Word List: Adjectives of Relation Adjectives of Relation Tweets by @schrisomalis Adjectives of Relation There are many terms which refer to a state of relating to or pertaining to a certain thing or category of things. Instead of using a phrase such as "pertaining to buttercups", you can substitute the adjective "ranunculaceous". Using the admittedly invented phrase "adjectives of relation", I have compiled 842 such terms below, making this topical list the largest in the Phrontistery. The list is highly incomplete, mostly because we use many of these words every day without realizing that they are part of this larger category. Make good use of this rhematic list.

Word of, like or pertaining to abbots or an abbey abecedarian of, like or pertaining to the order of the alphabet; rudimentary abiectic of, like or pertaining to fir trees or fir sap absinthial of, like or pertaining to wormwood; bitter abyssopelagic of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean acarine of, like or pertaining to ticks or mites accipitrine of, like or pertaining to falcons and hawks acerate of, like or resembling a needle acolouthic of, like or pertaining to an after-image or other after-sensation acrologic of, like or pertaining to initials addititious of, pertaining to or resulting from addition adenoid of, like or pertaining to or like a gland adipic of, like or pertaining to fatty substances aeropleustic of, like or pertaining to aerial navigation aeruginous of, like or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris aestival of, like or pertaining to summer agonistic of, like or pertaining to or being aggressive or argumentative agravic having no gravity; pertaining to the condition of zero-gravity agrestic of the fields; rural; unpolished alar of, like or pertaining to the

 wing or shoulder alaudine of, like or pertaining to skylarks alcine of, like or pertaining to elks; of, like or pertaining to auks aliphatic of, like or pertaining to fat or fats in general alliaceous of, like or pertaining to garlic; garlicky alopecoid of or resembling a fox alpestrine of, like or pertaining to alpine regions alveolate of or like a honeycomb alvine of, like or pertaining to vines amphiscian of, like or pertaining to torrid regions amygdaloid almond-shaped; of, like or pertaining to tonsils amyloid containing or pertaining to starch; starchy anacardic of, like or pertaining to cashews anaclastic refractive; of, like or pertaining to refraction anatine of, like or pertaining to ducks anconoid of, like or pertaining to the elbow ancoral of, shaped like or resembling an anchor anguine of, like or pertaining to snakes anopheline of, like or pertaining to malarial mosquitoes anserine of, like or pertaining to geese apatetic of an animal's coloration or markings apian of, like or pertaining to bees apiarian of, like or pertaining

 to bees or beekeeping apical of or at the apex aquiline of, like or pertaining to eagles; hooked like an eagle's beak araneidan of, like or pertaining to spiders archididascalian of, like or pertaining to headmasters architectonics of, like or pertaining to the arrangement of knowledge areopagitic of, like or pertaining to tribunals or courts arietine of, like or pertaining to rams arval of, like or pertaining to ploughed land asinine of, like or pertaining to asses; stupid aularian of, like or pertaining to a hall in a university aurantiaceous of, like or pertaining or pertaining to oranges or orange trees auricular of, like or pertaining to the ear; spoken secretly aval of, like or pertaining to a grandparent avian of, like or pertaining to birds avicular of, like or pertaining to birds avuncular like an uncle; of, like or pertaining to uncles baculine of, like or pertaining to the stick or cane; of, like or pertaining to flogging banausic materialistic; merely mechanical; pertaining to workshops basial of, like or pertaining to kissing bathyorographical of, like or pertaining to depth underwater or elevation

 above sea level bathysmal of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean batrachian of, like or pertaining to frogs or toads bdelloid of, like or pertaining to leeches benthic of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean bibitory of, like or pertaining or pertaining to drinking binaural of, pertaining to or heard by both ears bisontine of, like or pertaining to bison biverbal of, like or pertaining to two words; having a double sense blattoid of, like or pertaining to cockroaches blennoid of, like or pertaining to eyelids bolar of, like or pertaining to clay bombic of, like or pertaining to silkworms bombycine of, like or pertaining to silk or cotton bovine of, like or pertaining to cows branchial of, like or pertaining to gills brumal of, like or pertaining to winter bubaline of, like or pertaining to buffalo or antelopes buccal of, like or pertaining to the mouth or cheek bucolic of, like or pertaining to the tending of cattle; rustic; rural burgensic of, like or pertaining to a borough or its citizens bursal of,

 like or pertaining to a state's revenues buteonine of, like or pertaining to buzzards butyric of, like or pertaining to butter caballine of, like or pertaining to or suited to a horse cacuminal retroflex, pertaining to a point, crown, top or peak calycine of, like or pertaining to a cup or calyx cameline of, like or pertaining to camels campestral of, like or pertaining to the country; pertaining to level ground cancellarial of, like or pertaining to a chancellor cancrine of, like or pertaining to crabs; palindromic canicular of, like or pertaining to the dog star canine of, like or pertaining to dogs cantative of, like or pertaining to singing capitulary of, like or pertaining to a chapter of an organization capric having a goatlike smell; of, like or pertaining to goats caprifoliaceous of, like or pertaining to the honeysuckle plant caprine of, like or pertaining to goats carceral of, like or pertaining to prisons cardinalitial of, like or pertaining to church cardinals caricous of, like or pertaining to figs carious of, like or pertaining to dental cavities; decayed carneous fleshy; flesh

-coloured; like or pertaining to flesh carnificial of, like or pertaining to butchers or executioners carpal of, like or pertaining to the wrist castellar of, like or pertaining to a castle castral of or belonging to the camp catalactic of, like or pertaining to exchange catarrhine of, like or pertaining to Old World Monkeys catenarian of, like or pertaining to chains catoptric of, like or pertaining to reflection or reflected light caudal of, like or pertaining to the tail causidical of, like or pertaining to those who plead legal cases cenatory of, like or pertaining to supper centrobaric of, like or pertaining to the centre of gravity cercopithecan of, like or pertaining to long-tailed monkeys cervine of, pertaining to or resembling deer, elk or moose cervisial of, like or pertaining or pertaining to beer chelonian of, like or pertaining to tortoises or turtles chiral of, like or pertaining to the hand or handedness cholic of, like or pertaining to bile chorepiscopal of, like or pertaining to an early local bishop choreutic of, like or pertaining to a chorus chrematistic of, like or pertaining to the pursuit of

 wealth or to business chrestomathic of, like or pertaining to useful knowledge chthonian of, like or pertaining to the earth or the underworld cibarious of, like or pertaining to food; useful for food ciconine of, like or pertaining to storks cinerary of, like or pertaining to ashes clysmian of, like or pertaining to or caused by flood cnemial of, like, or pertaining to the tibia (shin-bone) cnidarian of, like, or pertaining to invertebrates such as jellyfish and anemones coeliac of, like or pertaining to the abdomen colubrine like a snake; cunning; of, like or pertaining to snakes columbaceous of, like or pertaining to doves or pigeons columbine of or like a dove; dove-coloured compital of, like or pertaining to crossroads conative of, like or pertaining to purposeful action or desire connubial of, like or pertaining to marriage coriaceous having a leathery appearance; consisting, of, like or pertaining to leather corvine crow-like; of, like or pertaining to crows or ravens cosmotellurian of, like or pertaining to both heaven and earth costal

 of, like or pertaining to the ribs cothurnal of, like or pertaining to tragedy coticular of, like or pertaining to whetstones creatic of, like or pertaining to flesh credal of, like or pertaining to a creed crenitic of, like or pertaining to mineral springs crepuscular of, like or pertaining to twilight cretaceous of or resembling chalk; of a whitish colour crinal of or related to the hair crotaline of, like or pertaining to rattlesnakes crural of or belonging to the leg cryptaesthetic of, like or pertaining to supranormal perception cryptous of, like or pertaining to crypts cuculine of, like or pertaining to cuckoos cucurbitaceous of, like or pertaining to gourds cupulate of, like or pertaining to a cup; cup-shaped cutaneous of or related to the skin cynegetic of or related to hunting cyprinoid of, like or pertaining to carp cypseline of, like or pertaining to swifts decanal of, like or pertaining to a dean or deacon decennoval of, like or pertaining to the number nineteen decretal of, like or pertaining to a decree delphine pertaining to the Da

uphin of France delphinine of, like or pertaining to dolphins demegoric of, like or pertaining to demagogues or demagogic speech demogenic of, like or pertaining to membership by citizenship rather than kinship demotic of, like or pertaining to the common people denary one of ten; tenfold; of, like or pertaining to group of ten deontic of or relating to duty or obligation deric of, like or pertaining to the skin diaconal of, like or pertaining to a deacon diacoustic of, like or pertaining to the refraction of sound diadermic of, like or pertaining to the puncturing of the skin dianoetic capable of, like or pertaining to thought didascalic didactic; pertaining to education or teaching didelphine of, like or pertaining to opossums didine of, like or pertaining to dodos diluvial of, like or pertaining to floods; especially mythical ones dinic of, like or pertaining to vertigo or dizziness discophoran of, like or pertaining to jellyfishes distaff of, like or pertaining to the female branch of a family or women's work dolabrate of, like or pertaining to axes or hatchets domal of,

 like or pertaining to a house or dome doxastic of, like or pertaining to opinion dromic of, like or pertaining to a racecourse drupaceous of, like or pertaining to drupes or stone-fruits duodenary of, like or pertaining to the number twelve eburnean of or like ivory; ivory-coloured edacious voracious; gluttonous; pertaining to eating edaphic of, like or pertaining to the soil edentate toothless; without teeth; pertaining to aardvarks and sloths elaphine of, like or belonging to a red deer; of, of, like or pertaining to red deer elapid of, like or pertaining to cobras eleemosynary of, like or pertaining to charity or giving alms; dependent on charity elenctic of, like or pertaining to argument; cross-examination or refuting elephantine of, like or pertaining to elephants empaestic of, like or pertaining to the art of embossing emporeutic of, like or pertaining to trade empyreal of, like or pertaining to heaven; sublime; skyward emunctory conveying waste; pertaining to nose-blowing enteral of, pertaining to or within the intestine entomical of,

 like or pertaining to insects eoan of, like or pertaining to dawn epedaphic of, like or pertaining to atmospheric conditions epicedial of, like or pertaining to dirges or elegies epichoric belonging or pertaining to a rural area epistolary of, like or pertaining to letters epithymetic of, like or pertaining to desire epulary of, like or pertaining to banquets equine of, like or pertaining to horses eristic of, like or pertaining to controversy or argument erotetic engaging in or pertaining to rhetorical questioning estival of, like or pertaining to summer ethmoid of or like a sieve eupeptic of, like or pertaining to good digestion; cheerful eusuchian of, like or pertaining to alligators and crocodiles excrementitial of, like or pertaining to excrement falconine of, like or pertaining to falcons or hawks familic pertaining to a family; domestic favonian of, like or pertaining to the west wind; mild and favourable feline of, like or pertaining to cats fenestral of, like or pertaining to windows ferial of, like or pertaining to holidays fictile capable of being moulded; of, like or pertaining to pottery fidicinal of, like or pertaining to stringed

 musical instruments figuline of, like or pertaining to earthenware fimetic of, like or pertaining to dung fodient of, like or pertaining to digging foraneous of, like or pertaining to forums forcipate of, like or pertaining to forceps formic of, like or pertaining to ants formicine of, like or pertaining to ants fringillaceous of, like or pertaining to finches fringilline of, like or pertaining to finches frumentarious of, like or pertaining to corn fulgural of, like or pertaining to lightning fuliginous sooty; dusky; soot-coloured; of or pertaining to soot fuliguline of, like or pertaining to sea ducks fullonical of, like or pertaining or belonging to a fuller fulmineous of, like or pertaining to thunder and lightning funebral of, like or pertaining to a funeral fungous of or like fungus; soft; spongy funicular of, like or pertaining to a string or cable furuncular of, like or pertaining to boils gadoid of, resembling or pertaining to the cod galactic of, like or pertaining to or obtained from milk gallinaceous of or resembling pheasants and other domestic birds geal of,

 like or pertaining or pertaining to the earth gelastic of, like or pertaining to or provoking laughter gemmeous of, like or pertaining to gems; like a gem genesic of, like or pertaining to procreation or the genitals geocyclic of, like or pertaining to the rotation and revolution of the Earth georgic of, like or pertaining to agricultural or rustic affairs; rural; agrarian geoselenic of, like or pertaining to both the Earth and the moon geostrophic of, like or pertaining to deflection due to effects of Earth's rotation gerontogenous of, like or pertaining to the Old World gestatorial of, like or pertaining to carrying gestic of, like or pertaining to gestures glirine rodent-like; of, like or pertaining to rodents glottogonic of, like or pertaining to the origins of language glyptic of, like or pertaining to carving or gem-engraving gnathal of, like or pertaining to the jaws gnomic signifying general truth; pertaining to aphorisms or proverbs goetic of, like or pertaining to black magic grallatory of, like or pertaining to wading birds gramineous of, like or pertaining to grass; grassy gravimetrical of, like or pertaining

 to measuring by weight gregal of, like or pertaining to a flock gremial intimate; pertaining to the lap or bosom gromatic of, like or pertaining to surveys or surveying gruine of, like or pertaining to cranes or similar birds habilatory of, like or pertaining to clothes or dressing haemal of, like or pertaining to blood halcyonine of, like or pertaining to kingfishers halibiotic of, like or pertaining to the entirety of life under the sea halieutic of, like or pertaining to fishing halolimnic of, like or pertaining to sea creatures who spend time in fresh water haptic of, like or pertaining to the sense of touch hebamic of, like or pertaining to the socratic method hebetic of, like or pertaining to puberty hederaceous of, like or pertaining to ivy hepatic of, like or pertaining to or acting upon the liver hephaestic of, like or pertaining to iron-working and blacksmiths hermeneutic of, like or pertaining to the interpretation of passages hermetic of, like or pertaining to sorcery or alchemy herpetoid of, like or pertaining to snakes hesternal of, like or pertaining to yesterday hibernal of

, like or pertaining to winter hiemal of, like or pertaining to winter hippiatric of, like or pertaining to the treatment of horses' diseases hippic of, like or pertaining to horses hippoid equine; of, like or pertaining to horses hircine goat-like; having a goatish smell; of, like or pertaining to smelly goats hirudine of, like or pertaining to leeches hirudinean of, like or pertaining to leeches hirundine of, like or pertaining to swallows histrionic of, like or pertaining to the stage or actors hodiernal of, like or pertaining to the present day homarine of, like or pertaining to lobsters homiletical of, like or pertaining to homilies horal of, like or pertaining to hours; hourly horary of, like or pertaining to an hour; continuing for an hour; hourly hordeaceous of, like or pertaining to barley hortensial of, like or pertaining to gardens hortulan of, like or pertaining to gardens humoral of, like or pertaining to body fluid hyaloid of, like or pertaining to glass hydric of, like or pertaining to an abundance of moisture hyetal rainy; of

, like or pertaining to rainfall hygeian of, like or pertaining to health; healthy hygric of, like or pertaining to water or moisture hylobatine of, like or pertaining to gibbons hymeneal of, like or pertaining to marriage hypnagogic sleep-inducing; pertaining to drowsiness or sleep hypnoetic of, like or pertaining to unconscious logical thought hypnopompic of, like or pertaining to period between sleep and wakefulness hypothecary of, like or pertaining to mortgages hystricine of, like or pertaining to porcupines ibidine of, like or pertaining to a tracker or tracking ichthyic of, resembling or pertaining to fish icterical of, like or pertaining to or suffering from jaundice icterine of, like or pertaining to orioles and related birds ictic of, pertaining to, or caused by, a blow or stroke; pertaining to metrical stress iliac of, like or pertaining to the loins ilicic of, like or pertaining to holly inescatory of, like or pertaining to baiting; adapted to bait inguinal of, like or pertaining to the groin institorial of, like or pertaining to an agent or factor intercrural within

 or pertaining to the area between the legs interstitial of, like or pertaining to the space between things ipecacuanhic of or relating to ipecac iridaceous of, like, or pertaining to iris plants iridal of or pertaining to the rainbow iridic of, like or pertaining to the iris of the eye ischiatic of or pertaining to the ischium or hip islandic of or pertaining to an island ixiodic of, like or pertaining to ticks jecoral of, like or pertaining to the liver jentacular of, like or pertaining to breakfast juglandaceous of, like or pertaining to walnuts juncaceous of, like or pertaining to rushes jural of, like or pertaining to the law juratory of, like or pertaining to an oath kerygmatic of, like or pertaining to preaching the Gospel lacertilian of, like or pertaining to lizards lacuscular of, like or pertaining to pools lacustrine of, like or pertaining to lakes laic of, like or pertaining to lay people rather than clergy lamiaceous minty; of, like or pertaining to the mint plant laminary of, like or pertaining to thin plates or layer lampyridine of, like or pertaining or pertaining to glow

-worms or fireflies laniary of teeth or claws designed for tearing (canine teeth) lapidarian of, like or pertaining to stones; inscribed on stones lardaceous of, like or pertaining to lard larine of, like or pertaining to gulls laroid of, like or pertaining to gulls lavic of, like or pertaining to lava legatine of, like or pertaining to a legate lemurine of, like or pertaining to lemurs leonine of, like or pertaining to lions leonine of or like a lion; rhyming last two or three syllables in a line leporine of, like or pertaining to the hare lienal of, like or pertaining to the spleen limacine of, like or pertaining to slugs limicoline living on a shore; of, like or pertaining to wading birds limnetic living in fresh water; pertaining to fresh water linaceous of, like or pertaining to flax lingual of, like or pertaining to language, speech or the tongue littoral of, like or pertaining to the shore of a body of water lobar of, like or pertaining to a lobe loimic of, like or pertaining to plagues loranthaceous

 of, like or pertaining to the mistletoe lucernal of, like or pertaining to lamps lumbricine of, like or pertaining to earthworms lunisolar pertaining jointly to the moon and sun lupanarian of, like or pertaining to a brothel lupine of, like or pertaining to wolves lupulic of, like or pertaining to hops lutaceous of, like or pertaining to or comprised of mud lutrine of, like or pertaining to otters macropodine of, like or pertaining to kangaroos magistral of, like or pertaining to a master or teacher malar of, like or pertaining to the cheek malvaceous of, like or pertaining to the mallow family of plants manal of, like or pertaining to the hand mandative of, like or pertaining to commands or leadership mantic of, like or pertaining to divination; prophetic; divinely inspired marmoreal of or resembling an aunt matinal of, like or pertaining to the morning matrical of, like or pertaining to a womb or a matrix matricular of, like or pertaining to a register matriherital of, like or pertaining to inheritance along the female line matripotestal of, like or pertaining to the power of mothers mat

utinal of, like or pertaining to the morning; happening early in the day maxillary of, like or pertaining to a jaw medianic of, like or pertaining to spiritualists, mediums or prophets megachiropteran of, like or pertaining to fruit bats meleagrine of, like or pertaining to turkeys mellaginous of, like or pertaining to or resembling honey membral of, like or pertaining to the limbs rather than the trunk mensal of, like or pertaining to the dinner-table; monthly mental of, like or pertaining to the chin meretricious of, like or pertaining to prostitution; superficially attractive but lacking value metameric of, like or pertaining to serial division or segmentation of body metopic of, like or pertaining to the forehead milvine of, like or pertaining to kites and similar birds mimetic imitative; of, like or pertaining to mimicry miothermic of, like or pertaining to temperature conditions of the present day mnesic of, like or pertaining to memory molendinar of, like or pertaining to a mill or miller molinary of, like or pertaining to mills or grinding morassic of, like or pertaining to a morass morganatic of, like or pertaining to a marriage between those of unequal

 rank morphean of, like or pertaining to dreams morphotic of, like or pertaining to formation or development morsal of, like or pertaining to the cutting edge of a knife mucopurulent of, like or pertaining to metalworking murine of, like or pertaining to mice and rats musal of, like or pertaining to poetry or the Muses muscicapine of, like or pertaining to flycatchers and related birds muscid of, like or pertaining to house-flies muscoid of, like or pertaining to mosses; moss-like musteline of, like or pertaining to weasels, martens and badgers mycteric of, like or pertaining to the nostrils myelic of, like or pertaining to the spinal cord myoxine of, like or pertaining to dormice myrmecophagid of, like or pertaining to anteaters myrmicine of, like or pertaining to ants mystagogical of, like or pertaining to religious ritual initiation nacreous of or like a thread nemoral of a wood or grove neoblastic of, like or pertaining to new growth neophrastic of, like or pertaining to neologisms nephric of, like or pertaining to the kidneys nepionic of, like

 or pertaining to the embryonic period of development nepotal of, like or pertaining to one's nephew neurergic of, like or pertaining to the function or action of the nerves niccolic made of, like or pertaining to nickel nicotian of, like or pertaining to tobacco nidatory of, like or pertaining to nests nimonic of alloys used in high-temperature work nobiliary of, like or pertaining to nobility nosocomial of, like or pertaining to a hospital novenary of, like or pertaining to the number nine novercal of, like or pertaining to a stepmother noxal of, like or pertaining to wrongful injury by object or animal of another nucal of, like or pertaining to nuts nuchal of, like or pertaining to the nape of the neck numinous of, like or pertaining to a deity; suffused with religious awe nummary of, like or pertaining to coins or money nundinal of, like or pertaining to a fair or market nutricial of, like or pertaining to nurses nychthemeral of, like or pertaining to a nychthemeron or 24-hour period nymphean of, like or pertaining to a nymph obitual of, like or pertaining to obituaries

 obsidional of, like or pertaining to a siege occipital of, like or pertaining to the back of the head octonary of, like or pertaining to or consisting of eight things; grouped in eights oecodomic of, like or pertaining to architecture oenopoetic of, like or pertaining to wine-making olamic of or belonging to a vast period or eon oleic of, like or pertaining to or derived from oil oleraceous of the nature of a pot-herb; for kitchen use; edible oligodynamic of, like or pertaining to the effect of small quantities olitory of, like or pertaining to kitchen vegetables oneiric of, like or pertaining to dreams onomastic of, like or pertaining to a name or signature ontal of, like or pertaining to reality or existence onymatic of, like or pertaining to names ophic of, like or pertaining to serpents ophidian of or like a snake opisthosomal of, like or pertaining to posteriors optimate of the nobility or aristocracy ordalian of, like or pertaining to an ordeal orectic of, like or pertaining to appetite or desires ornithic of, like or pertaining to birds orobathymetric of,

 like or pertaining to map showing submerged heights and sea depths oscheal of, like or pertaining to the scrotum oscinine of, like or pertaining to song-birds oscular of, like or pertaining to the mouth or to kissing osteal of, like or pertaining to, or comprised of bone ostracean of, like or pertaining to oysters ostraceous of, like or pertaining to oysters otarine of, like or pertaining to seals otic of, like or pertaining to the ear ovibovine of, like or pertaining to musk-oxen ovine of, like or pertaining to sheep pabulous of, like or pertaining to nourishment paginal of, like or pertaining to pages or pagination palladian of, like or pertaining to wisdom or learning palmar of, like or pertaining to the palm palpebral of, like or pertaining to the eyelid paludal of, like or pertaining to marshes; marshy; malarial panary of, like or pertaining to bread; bread store papaverous of, like or pertaining to poppies papilionaceous of, like or pertaining to butterflies papuliferous pimply; bearing or pertaining to pimples parastatic of, like or pertaining to protective

 mimicry of animals pardine of, like or pertaining to leopards parietal of a wall or walls, especially anatomical walls parine of, like or pertaining to titmouses parthenian of, like or pertaining to virgins pascual growing on land used for grazing; of, like or pertaining to pastures passerine of, like or pertaining to sparrows patibulary of, like or pertaining to the gallows patrial of, like or pertaining to oneï¿½s native land pavonian of, like or pertaining to peacocks pavonine of, like or pertaining to peacocks pectinal of, like or pertaining to money; consisting of money pedalian of, like or pertaining to the foot or to metrical feet pedary of, like or pertaining to walking or feet pedicular of, like or pertaining to lice pedological of, like or pertaining to soils pelargic of, like or pertaining to storks pendular of, like or pertaining to a pendulum penial of, like or pertaining to the penis perdicine of, like or pertaining to partridges peristeronic of, like or pertaining to pigeons petrean of, like or pertaining to or made of rock ph

acochoerine of, like or pertaining to warthogs phallic of, pertaining to or resembling a penis phemic of, like or pertaining to speech phenetic of, like or pertaining to classification by phenotype philomelian of, like or pertaining to nightingales philoprogenitive of, like or pertaining to instinctive love for offspring phocine of, like or pertaining to seals phreatic of, like or pertaining to underground water supplying or wells phrenic of or near the midriff phthongal of, pertaining to, or consisting of a sound; vocalized phugoid of, like or pertaining to the longitudinal stability of aircraft picaresque of, like or pertaining or pertaining to rogues or roguish behaviour picine of, like or pertaining to woodpeckers piscatorial of, like or pertaining to fishing or fishers piscine of, like or pertaining to fish planetesimal of, like or pertaining to asteroids or similar tiny celestial bodies plantar of, like or pertaining to the sole of the foot plaustral of, like or pertaining to a wagon plebeian of the common people or vulgar classes plenilunar of, like or pertaining to the full moon pliothermic of, like

 or pertaining to periods of above-average temperatures plumeopicean of, like or pertaining or pertaining to grass podalic of, like or pertaining to feet poliorcectic of, like or pertaining to siegecraft or besiegement pomaceous of, like or pertaining to or consisting of apples popliteal of, like or pertaining to the back of the knee poral of, like or pertaining to pores porcine of, like or pertaining to pigs; swinish potamic of, like or pertaining to rivers praedial of, like or pertaining to or connected with the land or farming prandial of, like or pertaining to dinner prebendal of, like or pertaining to stipends issued by a church prenarial of, like or pertaining to or in front of the nostrils preputial of, like or pertaining to the foreskin presidial of, like or pertaining to a garrison Priapean of, like or pertaining to male reproductive power; phallic pridian of, like or pertaining to yesterday primitial of, like or pertaining to first fruits; primeval primogenous of, like or pertaining to the earliest or first developmental stage procephalic of, like or pertaining to the front of the head proctal of, like

 or pertaining to the anus or rectum procyonine of, like or pertaining to raccoons proethnic of, like or pertaining to primitive races prosodic of, like or pertaining to versification prosopic of, like or pertaining to the face psephitic of, like or pertaining to pebbles psittacine of, like or pertaining to macaws, parakeets or parrots psittacine of, like or pertaining to the wing or the shoulder pteropine of, like or pertaining to flying foxes puerperal of, like or pertaining to childbirth pulicine of, like or pertaining to fleas pullastrine of, like or pertaining to pigeons pulmonic of, like or pertaining to the lungs pygal belonging to the rump end; pertaining to the rump pyretic of, pertaining to or for the cure of fevers pyrrhic of, like or pertaining to the dance or to the foot pyrrhuline of, like or pertaining to bullfinches quadragesimal of, like or pertaining to Lent; lasting forty days quercine of, like or pertaining to oak trees rabic of, like or pertaining to rabies rachidian of or concerning the spine rameal

 of, like or pertaining to branches rangiferine of, like or pertaining to or like reindeer ranine of, like or pertaining to or like frogs ranunculaceous of, like or pertaining to buttercups raptorial predacious; of, like or pertaining to a bird of prey ratite of, like or pertaining to flightless birds reginal of, like or pertaining to a queen regnal of, like or pertaining to a tailor or tailored clothes scabious of, like or pertaining to scabies or scabs scacchic of, like or pertaining to chess scarabaean of, like or pertaining to scarabs schiztic of, like or pertaining to or marked by splitting schoenabatic of, like or pertaining to rope walking sciatheric of, like or pertaining to measurement of time by shadows sciatic of, like or pertaining to the hip scincoid of or resembling a skink scioptic of, like or pertaining to formation of images in darkrooms sciurine of, like or pertaining to squirrels sciuroid of, like or pertaining to squirrels or chipmunks scolopacine of, like or pertaining to snipes scorbutic of or suffering from scurvy scriptory by,

 in or pertaining to writing scutal of, like or pertaining to shields scytodepsic of, like or pertaining to tanning leather sebaceous of, like or pertaining to sharks or rays selenic of, like or pertaining to the moon semic of, like or pertaining to a sign or signs septentrional northern; of, like or pertaining to the north septimal of, like or pertaining to or based on the number seven seral of, like or pertaining to the development of ecological communities serous of, like or pertaining to serum; watery serpentine of, like or pertaining to serpents or snakes shrieval of, like or pertaining to a sheriff sialic of, like or pertaining to saliva sidereal of, like or pertaining to the stars sigillary of, like or pertaining to a seal simian of, like or pertaining to apes sinal of, like or pertaining to the sinuses siphonic of, like or pertaining to a siphon skelic of, like or pertaining to the skeleton soliterraneous of, like or pertaining to the joint effect of the sun and earth somnial of, like or pertaining to dreams sophianic of, like or pertaining to wisdom soricine of,

 like or pertaining to shrews soricine shrewlike; of, like or pertaining to shrews sororal of, like or pertaining to sisters soterial of, like or pertaining to salvation spatiotemporal of, like or pertaining to time and space speluncar of, like or pertaining to caves spermatic of, like or pertaining to sperm sphecoid of, like or pertaining to sphinxes sphragistic of, like or pertaining to seals and signets sphygmic of, like or pertaining to the pulse or heartbeat spintrian of, like or pertaining to orgies or male sexual deviance splenic of, like or pertaining to the spleen squaloid of, like or pertaining to sharks stadial of, like or pertaining to a stage statuary of, pertaining to or suitable for sculpture stercoraceous of, like or pertaining to feces steric of, like or pertaining to the organization of atoms in a molecule sterquilinian of, like or pertaining to a dunghill stibial of, like or pertaining to antimony stochastic of, like or pertaining to a sequence of random events stradometrical of, like or pertaining to the measurement of streets and roads stratonic of an army or

 armies strigine owl-like; of, like or pertaining to owls struthious of, like or pertaining to ostriches stylogalmaic of, like or pertaining to figures serving as columns or pillars suberic of or pertaining to cork suberous of, like or having the appearance of cork; pertaining to cork suburbicarian of, like or pertaining to suburbs succinic of, pertaining to or derived from amber suidian of, like or pertaining to pigs suilline of, like or pertaining to hogs suilline like a pig; of, like or pertaining to pigs sulcal of a sulcus; grooved; furrowed sulphorous of, like or pertaining to hellfire; infernal; blasphemous sumptuary of, like or pertaining to expense or extravagance superciliary of, on or near the eyebrow sural of, like or pertaining to the calf of the leg surficial of, like or pertaining to the surface of the earth surnominal of, like or pertaining to surnames sutorian of, like or pertaining to cobbling or sewing sybotic of, like or pertaining to a swineherd sylvestral of, like or pertaining to trees synodical of,

 like or pertaining to conjunction syringadenous of, like or pertaining to sweat glands syrtic of, like or pertaining to quicksand tabernacular of, like or pertaining to a tabernacle tactual of, like or pertaining to or derived from the sense of touch talaric of, like or pertaining to or reaching the ankles taurean of, like or pertaining to a bull taurine of, like or pertaining to bulls taxaceous of, like or pertaining to yew trees technolithic of, like or pertaining to stone tools tectonic of, like or pertaining to building; structural tegmental of, like or pertaining to coverings or outer shells tegular of, like or overlapping like tiles or slates telestic of, like or pertaining to the mysteries tellural of, like or pertaining to the earth telodynamic of, like or pertaining to transmission of power to a distance tergal of, like or pertaining to the back terpsichorean of, like or pertaining to dancing terraneous of, like or pertaining to the earth terrene of the earth; earthly; worldly; mundane tesserarian of, like or pertaining to dice games testaceous of or having a hard shell; brick-red testudinal of, like or pertaining to

 tortoises or tortoise-shell textorial of, like or pertaining to weaving textrine of, like or pertaining to weaving thelematic of, like or pertaining to will or volition; voluntary theriacal of, like or pertaining to antidotes thermic of, like or pertaining to heat thermonous of, like or pertaining to stimulation by heat theroid of, like or pertaining to a beast or wild animal thesaurarial of or pertaining to the office of a treasurer thesial of, like or pertaining to a thesis thionic of, like or pertaining to or containing sulphur threptic of, like or pertaining to the rearing of young thronal of, like or pertaining to a throne tigrine of, like or pertaining to tigers tinctorial of, like or pertaining to dyeing; giving colour tolypeutine of, like or pertaining to armadillos tonetic of, like or pertaining to tonal pronunciation or languages tonsorial of, like or pertaining to a barber or a barberï¿½s work toponomastic of, like or pertaining to place names torrentine of, like or pertaining to a torrent; having the character of a torrent toxophilite lover of archery; an arch

er; of, like or pertaining to archery tribunitial of, like or pertaining to a tribune tributorian of, like or pertaining to tribute or payment tringoid of, like or pertaining to sandpipers trochilic of, like or pertaining to rotatory motion trochilidine of, like or pertaining to hummingbirds trochiline of, like or pertaining to hummingbirds troglodytine of, like or pertaining to wrens truttaceous of, like or pertaining to trout turdine of, like or pertaining to thrushes turdine of, like or pertaining to thrushes turrical of, like or pertaining to a tower or turret; like a turret tussicular of, like or pertaining to coughs typographia matter pertaining to printing or printers tyroid of, like or pertaining to urine ursine of, like or pertaining to bears urticaceous of, like or pertaining to nettles uxorial of, like or pertaining to a wife vaccine of, like or pertaining to cows; preparation conferring immunity to disease vadose of, like or pertaining to underground water above the water table valetudinarian of, like or pertaining to ill-health; anxious about health vapulatory of, like or pertaining

 to flogging varietal of, like or pertaining to a variety vascular of, like or pertaining to fluid-carrying vessels vectigal of, like or pertaining to the paying of tribute or rent velamentous of, like or pertaining to or like a membrane or sail venatic of, like or pertaining to hunting venous of, like or pertaining to veins ventral of, like or pertaining to the underside or the belly vermicular of, like or pertaining to worms vernal of, like or pertaining to spring versicular of, like or pertaining to vertigo; dizzy; giddy vesical of, like or pertaining to the bladder vespal of, like or pertaining to wasps vespertinal of, like or pertaining to the evening vespine of, like or pertaining to hornets or wasps vestiary robing-room; cloakroom; of, like or pertaining to clothes vexillary standard-bearer; pertaining to regimental colours or flags viatical of, like or pertaining to roads or travel vibronic of or caused by electronic vibration vicarial of, like or pertaining to a vicar or delegate villar of, like or pertaining to a manor or village villatic rural; of, like or pertaining to a villa vinal

 of or due to wine vindemial of, like or pertaining to the vintage vineatic of, like or pertaining to vines vinous like wine; pertaining to wine; wine-coloured viperine of, like or pertaining to vipers viperous of, like, or pertaining to vipers; treacherous; venomous visceral of the organs of the body visile of, like or pertaining to sight; learning easily by sight visive of, like or pertaining to sight; visual; able to see or be seen vitular of, like or pertaining to a calf or to calving vituline of, like or pertaining to calves or veal viverrine of, like or pertaining to civets and mongoose viverrine of, like or pertaining to the civet vocabularian of, like or pertaining to vocabulary vocicultural of, like or pertaining to voice training volar of, like or pertaining to the palm or the sole; of, like or pertaining to flight volitive of, like or pertaining to the will volucrine of, like or pertaining to birds; bird-like voluminal of, like or pertaining to volume or cubic capacity voraginous of, like or pertaining to a whirlpool; voracious vortical of, like or pertaining to

 a vortex; whirling vulpecular of, like or pertaining to a young fox vulpine of, like or pertaining to foxes; cunning vulturine rapacious; of, like or pertaining to a vulture vulvar of, like or pertaining to or resembling the vulva xilinous of, like or pertaining to cotton xylary of, like or pertaining to xylem yogic of or pertaining to yoga zebrine of, like or pertaining to zebras zibeline of, like or pertaining to the sable zincic of, pertaining to or containing zinc zirconic of or pertaining to zirconium zoic of, like or pertaining to animals; containing evidence of life zonal of or like a zone; arranged in zones zonarious of or pertaining to a girdle or purse zonary of or like a zone; arranged in zones zoochorous of seeds or spores spread by animals zoonic of, like or pertaining to or derived from animals zygal formed like the letter H; of, like or pertaining to a yoke or union zymic DaveKoelle.com | Animal Adjectives Animal Adjectives Animal Adjectives Perhaps you've come across terms like aquiline nose, hircine visage

, or pierine grace in something you've read, or maybe you've seen aedine disease or ovine embryology in scientific or medical writing.

Here's a list of as many animal-related -ine (or -ian) words that I can find! What are these -ine words? Words like feline, leonine, and porcine are adjectives used to describe animal-like characteristics. They've made plenty of appearances in literature—not to mention quite a few appearances in word puzzles! It is known that in the Prince de Conde, the aquiline nose rose out sharply and incisively from a brow slightly retreating, rather low than high, and according to the railers of the court, - a pitiless race even for genius, - constituted rather an eagle's beak than a human nose, in the heir of the illustrious princes of the house of Conde. - Alexandre Dumas, Ten Years Later, Chapter 42 The whole scene was a unutterable mixture of comedy and pathos. The wicked wolf that for a half a day had paralyzed London and set all the children in town shivering in their shoes, was there in a sort of penitent mood, and was received and petted like a sort of vulpine prodigal son.

- Bram Stoker, Dracula, Chapter 11 This innocent vast lubber did not see any particular difference between the two facts. I liked him, for he was earnest in his work, and very valuable. And he was so fine to look at, with his broad mailed shoulders, and the grand leonine set of his plumed head, and his big shield with its quaint device of a gauntleted hand clutching a prophylactic tooth-brush, with motto: "Try Noyoudont." This was a tooth-wash that I was introducing. - Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Chapter 20 You can search for any of the words below at Literature.org to find occurrences in literature, or at Wordie.org to see how other logophiles have used these words. I have found these words most commonly used to describe physical features, particularly of the face (e.g., vulpine face). The second-most common usage is as metaphor (e.g., leonine strength). It seems that many of the words below might only be used in a scientific or medical context (e.g., acarine disease, bovine myology, anatidaephobia [ 1 ]).

Most of these words are based on the scientific names of the animals (e.g., cows belong to the Bovinae subfamily), although some are based on Greek words for an animal (e.g., arietine for ram, after Aries ). In general, these words are pronounced with an "INE" ending, not a "EEN" ending - they rhyme with tine, not teen. If you remember how to pronounce the more common words here, like feline and canine, you won't have any trouble with alcelaphine and cervine. The list of animal adjectives I have collected the words in this list from a variety of sources, including my own reading, word puzzles, and other websites. I question how many of the words have really made an appearance in literature, or have been created by somone adding an -ine ending to a scientific name. I mean, really - tolypeutine ? I will gladly accept additions to, or comments on, this list. Please contact me at dmkoelle@gmail.com . The list below is sortable. To sort a column, click its header. Columns can be sorted in ascending and descending order.

Word 12 Animal Adjectives to Bolster Your Vocabulary | Mental Floss 12 Animal Adjectives to Bolster Your Vocabulary ThinkStock Like us on Facebook In eighth grade when I read that Julius Caesar had an aquiline nose, I mistakenly thought it had something to do with water. But aquiline is from Latin aquila, meaning eagle, not aqua, water. He had a curved, beaklike nose, not a runny one. You know some other animal adjectives ending in -ine: feline (catlike), canine (doggy) and bovine (cow like). How many more are there? A herd, a flock, a whole bunch. Here’s a dozen. 1. ANGUINE Thinkstock Joseph Sheridan Le Faun managed to use the erudite term in The Tenants of Malory. "Her beautiful eyebrows wore that anguine curve, which is the only approach to a scowl which painters accord to angels." The word means snakelike, from Latin anguis, snake. 2.

BUTEONINE Thinkstock Here’s a perfect description of a hostile-take-over artist: buteonine, resembling a buzzard (from Latin būteōn-em, hawk or buzzard). 3. DELPHINE Getty Images Delphine is an obsolete adjective referring to the dolphin (from Old French dauphin, from Provençal dalfin, from Latin delphinus, from Greek delphin). 4. DIDELPHINE Thinkstock Didelphine does not refer to a double dolphin, but a double uterus. It’s a variant of didelphian (from modern Latin Didelphia, from Greek di-, twice + delphos, womb) and refers to a subclass of marsupials including opossums. 5. HIPPOCAMPINE Thinkstock If your hippocampi are functioning properly, you may remember that hippocampus refers to the elongated ridges on the floor of each lateral ventricle of the brain that play a central role in memory. The hippocampi are named for their resemblance to seahorses (from late Latin, from Greek hippokampos, from hippos ‘horse’ + kampos ‘sea monster’).

Hippocampus, or seahorse, originally referred to mythological creatures having two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish, represented as drawing the carriage of Neptune. Now both terms refer to a genus of small fishes you sometimes see in aquariums. Oh, and “hippocampine” is a rarely used adjective relating to seahorses. 6. LIMACINE Thinkstock If you want to call someone sluggish (or worse, slimy) in a more elegant fashion, you could call them limacine, meaning "of, relating to, or resembling a slug; akin to līmus, slime." 7. MACROPODINE Thinkstock If you have a smattering of Latin or Greek, you can guess, correctly, that the stem “macropod-“ means "big foot," but macropodine refers not to Sasquatch, but to kangaroos or wallabies. 8. MEPHITINE Thinkstock If you’d like to say, ever so discreetly, that something stinks, you could say it’s mephitine, or skunk-like.

The word seems to have been coined from mephitis (from classical Latin mefītis, mephītis an exhalation of sulfurated water or gas, also personified, as the name of the goddess of exhalations), but it doesn’t appear in standard dictionaries or even in Google Books. 9. MURINE Thinkstock This adjective has nothing to do with eye drops. It means relating to a mouse or mice (from Latin murinus, from mus, mur- "mouse.") 10. MUSTELINE Thinkstock If people are sneaky, you might describe them as musteline, or weasely. The word originates from classical Latin mustēlīnus, of or belonging to a weasel, and from mustēla (also mustella) weasel, of uncertain origin (perhaps related to mūs, mouse). 11. PHOCINE Getty Images A graceful swimmer might be called phocine, which means resembling a seal, from the genus name phoca, from classical Latin phōca, or seal. 12.

PICINE Thinkstock Picine, meaning like a woodpecker (from the genus name assigned by Linnaeus, from classical Latin pīcus, woodpecker) is not to be confused with piscine, of or relating to fishes. Aquiline | Definition of Aquiline by Merriam-Webster See aquiline defined for kids Did You Know? Aquiline, from the Latin word meaning "eagle", is most often used to describe a nose that has a broad curve and is slightly hooked, like a beak. The aquiline figure on the U.S. seal brandishes the arrows of war and the olive branch of peace. The word for eagle itself, Aquila, has been given to a constellation in the northern hemisphere. Origin and Etymology of aquiline Latin aquilinus, from aquila eagle First Known Use: 1646

Question: Which adjective means eagle like?
Answer: Aquiline