Adjectives of Relation

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There are many terms which refer to a state of relating to or pertaining to a certain thing or category of things. These range from the simple (canine - of a dog or dogs) to the truly bizarre (ranunculaceous - of buttercups). Using the admittedly invented phrase "adjectives of relation", there are compiled over three hundred and fifty such terms below. This list is by no means complete, there are many others that can be included. Make good use of this rhematic list.

• aeruginous - copper-rust or verdigris
• alvine - the belly
• anserine - the goose or the goose family
• apatetic - an animal's coloration or markings
• apian - bees
• apical - the apex
• architectonics - the arrangement of knowledge
• argillaceous - clay
• arval - ploughed land
• aularian - a hall in a university
• aval - a grandparent
• baculine - the stick or cane, flogging
• benthic - the depths of the ocean
• branchial - gills
• buccal - the mouth or cheek
• bucolic - the tending of cattle
• caballine - a horse
• campestral - the country
• cancellarial - a chancellor
• canine - dogs
• carceral - prisons
• carnose - flesh
• castral - the camp
• catallactic - exchange
• catoptric - reflection or reflected light
• caudal - the tail
• centrobaric - the centre of gravity
• cervine - deer
• cholic - bile
• chthonian - the earth or the underworld
• cinerary - ashes
• coeliac - the abdomen
• columbine - a dove
• compital - crossroads
• connubial - marriage
• coticular - whetstones
• creatic - flesh
• credal - a creed
• crepuscular - twilight
• cretaceous - chalk
• crinal - the hair
• crural - the leg
• cryptaesthetic - supranormal perception
• cupulate - a cup
• cutaneous - the skin
• cynegetic - hunting
• decanal - a dean or deanery
• decennoval - the number nineteen
• decretal - a decree
• diaconal - a deacon
• diacoustic - the refraction of sound
• dinic - vertigo or dizziness
• domal - a house or dome
• dromic - a racecourse
• drupaceous - drupes or stone-fruits
• duodenary - the number twelve
• eburnean - ivory
• edaphic - the soil
• eleemosynary - charity or giving alms
• elenctic - argument
• empaestic - embossing
• empyreal - heaven
• emunctory - nose-blowing
• enteral - the intestine
• eoan - dawn
• epedaphic - atmospheric conditions
• epithymetic - desire
• eremic - deserts
• eristic - controversy or argument
• ethmoid - a sieve
• eupeptic - good digestion
• excrementitial - excrement
• favonian - the west wind
• feline - cats
• ferial - holidays
• ferruginous - the colour of rust
• fictile - pottery
• figuline - earthenware
• foliaceous - leaves
• forficulate - scissors
• formic - ants
• fringillaceous - finches
• frumentarious - corn
• fulgural - lightning
• fulmineous - thunder and lightning
• funebral - a funeral
• fungous - fungus
• funicular - a string or cable
• furuncular - boils
• galactic - milk
• gelastic - laughter
• gemmeous - gems
• georgic - agricultural or rustic affairs
• gestatorial - carrying
• glyptic - carving or gem-engraving
• gnathal - the jaws
• goetic - black magic
• gramineous - grass
• gremial - the lap or bosom
• habilatory - clothes or dressing
• halieutic - fishing
• hamular - a small hook
• helicoid - a coil
• hepatic - the liver
• hermeneutic - the interpretation of passages
• herpetoid - snakes
• hesternal - yesterday
• hiemal - winter
• hippiatric - the treatment of horses' diseases
• hippic - horses
• hirundine - swallows
• histrionic - the stage or actors
• hodiernal - the present day
• homaloidal - a plane
• horal - hours
• horary - an hour
• humoral - body fluid
• hyaline - glass
• hydric - an abundance of moisture
• hyetal - rainfall
• hymeneal - marriage
• hypnagogic - sleep
• hypnopompic - period between sleep and wakefulness
• hypothecary - mortgages
• ichthyic - fish
• icterical - jaundice
• inguinal - the groin
• institorial - an agent or factor
• intercrural - the area between the legs
• interstitial - the space between things
• iridic - the iris of the eye
• juratory - an oath
• lacustrine - lakes
• laminary - thin plates or layer
• laniary - teeth or claws designed for tearing
• lapidarian - stones
• lardaceous - lard
• legatine - a legate
• leporine - the hare
• limacine - slugs
• littoral - the shore of a body of water
• lobar - a lobe
• lunisolar - the moon and sun together
• magistral - a master or teacher
• malar - the cheek
• mantic - divination
• marmoreal - marble
• matinal - the morning
• matricular - a register
• matutinal - the morning
• maxillary - a jaw
• membral - the limbs rather than the trunk
• mensal - the table
• mental - the chin
• meretricious - prostitution
• mimetic - mimicry
• molendinar - a mill or miller
• morganatic - a marriage between those of unequal rank
• morphean - dreams
• mucopurulent - mucus and pus
• mulciberian - metalworking
• murine - mice
• muscid - house-flies
• muscoid - mosses
• mystagogical - religious ritual initiation
• nacreous - mother-of-pearl
• narial - the nostrils
• natalitial - a birthday
• neanic - the adolescent period
• nectareal - nectar
• nemoral - a wood or grove
• nepionic - the embryonic period of development
• nicotian - tobacco
• nimonic - alloys used in high-temperature work
• nobiliary - nobility
• nosocomial - a hospital
• novenary - the number nine
• novercal - a stepmother
• noxal - wrongful injury by object or animal of another
• numinous - a deity
• nummary - coins or money
• nundinal - a fair or market
• nychthemeral - a nychthemeron or 24-hour period
• nymphean - a nymph
• obitual - obituaries
• obsidional - a siege
• occipital - the back of the head
• olitory - kitchen vegetables
• oneiric - dreams
• onomastic - a name or signature
• ordalian - an ordeal
• orectic - appetite
• ornithic - birds
• oscheal - the scrotum
• oscinine - song-birds
• osteal - bone
• ostraceous - oysters
• otic - the ear
• ovibovine - musk-oxen
• ovine - sheep
• pabulous - nourishment
• paginal - pages or pagination
• palladian - wisdom or learning
• palmar - the palm
• palpebral - the eyelid
• paludal - marshes
• panary - bread
• papaverous - poppies
• papilionaceous - butterflies
• pardine - leopards
• parietal - a wall or walls
• patibulary - the gallows
• patrial - one's native land
• pavonian - peacocks
• pectinal - a comb
• pectineal - the pubic bone
• pedological - soils
• pendular - a pendulum
• peristeronic - pigeons
• phenetic - classification by phenotype
• philoprogenitive - instinctive love for offspring
• phocine - seals
• phreatic - wells
• phrenic - the midriff
• piscatorial - fishing or fishers
• plantar - the sole of the foot
• plaustral - a wagon
• plenilunar - the full moon
• poliorcectic - siegecraft or besiegement
• pomaceous - apples
• popliteal - the back of the knee
• poral - pores
• porcine - pigs
• potamic - rivers
• praedial - the land or farming
• prandial - dinner
• prebendal - stipends issued by a church
• presidial - a garrison
• pridian - yesterday
• primitial - first fruits
• prosodic - versification
• psephitic - pebbles
• psittacine - parrots
• puerperal - childbirth
• pulmonic - the lungs
• pyretic - the cure of fevers
• pyrrhic - dance or the foot
• rameal - branches
• ranunculaceous - buttercups
• raptorial - a bird of prey
• reginal - a queen
• regnal - a reign
• retiary - nets
• rhematic - words or verbs
• rhinal - the nose
• rhizic - the root of an equation
• rhonchial - snoring
• rictal - the corner of the mouth
• riparian - a riverbank
• roseaceous - roses
• sacerdotal - priestly interests
• sanguineous - blood
• sarcous - flesh or muscle
• sartorial - a tailor or tailored clothes
• sciatic - the hip
• scincoid - a skink
• sciuroid - squirrels or chipmunks
• scorbutic - scurvy
• scriptory - writing
• sebaceous - tallow
• selenic - the moon
• septimal - the number seven
• seral - the development of ecological communities
• serous - serum
• sesquiplicate - the square roots of cubes
• shrieval - a sheriff
• sialic - saliva
• sidereal - the stars
• sigillary - a seal
• somnial - dreams
• soricine - shrews
• soterial - salvation
• sphragistic - seals and signets
• squaloid - sharks
• stadial - a stage
• statuary - sculpture
• stercoraceous - feces
• steric - the organization of atoms in a molecule
• stratonic - an army or armies
• struthious - ostriches
• succinic - amber
• suidian - pigs
• sulcal - a sulcus
• sulphorous - hellfire
• sumptuary - expense or extravagance
• superciliary - the eyebrow
• sutorian - cobbling or sewing
• sybotic - a swineherd
• synodical - conjunction
• synoptic - a synopsis or summary
• tactual - the sense of touch
• taurean - a bull
• tectonic - building
• tegmental - coverings or outer shells
• tegular - overlapping tiles or slates
• telestic - the mysteries
• tellural - the earth
• terpsichorean - dancing
• terrene - the earth
• testaceous - hard shells
• textorial - weaving
• theroid - a beast or wild animal
• tinctorial - dyeing
• tonetic - tonal pronunciation
• tonsorial - a barber or a barber's work
• toxophilite - archery
• trochilic - rotatory motion
• ulmaceous - elms
• uncial - an inch or an ounce
• ungual - a claw
• uranic - the palate
• uretic - urine
• uxorial - a wife
• vadose - underground water above the water table
• valetudinarian - ill-health
• vascular - fluid-carrying vessels
• venatic - hunting
• venous - veins
• vermicular - worms
• vernal - spring
• versicular - verse
• vertiginous - vertigo
• vespertinal - the evening
• vespine - wasps
• vestiary - clothes
• vibronic - electronic vibration
• vinal - wine
• vindemial - the vintage
• vinous - wine
• visceral - the organs of the body
• visile - sight
• visive - sight
• vitular - a calf, calving
• vituline - calves, veal
• vocabularian - vocabulary
• vocicultural - voice training
• volitive - the will
• volucrine - birds
• voluminal - volume or cubic capacity
• voraginous - a whirlpool
• vortical - a vortex
• vulpine - a fox
• vulturine -a vulture
• xenial - hospitality towards guests
• zibeline - the sable
• zoic - animals
• zonary - a zone
• zoochorous - seeds or spores spread by animals
• zygal - a yoke or union
• zymic - fermentation
• zymotic - fermentation