of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people
 
spacial
pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space
 
Spanish
of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain
 
Spartan
of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
 
spastic
relating to or characterized by spasm
 
spatiotemporal
of or relating to space and time together (having both spatial extension and temporal duration)
 
specialistic
of or related to or characteristic of specialists
 
specific
relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
 
spectral
of or relating to a spectrum
 
spectrographic
relating to or employing a spectrograph
 
spectrometric
of or relating to or involving spectrometry
 
spectroscopic
of or relating to or involving spectroscopy
 
spermatic
consisting of or resembling spermatozoa
 
spermicidal
destructive to spermatozoa
 
spherical
of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere
 
sphingine
resembling a sphinx
 
spicate
having or relating to spikes
 
spinal
of or relating to the spine or spinal cord
 
spiny-finned
of or relating to fish with spiny fins
 
spiritualist
of or relating to or connected with spiritualism
 
splanchnic
relating to or affecting the viscera
 
splashy
characterized by water flying about haphazardly
 
spondaic
of or consisting of spondees
 
sporogenous
producing spores or reproducing by means of spores
 
sporting
relating to or used in sports
 
sportive
relating to or interested in sports
 
spousal
relating to a spouse
 
spring-loaded
containing a compressed spring that presses one part against another
 
squint-eyed
affected by strabismus
 
squinty
characterized by squinting
 
Sri Lankan
of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture
 
stagflationary
characteristic of or promoting stagflation
 
stainable
capable of being stained (especially of cells and cell parts)
 
Stalinist
of or relating to Joseph Stalin or his times
 
stannic
of or relating to or containing tin
 
staphylococcal
of or relating to the staphylococcus bacteria
 
statistical
of or relating to statistics
 
statuary
of or relating to or suitable for statues
 
statutory
relating to or created by statutes
 
stearic
of or relating to or composed of fat
 
stemmatic
of or relating to a textual stemma
 
stenographic
of or relating to or employing stenography
 
stereoscopic
of or relating to stereoscopy
 
stereoscopic
of or relating to a stereoscope
 
sternal
of or relating to or near the sternum
 
sternutatory
tending to cause sneezing
 
steroidal
of or relating to steroid hormones or their effects
 
stigmatic
pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata
 
stingless
without a sting
 
stipendiary
pertaining to or of the nature of a stipend or allowance
 
Stoic
pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
 
stoichiometric
of or relating to stoichiometry
 
stoloniferous
producing stolons
 
stomatal
relating to or constituting plant stomata
 
stomatal
relating to or of the nature of or having a mouth or mouthlike opening
 
stored-program
of or concerning programs stored in the computer's own memory
 
stovepiped
of or relating to data stored in separate databases
 
strategic
relating to or concerned with strategy
 
Stravinskyan
of or relating to or like or in the manner of Stravinsky
 
strep
of or relating to or caused by streptococci
 
striate
marked with stria or striations
 
structural
relating to or having or characterized by structure
 
structural
relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure
 
sub-Saharan
of or relating to or situated in the region south of the Sahara Desert
 
subarctic
of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle
 
subatomic
of or relating to constituents of the atom or forces within the atom
 
subclavian
situated beneath the clavicle
 
subclinical
relating to the stage in the development of a disease before the symptoms are observed
 
subcortical
of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex
 
subdural
below the dura mater but above the arachnoid membrane of the meninges
 
subjunctive
relating to a mood of verbs
 
sublingual
beneath the tongue
 
sublittoral
of or relating to the region of the continental shelf (between the seashore and the edge of the continental shelf) or the marine organisms situated there
 
subocular
situated on or below the floor of the eye socket
 
suborbital
having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit
 
substantival
of or relating to or having the nature or function of a substantive (i.e. a noun or noun equivalent)
 
suburban
relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
 
succinic
of or relating to or obtained from amber
 
suctorial
adapted for sucking or clinging by suction
 
Sudanese
of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people
 
Sufi
of or relating to the Sufis or to Sufism
 
sulcate
having deep narrow furrows or grooves
 
sulfuretted
treated or impregnated with sulfur
 
sulfuric
of or relating to or containing sulfur
 
sulfurous
of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur
 
Sumatran
of or relating to the island of Sumatra or its inhabitants
 
Sumerian
of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants
 
superficial
of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
 
superlunar
situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth
 
supernaturalist
of or relating to supernaturalism
 
supervisory
of or limited to or involving supervision
 
suppurative
relating to or characterized by suppuration
 
supraocular
located or occurring above the eye socket
 
surficial
pertaining to or occurring on or near the earth's surface
 
surgical
of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
 
sustainable
capable of being sustained
 
sustentacular
serving to sustain or support
 
Swazi
of or relating to or characteristic of Swaziland or its people or their language
 
Swedish
of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language
 
Swiss
of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture
 
syllabic
consisting of or using a syllabary
 
syllabic
of or relating to syllables
 
syllogistic
of or relating to or consisting of syllogism
 
symbolic
using symbolism
 
symbolic
relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols
 
sympathetic
of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
 
symphonic
relating to or characteristic or suggestive of a symphony
 
symptomatic
relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms
 
synaesthetic
relating to or experiencing synesthesia; involving more than one sense
 
synaptic
(neuroscience) of or involving synapses
 
syncretic
of or characterized by syncretism
 
syncretic
relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
 
synergistic
of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism
 
synoptic
presenting a summary or general view of a whole
 
synovial
relating to or secreting synovia
 
syntactic
of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax
 
syntagmatic
related as members of a syntagma
 
syphilitic
of or relating to or infected with syphilis
 
Syrian
of or relating to or characteristic of Syria or its people or culture
 
systematic
of or relating to taxonomy
 
systolic
of or relating to a systole or happening during a systole
 
tabular
of or pertaining to or arranged in table form
 
tactical
of or pertaining to tactic or tactics
 
Tahitian
of or relating to or characteristic of the island of Tahiti or its residents or their language and culture
 
Taiwanese
of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language
 
Tajikistani
of or relating to or characteristic of Tajikistan or it people or culture
 
Tamil
of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself
 
tangential
of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent
 
tannic
derived from tannin
 
Tantrik
of or relating to Tantrism
 
Tanzanian
of or relating to the republic of Tanzania or its people
 
Taoist
of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life
 
Taoist
of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic
 
tarsal
of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot
 
tartaric
relating to or derived from or resembling tartar
 
Tasmanian
of or relating to Tasmania
 
taurine
of or relating to or resembling a bull
 
technical
according to strict interpretation of the law or set of rules
 
technical
of or relating to a practical subject that is organized according to scientific principles
 
technophilic
of or relating to or showing technophilia
 
technophobic
of or relating to or showing technophobia
 
tectonic
pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
 
tegular
of or relating to or resembling a series of tiles
 
telegraphic
of or relating to or transmitted by telegraph
 
telemetered
of or pertaining to telemetry
 
teleological
of or relating to teleology
 
telephonic
of or relating to telephony
 
tellurian
of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
 
telluric
of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium
 
telocentric
having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position
 
temperamental
relating to or caused by temperament
 
temporal
of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
 
temporal
of or relating to or limited by time
 
tendril-climbing
of or relating to plants that climb by means of tendrils
 
tensile
of or relating to tension
 
tensional
of or relating to or produced by tension
 
tentacled
having tentacles
 
tentacular
of or relating to or resembling tentacles
 
teratogenic
of or relating to substances or agents that can interfere with normal embryonic development
 
terminal
relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
 
terminal
of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
 
terminological
of or concerning terminology
 
terpsichorean
of or relating to dancing
 
territorial
of or relating to a territory
 
tertian
of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds
 
tertian
relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
 
testaceous
relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell
 
testamentary
of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a will or testament
 
testicular
of or involving the testes
 
testimonial
of or relating to or constituting testimony
 
testimonial
expressing admiration or appreciation
 
tetanic
of or relating to or causing tetanus
 
tetanic
of or relating to or causing tetany
 
tetragonal
of or relating to or shaped like a quadrilateral
 
tetrametric
of or relating to verse lines written in tetrameter
 
tetravalent
haveing a valence of four
 
Teutonic
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
 
Texan
of or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its residents
 
textile
of or relating to fabrics or fabric making
 
textual
of or relating to or based on a text
 
thalamocortical
relating to or connecting the cortex and thalamus
 
thalassic
relating to the seas, especially smaller or inland seas
 
thalloid
of or relating to or resembling or consisting of a thallus
 
thallophytic
pertaining to or characteristic of thallophytes
 
theatrical
of or relating to the theater
 
Theban
of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or culture
 
Theban
of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its people or culture
 
theist
of or relating to theism
 
thematic
relating to or constituting a topic of discourse
 
thematic
of or relating to a melodic subject
 
thenal
of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb
 
theocratic
of or relating to or being a theocracy
 
theological
of or relating to or concerning theology
 
theosophical
of or relating to theosophy
 
therapeutic
relating to or involved in therapy
 
thermal
of or relating to a hot spring
 
thermionic
of or relating to or characteristic of thermions
 
thermodynamic
of or concerned with thermodynamics
 
thermoelectric
involving or resulting from thermoelectricity
 
thermogravimetric
of or relating to thermal hydrometry
 
thermometric
of or relating to thermometry
 
thermostatic
of or relating to a thermostat
 
thespian
of or relating to drama
 
Thoreauvian
relating to or like or in the manner of Henry David Thoreau
 
Thracian
of or relating to Thrace or its people or culture
 
threaded
(of bolts or screws) having screw threads
 
three-wheel
of or relating to vehicles having three wheels
 
thyroid
suggestive of a thyroid disorder
 
thyroid
of or relating to the thyroid gland
 
thyrotoxic
of or relating to or affected by hyperthyroidism
 
Tibetan
of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language
 
tibial
relating to or located near a tibia
 
tidal
of or relating to or caused by tides
 
tiered
having or arranged in tiers
 
time-release
of or relating to a preparation that gradually releases an active substance (especially a drug) over a period of time
 
Timorese
of or relating to or characteristic of Timor or its inhabitants
 
tinny
of or containing tin
 
titular
of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility
 
titular
of or pertaining to the title of a work of art
 
titular
of or bearing a title signifying status or function
 
titular
of or relating to a legal title to something
 
Tobagonian
of or relating to Tobago or its people
 
Togolese
of or relating to the African country of Togo or its people
 
toll-free
having no toll levied for its use
 
tomentose
covered with densely matted filaments
 
tonal
employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
 
Tongan
of or relating to the island monarchy of Tonga or its people
 
tonic
of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
 
tonsorial
of or relating to barbers and barbering
 
topical
of or relating to or arranged by topics
 
topographic
concerned with topography
 
topologic
of or relating to topology
 
toroidal
of or relating to or shaped like a toroid; doughnut shaped
 
torrential
relating to or resulting from the action of a torrent
 
tortious
of or pertaining to the nature of a tort
 
totalistic
of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life
 
totemic
relating to totemism
 
totipotent
having the ability to give rise to unlike cells
 
toxicologic
of or relating to toxicology
 
trabecular
of or relating to trabeculae
 
tracheal
relating to or resembling or functioning like a trachea
 
tractive
exerting traction and serving to pull
 
tragic
of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy
 
tragicomic
of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
 
transactinide
of or belonging to the elements with atomic numbers greater than 103
 
transatlantic
crossing the Atlantic Ocean
 
transcendental
of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
 
transcultural
extending through all human cultures
 
transitional
of or relating to or characterized by transition
 
translational
of or relating to uniform movement without rotation
 
transoceanic
on or from the other side of an ocean
 
transpolar
extending across or crossing either pole
 
transuranic
having an atomic number greater than 92
 
trapezoidal
resembling a trapezoid
 
traumatic
of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
 
triangulate
composed of or marked with triangles
 
Triassic
of or relating to or denoting the first period of the Mesozoic era
 
tribal
relating to or characteristic of a tribe
 
tricentenary
of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years
 
trigonometric
of or relating to or according to the principles of trigonometry
 
trihydroxy
containing three hydroxyl groups
 
Trinidadian
of or relating to the island of Trinidad
 
triumphal
relating to or celebrating a triumph
 
trivalent
having a valence of three
 
trochaic
of or consisting of trochees
 
Trojan
of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants
 
trophic
of or relating to nutrition
 
trophoblastic
of or relating to the trophoblast
 
trophotropic
of or relating to trophotropism
 
tropical
of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
 
tubal
of or relating to occurring in a tube such as e.g. the Fallopian tube or Eustachian tube
 
tubercular
relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it
 
tubercular
pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle
 
tubercular
characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles
 
tuberculate
covered with tubercles
 
tuberculoid
resembling tuberculosis
 
tuberous
of or relating to or resembling a tuber
 
Tudor
of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century
 
Tunisian
of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants
 
Tunisian
of or relating to the city of Tunis or its residents
 
turbinate
of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
 
Turkic
of or relating to the people who speak the Turkic language
 
Turkish
of or relating to or characteristic of Turkey or its people or language
 
Turkmen
of or relating to or characteristic of Turkmenistan or its people or culture
 
Tuscan
of or relating to or characteristic of Tuscany or its people
 
tutorial
of or relating to tutors or tutoring
 
two-wheel
of or relating to vehicles with two wheels
 
tympanic
associated with the eardrum
 
tympanic
resembling a drum
 
tympanitic
of or relating to tympanites
 
typographic
relating to or occurring or used in typography
 
Tyrolese
of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people
 
Ugandan
of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people
 
Ukrainian
of or relating to or characteristic of Ukraine or its people or culture
 
ulcerative
of or relating to or characterized by ulceration
 
ulnar
relating to or near the ulna
 
ultramicroscopic
too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope
 
ultramontane
of or relating to ultramontanism
 
umbellar
bearing or consisting of or resembling umbels
 
umbelliferous
relating to or belonging to plants of the family Umbelliferae
 
umbelliform
resembling or in the form of an umbel
 
umbilical
relating to or resembling the umbilicus
 
uncial
relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals)
 
undescended
(of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of descending into the scrotum
 
undulant
resembling waves in form or outline or motion
 
unfretted
without frets
 
ungual
of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof
 
Uniate
of or relating to former Eastern Christian or Orthodox churches that have been received under the jurisdiction of the Church of Rome but retain their own rituals and practices and canon law
 
unicellular
having or consisting of a single cell
 
unifilar
having or using only one filament
 
uninucleate
having one nucleus
 
uniovular
having a single ovule
 
Unitarian
of or relating to or characterizing Unitarianism
 
unitary
of or pertaining to or involving the use of units
 
unitary
relating to or characterized by or aiming toward unity
 
universalist
of or relating to or tending toward universalism
 
universalistic
of or relating to the whole
 
unmyelinated
(of neurons) not myelinated
 
unpigmented
having no pigmentation
 
unthematic
not relating to a melodic subject
 
urban
relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
 
urceolate
urn-shaped; large below and contracted toward the mouth
 
urethral
of or relating to the urethra
 
uric
in or relating to or obtained from urine
 
uricosuric
acting to increase the excretion of uric acid in the urine
 
urinary
of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine
 
urinary
of or relating to the urinary system of the body
 
urogenital
of or relating to the urinary and reproductive systems
 
ursine
of or relating to or similar to bears
 
Uruguayan
of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people
 
usufructuary
of or relating to the nature of a usufruct
 
uterine
of or involving the uterus
 
Utopian
of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia
 
uveal
of or relating to the uvea of the eye
 
uvular
of or relating to or associated with the uvula
 
Uzbekistani
of or relating to or characteristic of Uzbekistan or its people or culture
 
vacuolate
formed into or containing one or more vacuoles or small membrane-bound cavities within a cell
 
vaginal
of or relating to the vagina
 
valedictory
of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell
 
valent
(chemistry) having valence; usually used in combination
 
valetudinarian
of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian
 
valved
(of brass instruments) having valves
 
valvular
relating to or operating by means of valves
 
vanilla
flavored with vanilla extract
 
varicelliform
resembling the rash of chickenpox
 
variolar
relating to small pox
 
vascular
of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids
 
vasomotor
relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
 
Vedic
of or relating to the Vedas or to the ancient Sanskrit in which they were written
 
vegetal
composed of vegetation or plants
 
vegetative
of or relating to an activity that is passive and monotonous
 
vehicular
of or relating to or intended for (motor) vehicles
 
veinal
relating to the veins of plants
 
velar
of or relating to the velum
 
Venetian
of or relating to or characteristic of Venice or its people
 
Venezuelan
of or relating to or characteristic of Venezuela or its people
 
venous
of or contained in or performing the function of the veins
 
ventilatory
provided with ventilation or involving pulmonary ventilation
 
ventricular
of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain)
 
verbal
of or relating to or formed from a verb
 
verbal
of or relating to or formed from words in general
 
vertebral
of or relating to or constituting vertebrae
 
vertical
relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
 
vesical
of or relating to a bladder (especially the urinary bladder)
 
vesicular
of or relating to or involving vesicles
 
vestal
of or relating to Vesta
 
vestiary
relating to clothing (especially vestments)
 
vestibular
relating to the sense of equilibrium
 
vestmental
of or relating to or resembling a vestment
 
veterinary
of or relating to veterinarians or veterinary medicine
 
viatical
pertaining to the purchase of insurance policies from terminally ill policy holders
 
vibrational
of or relating to or characterized by vibration
 
vibrionic
caused by bacteria of the genus Vibrio
 
vicarial
of or relating to or characteristic of a vicar
 
vice-presidential
relating to a vice president or vice-presidency
 
vicennial
occurring once every 20 years
 
viceregal
of or relating to a viceroy
 
vicinal
belonging to or limited to a vicinity
 
Victorian
of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled
 
Viennese
of or relating to or characteristic of Vienna or its inhabitants
 
Vietnamese
of or relating to or characteristic of Vietnam or its people or its language
 
vigesimal
relating to or based on the number twenty
 
vinaceous
of or relating to wine
 
viral
relating to or caused by a virus
 
virginal
characteristic of a virgin or virginity
 
viricidal
tending to destroy viruses
 
virological
of or relating to the science of virology
 
viscometric
of or relating to the measurement of viscosity
 
vitiliginous
of or relating to or having vitiligo
 
vitreous
relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass
 
vitreous
of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye
 
vocal
having or using the power to produce speech or sound
 
vocal
relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
 
vocalic
relating to or associated with or containing a vowel
 
vocational
of or relating to a vocation or occupation; especially providing or undergoing training in special skills
 
vocative
relating to a case used in some languages
 
volcanic
relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
 
Voltarian
in the manner of Voltaire
 
volumed
(often used in combination) consisting of or having a given number or kind of volumes
 
volumetric
of or relating to measurement by volume
 
voyeuristic
of or relating to voyeurs or voyeurism
 
vulpecular
resembling or characteristic of a fox
 
vulval
of or relating to the vulva
 
Wagnerian
of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music
 
Washingtonian
of or relating to or in the state of Washington
 
Washingtonian
of or relating to the capital of the United States
 
Washingtonian
of or relating to the people who run the federal government
 
Washingtonian
of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington
 
waxen
made of or covered with wax
 
weatherly
(of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled
 
West African
of or relating to the countries or cultures or people of West Africa
 
wheaten
of or relating to or derived from wheat
 
Wiccan
of or relating to Wicca
 
Wilsonian
of or relating to or suggestive of Woodrow Wilson
 
wiry
of or relating to wire
 
Wittgensteinian
in the manner of Ludwig Wittgenstein
 
wolfish
resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf
 
woolen
of or related to or made of wool
 
Wordsworthian
in the manner of William Wordsworth
 
WYSIWYG
relating to or being a word processing system that prints the text exactly as it appears on the computer screen
 
X-linked
relating to genes or characteristics or conditions carried on the X chromosome
 
xerographic
of or relating to xerography
 
yeastlike
of or resembling or containing yeast
 
Yeatsian
in the manner of William Butler Yeats
 
Yemeni
of or relating to or characteristic of Yemen or its inhabitants
 
yogic
of or relating to yoga
 
Yugoslavian
of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages
 
Yuman
of or relating to the language or culture of the Yuma people
 
Zairese
of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people
 
Zambian
of or relating to or characteristic of Zambia or its people
 
Zapotec
of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people
 
zenithal
relating to or located at or near the zenith
 
zero
of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)
 
Zimbabwean
of or relating to or characteristic of Zimbabwe or its people
 
Zionist
relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism
 
Zionist
relating to or characteristic of Zionism
 
zodiacal
relating to or included in the zodiac
 
zoic
pertaining to animals or animal life or action
 
Zolaesque
in the manner of Emile Zola
 
zonal
relating to or of the nature of a zone
 
zoological
of or relating to animals or animal groups
 
zoological
concerning the study of animals and their classification and properties
 
zoonotic
of or relating to or constituting zoonosis
 
Zoroastrian
of or pertaining to Zoroaster or the religion he founded
 
zygomatic
of or relating to the cheek region of the face
 
zygotic
of or relating to a zygote
 
zymoid
resembling an enzyme
 
zymolytic
of or relating to or causing fermentation
 
zymotic
relating to or caused by infection