Adjectives of Relation 1 Flashcards
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abbatial
of, like or pertaining to abbots or an abbey
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abecedarian
of, like or pertaining to the order of the alphabet; rudimentary
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abiectic
of, like or pertaining to fir trees or fir sap
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absinthial
of, like or pertaining to wormwood; bitter
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abyssopelagic
of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
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acarine
of, like or pertaining to ticks or mites
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accipitrine
of, like or pertaining to falcons and hawks
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acerate
of, like or resembling a needle
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acolouthic
of, like or pertaining to an after-image or other after-sensation
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acrologic
of, like or pertaining to initials
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addititious
of, pertaining to or resulting from addition
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adenoid
of, like or pertaining to or like a gland
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adipic
of, like or pertaining to fatty substances
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aeropleustic
of, like or pertaining to aerial navigation
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aeruginous
of, like or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris
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aestival
of, like or pertaining to summer
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agonistic
of, like or pertaining to or being aggressive or argumentative
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agravic
having no gravity; pertaining to the condition of zero-gravity
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agrestic
of the fields; rural; unpolished
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alar
of, like or pertaining to the wing or shoulder
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alaudine
of, like or pertaining to skylarks
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alcine
of, like or pertaining to elks; of, like or pertaining to auks
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aliphatic
of, like or pertaining to fat or fats in general
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alliaceous
of, like or pertaining to garlic; garlicky
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alopecoid
of or resembling a fox
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alpestrine
of, like or pertaining to alpine regions
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alveolate
of or like a honeycomb
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alvine
of the belly
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ampelidious
of, like or pertaining to vines
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amphiscian
of, like or pertaining to torrid regions
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amygdaloid
almond-shaped; of, like or pertaining to tonsils
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amyloid
containing or pertaining to starch; starchy
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anacardic
of, like or pertaining to cashews
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anaclastic
refractive; of, like or pertaining to refraction
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anatine
of, like or pertaining to ducks
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anconoid
of, like or pertaining to the elbow
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ancoral
of, shaped like or resembling an anchor
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anguine
of, like or pertaining to snakes
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anopheline
of, like or pertaining to malarial mosquitoes
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anserine
of, like or pertaining to geese
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apatetic
of an animal’s coloration or markings
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apian
of, like or pertaining to bees
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apiarian
of, like or pertaining to bees or beekeeping
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apical
of or at the apex
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aquiline
of, like or pertaining to eagles; hooked like an eagle’s beak
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araneidan
of, like or pertaining to spiders
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archididascalian
of, like or pertaining to headmasters
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architectonics
of, like or pertaining to the arrangement of knowledge
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areopagitic
of, like or pertaining to tribunals or courts
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arietine
of, like or pertaining to rams
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arval
of, like or pertaining to ploughed land
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asinine
of, like or pertaining to asses; stupid
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aularian
of, like or pertaining to a hall in a university
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aurantiaceous
of, like or pertaining or pertaining to oranges or orange trees
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auricular
of, like or pertaining to the ear; spoken secretly
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aval
of, like or pertaining to a grandparent
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avian
of, like or pertaining to birds
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avicular
of, like or pertaining to birds
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avuncular
like an uncle; of, like or pertaining to uncles
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baculine
of, like or pertaining to the stick or cane; of, like or pertaining to flogging
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banausic
materialistic; merely mechanical; pertaining to workshops
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basial
of, like or pertaining to kissing
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bathyorographical
of, like or pertaining to depth underwater or elevation above sea level
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bathysmal
of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
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batrachian
of, like or pertaining to frogs or toads
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bdelloid
of, like or pertaining to leeches
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benthic
of, like or pertaining to the depths of the ocean
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bibitory
of, like or pertaining or pertaining to drinking
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binaural
of, pertaining to or heard by both ears
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bisontine
of, like or pertaining to bison
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biverbal
of, like or pertaining to two words; having a double sense
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blattoid
of, like or pertaining to cockroaches
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blennoid
of or resembling mucus
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blepharal
of, like or pertaining to eyelids
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bolar
of, like or pertaining to clay
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bombic
of, like or pertaining to silkworms
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bombycine
of, like or pertaining to silk or cotton
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bovine
of, like or pertaining to cows
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branchial
of, like or pertaining to gills
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brumal
of, like or pertaining to winter
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bubaline
of, like or pertaining to buffalo or antelopes
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buccal
of, like or pertaining to the mouth or cheek
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bucolic
of, like or pertaining to the tending of cattle; rustic; rural
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burgensic
of, like or pertaining to a borough or its citizens
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bursal
of, like or pertaining to a state’s revenues
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buteonine
of, like or pertaining to buzzards
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butyric
of, like or pertaining to butter
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caballine
of, like or pertaining to or suited to a horse
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cacuminal
retroflex, pertaining to a point, crown, top or peak
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calycine
of, like or pertaining to a cup or calyx
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cameline
of, like or pertaining to camels
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campestral
of, like or pertaining to the country; pertaining to level ground
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cancellarial
of, like or pertaining to a chancellor
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cancrine
of, like or pertaining to crabs; palindromic
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canicular
of, like or pertaining to the dog star
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canine
of, like or pertaining to dogs
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cantative
of, like or pertaining to singing
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capitulary
of, like or pertaining to a chapter of an organization
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capric
having a goatlike smell; of, like or pertaining to goats
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caprifoliaceous
of, like or pertaining to the honeysuckle plant
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caprine
of, like or pertaining to goats
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carceral
of, like or pertaining to prisons
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cardinalitial
of, like or pertaining to church cardinals
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caricous
of, like or pertaining to figs
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carious
of, like or pertaining to dental cavities; decayed
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carneous
fleshy; flesh-coloured; like or pertaining to flesh
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carnificial
of, like or pertaining to butchers or executioners
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carpal
of, like or pertaining to the wrist
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castellar
of, like or pertaining to a castle
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castral
of or belonging to the camp
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catalactic
of, like or pertaining to exchange
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catarrhine
of, like or pertaining to Old World Monkeys
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catenarian
of, like or pertaining to chains
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catoptric
of, like or pertaining to reflection or reflected light
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caudal
of, like or pertaining to the tail
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causidical
of, like or pertaining to those who plead legal cases
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cenatory
of, like or pertaining to supper
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centrobaric
of, like or pertaining to the centre of gravity
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cercopithecan
of, like or pertaining to long-tailed monkeys
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cervine
of, pertaining to or resembling deer, elk or moose
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cervisial
of, like or pertaining or pertaining to beer
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chelonian
of, like or pertaining to tortoises or turtles
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chiral
of, like or pertaining to the hand or handedness
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cholic
of, like or pertaining to bile
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chorepiscopal
of, like or pertaining to an early local bishop
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choreutic
of, like or pertaining to a chorus
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chrematistic
of, like or pertaining to the pursuit of wealth or to business
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chrestomathic
of, like or pertaining to useful knowledge
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chthonian
of, like or pertaining to the earth or the underworld
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cibarious
of, like or pertaining to food; useful for food
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ciconine
of, like or pertaining to storks
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cinerary
of, like or pertaining to ashes
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clysmian
of, like or pertaining to or caused by flood
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cnemial
of, like, or pertaining to the tibia (shin-bone)
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cnidarian
of, like, or pertaining to invertebrates such as jellyfish and anemones
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coeliac
of, like or pertaining to the abdomen
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colubrine
like a snake; cunning; of, like or pertaining to snakes
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columbaceous
of, like or pertaining to doves or pigeons
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columbine
of or like a dove; dove-coloured
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compital
of, like or pertaining to crossroads
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conative
of, like or pertaining to purposeful action or desire
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connubial
of, like or pertaining to marriage
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coriaceous
having a leathery appearance; consisting, of, like or pertaining to leather
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corvine
crow-like; of, like or pertaining to crows or ravens
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cosmotellurian
of, like or pertaining to both heaven and earth
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costal
of, like or pertaining to the ribs
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cothurnal
of, like or pertaining to tragedy
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coticular
of, like or pertaining to whetstones
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creatic
of, like or pertaining to flesh
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credal
of, like or pertaining to a creed
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crenitic
of, like or pertaining to mineral springs
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crepuscular
of, like or pertaining to twilight
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cretaceous
of or resembling chalk; of a whitish colour
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crinal
of or related to the hair
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crotaline
of, like or pertaining to rattlesnakes
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crural
of or belonging to the leg
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cryptaesthetic
of, like or pertaining to supranormal perception
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cryptous
of, like or pertaining to crypts
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cuculine
of, like or pertaining to cuckoos
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cucurbitaceous
of, like or pertaining to gourds
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cupulate
of, like or pertaining to a cup; cup-shaped
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cutaneous
of or related to the skin
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cynegetic
of or related to hunting
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cyprinoid
of, like or pertaining to carp
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cypseline
of, like or pertaining to swifts
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decanal
of, like or pertaining to a dean or deacon
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decennoval
of, like or pertaining to the number nineteen
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decretal
of, like or pertaining to a decree
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delphine
pertaining to the Dauphin of France
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delphinine
of, like or pertaining to dolphins
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demegoric
of, like or pertaining to demagogues or demagogic speech
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demogenic
of, like or pertaining to membership by citizenship rather than kinship
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demotic
of, like or pertaining to the common people
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denary
one of ten; tenfold; of, like or pertaining to group of ten
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deontic
of or relating to duty or obligation
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deric
of, like or pertaining to the skin
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diaconal
of, like or pertaining to a deacon
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diacoustic
of, like or pertaining to the refraction of sound
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diadermic
of, like or pertaining to the puncturing of the skin
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dianoetic
capable of, like or pertaining to thought
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didascalic
didactic; pertaining to education or teaching
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didelphine
of, like or pertaining to opossums
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didine
of, like or pertaining to dodos
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diluvial
of, like or pertaining to floods; especially mythical ones
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dinic
of, like or pertaining to vertigo or dizziness
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discophoran
of, like or pertaining to jellyfishes
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distaff
of, like or pertaining to the female branch of a family or women’s work
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dolabrate
of, like or pertaining to axes or hatchets
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domal
of, like or pertaining to a house or dome
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doxastic
of, like or pertaining to opinion
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dromic
of, like or pertaining to a racecourse
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drupaceous
of, like or pertaining to drupes or stone-fruits
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duodenary
of, like or pertaining to the number twelve
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eburnean
of or like ivory; ivory-coloured
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edacious
voracious; gluttonous; pertaining to eating
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edaphic
of, like or pertaining to the soil
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edentate
toothless; without teeth; pertaining to aardvarks and sloths
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elaphine
of, like or belonging to a red deer; of, of, like or pertaining to red deer
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elapid
of, like or pertaining to cobras