Adjectives of Relation
| abbatial | 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 the belly |
| ampelidious | 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 or resembling mucus |
| blepharal | 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 Dauphin 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 | pertaining to the ibis |
| ichneutic | 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 like marble |
| materteral | 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 |
| matutinal | 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 mucus and pus |
| mulciberian | 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 resembling mother-of-pearl |
| narial | of, like or pertaining to the nostrils |
| natalitial | of, like or pertaining to a birthday |
| natricine | of, like or pertaining to water-snakes |
| neanic | of, like or pertaining to the adolescent period; young |
| nectareal | of or like nectar |
| nemaline | 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 one’s native land |
| pavonian | of, like or pertaining to peacocks |
| pavonine | of, like or pertaining to peacocks |
| pectinal | of a comb; comb-like |
| pectineal | of the pubic bone |
| pecuniary | 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 |
| phacochoerine | 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 tar and feathers |
| poaceous | 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 or like parrots |
| pteric | 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 a reign |
| renal | of, like or pertaining to the kidneys |
| reptilian | of, like or pertaining to reptiles |
| retiary | of nets; using nets as a weapon; catching insects in webs |
| reticular | of, like or pertaining to nets; intricate |
| rhematic | of words or verbs; forming a word or words |
| rhinal | of, like or pertaining to the nose |
| rhinocerotic | of, like or pertaining to the rhinoceros |
| rhizic | of the root of an equation |
| rhonchial | of, like or pertaining to snoring |
| rictal | of the gape; of the corner of the mouth |
| riparian | of or inhabiting a riverbank; a riverside inhabitant |
| risible | laughable |
| risorial | of, like or pertaining to or causing laughter |
| roseaceous | of the rose family; roselike |
| rupicaprine | of, like or pertaining to chamoises |
| sacerdotal | priestly; pertaining to priestly interests |
| sanguineous | bloody; of, like or pertaining to blood; blood-red |
| saporine | of, like or pertaining to the sense of taste |
| sarcous | of flesh or muscle |
| sartorial | 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 or like tallow |
| selachian | 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 | wasp-like |
| sphingal | 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 barber’s 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 archer; 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 | resembling cheese; cheesy |
| uletic | of, like or pertaining to the gums |
| ulmaceous | of or like elms |
| umbilical | of, like or pertaining to the navel; related on the mother's side |
| uncial | of, like or pertaining to an inch or an ounce |
| ungual | of a claw, hoof, or talon; clawed |
| unguentary | of, like or pertaining to unguents; one who makes or sells unguents |
| uranic | of the palate |
| uretic | 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 or in verse |
| vertiginous | 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 | of, like or pertaining to fermentation |
| zymotic | of, like or pertaining to fermentation |
Bearing and Carrying
| aligerous | winged |
| aluminiferous | bearing aluminum |
| antenniferous | bearing antennae |
| argentiferous | bearing silver |
| armigerous | entitled to bear arms |
| arundiferous | bearing or producing reeds |
| auriferous | bearing gold |
| bacciferous | bearing berries |
| balaniferous | acorn-bearing |
| barbigerous | bearded; bearing a beard |
| belliferous | bringing war |
| brachiferous | bearing or having branches or arms |
| branchiferous | having or bearing gills |
| bulbiferous | bearing bulbs |
| byssiferous | having tufts or threads |
| calcariferous | having or bearing spurs |
| calciferous | bearing lime |
| carboniferous | bearing carbon |
| carniferous | bearing flesh; fleshy |
| celliferous | bearing cells |
| celluliferous | bearing little cells |
| ceriferous | producing wax |
| ceruminiferous | bearing or yielding ear wax |
| chaetiferous | bearing bristles; bristly |
| cheliferous | bearing pincers or claws |
| chyliferous | bearing chyle |
| chymiferous | bearing chyme |
| clavigerous | club-bearing |
| clavigerous | keeping keys |
| cobaltiferous | bearing cobalt |
| cocciferous | bearing or yielding berries |
| conchiferous | bearing a shell |
| conchyliferous | bearing a shell |
| coniferous | bearing cones |
| coralliferous | bearing coral |
| cornigerous | horned |
| crinigerous | hairy |
| cruciferous | bearing a cross |
| culmiferous | bearing coal-dust |
| cupriferous | bearing copper |
| cupuliferous | bearing cupules |
| dentigerous | toothed; bearing teeth |
| diamantiferous | bearing diamonds |
| discigerous | bearing a disc or discus |
| doloriferous | bearing grief or pain |
| elytriferous | having or bearing hardened forewings |
| estiferous | producing heat |
| ferriferous | bearing iron |
| filiferous | thread-bearing |
| flagelliferous | bearing a whip or flagellum |
| flammiferous | producing flame |
| floriferous | bearing flowers |
| foetiferous | bearing or carrying a fetus |
| foliaceous | bearing leaves; leaf-like |
| foliferous | bearing leaves |
| foraminiferous | bearing foramina |
| fossiliferous | bearing fossils |
| frigiferous | bearing or bringing cold |
| frondiferous | bearing or producing fronds |
| fructiferous | bearing fruit |
| frugiferous | bearing fruit |
| furciferous | bearing a fork |
| furciferous | bearing a forked appendage; rascally |
| galactophorous | bearing or carrying milk |
| garnetiferous | bearing garnets |
| gemmiferous | bearing gems |
| glandiferous | bearing acorns or nuts |
| glanduliferous | bearing glands |
| globuliferous | bearing globules |
| glumiferous | bearing glumes |
| granuliferous | bearing granules |
| guaniferous | bearing dung |
| gummiferous | bearing gum |
| guttiferous | exuding drops |
| gypsiferous | bearing gypsum |
| hederiferous | ivy-bearing |
| igniferous | bearing fire |
| jaculiferous | having arrow-like prickles |
| lactiferous | milk-bearing |
| laniferous | wool-bearing |
| lanigerous | bearing wool |
| laticiferous | containing or conveying latex |
| lauriferous | bearing laurels |
| lethiferous | causing death; carrying or bearing death |
| libaniferous | yielding or bearing incense |
| luciferous | light-bringing; light-giving |
| lucriferous | lucrative; yielding profit |
| luminiferous | bearing or bringing light |
| maliferous | harmful; unhealthy |
| mammiferous | having breasts |
| manganiferous | bearing manganese |
| margaritiferous | pearl-bearing |
| mastigophorous | bearing a whip |
| melaniferous | containing or bearing melanin |
| melliferous | producing or forming honey |
| mentatiferous | telepathic |
| metalliferous | bearing metal |
| morbiferous | disease-bringing |
| morigerous | obsequious or deferent |
| mortiferous | death-bringing; fatal |
| moschiferous | producing musk |
| motiferous | conveying motion |
| muciferous | conveying or secreting mucus |
| nectariferous | producing nectar |
| nickeliferous | bearing nickel |
| nubiferous | cloud-bringing |
| nuciferous | nut-bearing |
| odoriferous | emitting a usually pleasant smell |
| oleiferous | producing oil |
| omniferous | bearing everything |
| ossiferous | bearing bones |
| oviferous | egg-carrying |
| ovigerous | bearing eggs |
| ovuliferous | bearing ovules |
| ozoniferous | bearing ozone |
| papilliferous | bearing papillae |
| papuliferous | pimply; bearing or pertaining to pimples |
| pedigerous | having or bearing feet |
| peltiferous | bearing a shield |
| penniferous | bearing feathers |
| pestiferous | bringing plague or pestilence |
| petaliferous | bearing petals |
| petroliferous | bearing petroleum |
| piliferous | bearing or growing hair |
| placentigerous | bearing a placenta |
| platiniferous | bearing platinum |
| plumbiferous | bearing or yielding lead |
| plumigerous | plumaged |
| polliniferous | bearing pollen |
| pollinigerous | pollen-bearing |
| pomiferous | bearing apples |
| poriferous | having pores |
| proligerous | bearing offspring |
| pruniferous | bearing plums |
| pubigerous | hairy; bearing or growing hair |
| pupigerous | bearing a puparium |
| pyritiferous | bearing pyrite |
| quartziferous | bearing quartz |
| quiniferous | yielding quinine |
| racemiferous | bearing clusters or bunches |
| ramiferous | bearing branches |
| ramuliferous | bearing small branches |
| resiniferous | bearing resin |
| roriferous | producing or bearing dew |
| rotiferous | bearing rotifers |
| sacchariferous | bearing sugar |
| sacciferous | bearing a sac or sacs |
| saliferous | salt-bearing |
| salutiferous | conducive to health or well-being |
| sanguiferous | bearing blood |
| scapigerous | having a scape |
| scutigerous | bearing a shield or scales |
| scyphiferous | bearing a cup |
| sebiferous | bearing fatty matter |
| securigerous | bearing an axe |
| seminiferous | seed-bearing |
| sensiferous | conveying sensation |
| septiferous | having barriers |
| serpentiferous | bearing a snake; abounding in snakes |
| setiferous | bearing bristles |
| setigerous | bearing bristles |
| siliciferous | bearing or containing silica |
| soboliferous | bearing shoots or suckers |
| somniferous | bearing sleep |
| soniferous | producing sound |
| soporiferous | bearing sleep |
| spicigerous | bearing spikes |
| spiniferous | bearing spines |
| spinigerous | bearing spines |
| spinuliferous | bearing spinules |
| sporiferous | bearing spores |
| staminiferous | bearing stamens |
| stanniferous | bearing tin |
| stelliferous | having many stars |
| stigmatiferous | bearing stigma |
| stoloniferous | bearing or having runners |
| stomatiferous | having an orifice or mouth |
| strombuliferous | bearing spirally coiled organs |
| styliferous | bearing a bristle |
| succiferous | bearing or producing sap |
| succiniferous | bearing or producing amber |
| sudoriferous | inducing or secreting sweat |
| surculigerous | producing suckers |
| tediferous | bearing a torch |
| thuriferous | incense-bearing |
| titaniferous | bearing titanium |
| toxiferous | producing or bearing poison |
| trochiferous | bearing a wheel or wheel-like organ |
| tuberiferous | bearing tubers |
| turriferous | bearing towers |
| umbelliferous | bearing umbels |
| umbriferous | giving or bearing shade |
| uraniferous | bearing uranium |
| uriniferous | bearing urine |
| vasiferous | bearing a vessel or vas |
| veliferous | bearing a sail or membrane |
| veneniferous | carrying poison |
| vermigerous | bearing, containing or infested with worms |
| viruliferous | bearing or containing a virus |
| vitiferous | bearing vines |
| yttriferous | bearing yttrium |
| zinciferous | bearing zinc |
| zinkiferous | bearing zinc |
Carriages and Chariots
| araba | wheeled Middle Eastern carriage |
| barouche | four-wheeled hooded carriage |
| berlin | four-wheeled covered carriage |
| britska | open four-wheeled carriage |
| brouette | small two-wheeled carriage |
| brougham | one-horse closed carriage |
| cabriolet | two-wheeled carriage |
| calash | light low-wheeled carriage with folding top |
| cariole | light open carriage |
| caroche | stately carriage used on ceremonial occasions |
| chaise | light open carriage for one or two people |
| charabanc | open tourist coach with benches |
| clarence | four-wheeled carriage |
| coupe | four-wheeled closed horse-drawn carriage |
| curricle | two-wheeled open carriage |
| dennet | light two-wheeled carriage |
| désobligeante | carriage for one passenger |
| diligence | horse-drawn stage-coach |
| dogcart | light two-wheeled carriage with seats back-to-back |
| dos-a-dos | carriage where passengers seated back to back |
| droskhy | low four-wheeled open carriage |
| ekka | small one-horse carriage |
| fiacre | hackney coach; cab |
| fourgon | baggage-wagon |
| gharry | box-like Middle Eastern horse-drawn cab |
| gig | light two-wheeled one-horse carriage |
| hackney | four-wheeled two-horse carriage |
| hansom | light two-wheeled cab |
| herdic | low-hung carriage with back entrance |
| jinker | light horse-drawn passenger carriage |
| karrozzin | Maltese horse-drawn carriage |
| landau | horse-drawn carriage with folding top |
| noddy | plain two-wheeled horse-drawn cart |
| phaeton | open four-wheeled carriage |
| quadriga | two-wheeled carriage drawn by four horses |
| roadster | light carriage |
| rockaway | light four-wheeled carriage with fixed top and open sides |
| rulley | flat four-wheeled wagon for carrying goods |
| shandry | light cart on springs |
| shay | open carriage or chaise |
| sociable | four-wheeled open carriage with side-seats |
| spider | light high-wheeled carriage |
| stanhope | light open one-seated carriage |
| sulky | light two-wheeled, one-person horse-drawn carriage |
| surrey | light four-wheeled carriage with two seats |
| tandem | two-seated carriage with horses harnessed in series |
| tarantas | four-wheeled carriage mounted on poles |
| telega | four-wheeled springless wagon |
| tilbury | light open two-wheeled carriage |
| timwhisky | light carriage for one or two people, pulled by one or two horses |
| tonga | light two-wheeled carriage |
| trap | light one-horse carriage with springs |
| troika | carriage drawn by three horses |
| tum-tum | dog-cart |
| vettura | carriage, cab or car |
| victoria | light open two-seated four-wheeled carriage |
| vis-a-vis | light carriage with seats facing one another |
| wagonette | carriage with one crosswise seat in front, two seats in back |
Ecclesiastical Terms
| abba | Syriac or Coptic bishop |
| ablegate | papal envoy or legate |
| absconce | lantern used in monasteries and night offices |
| abthane | monastic region of the old Irish church |
| accensor | acolyte |
| adiaphoron | tenet or belief on which a theological system is indifferent |
| adoptionism | belief that Christ was the adopted and not natural son of God |
| advowson | right of presentation to church living |
| adytum | sacred part of a temple or church; church chancel |
| affusion | pouring on; as of baptismal water |
| agape | selfless Christian love; a feast in celebration of such love |
| agapeistic | characterized by Christian love |
| agapetae | churchwomen who live platonically with celibate men |
| aggiornamento | modernization of ideas of the Catholic church |
| agrapha | sayings of Jesus not found in the canonical gospels |
| alb | long white robe worn by priests |
| almoner | giver of alms; social worker in a hospital |
| altarage | payment to priest for mass; offerings at altar |
| ambo | early Christian raised reading desk or pulpit |
| ambry | recess for church vessels; cupboard or niche |
| ambulatory | aisle down the east end of a church |
| amice | strip of fine linen worn as cloak or wrap by priest at mass |
| ampulla | vessel for holy oil or wine for coronations or rituals |
| anamnesis | reminiscence; prayer recalling death and resurrection of Jesus |
| anchorite | one withdrawn from the world for religious reasons |
| ancress | female religious recluse |
| anele | to administer extreme unction to |
| angelus | prayer said in morning, at noon and at sunset |
| antechapel | anteroom to a chapel or church |
| antependium | covering or cloth over pulpit or altar |
| antilegomena | books of the New Testament not part of early Christian Bible |
| antipedobaptism | denial of validity of infant baptism |
| antiphon | anthem sung as a response during church service |
| apocatastasis | final restitution of all things at the appearance of the Messiah |
| apocrisiary | papal secretary |
| apologetics | defense and proof of Christianity or other doctrine |
| apse | rounded extension of church or other building |
| archimandrite | head of a monastery or convent |
| aspergillum | vessel for sprinkling holy water |
| aspersory | vessel for holding holy water |
| aureole | radiant light around head or body of holy personage |
| autocephality | ecclesiastical self-government |
| auto-da-fe | burning of a heretic |
| autotheism | belief that one is God incarnate or that one is Christ |
| baldaquin | covering or canopy over a throne or altar |
| baptistery | part of church reserved for performing baptisms |
| bardocucullus | hooded cloak worn by monks |
| basilica | Roman Catholic church given special privileges |
| beadle | church caretaker or usher |
| beadsman | monk or almoner who prays for benefactor |
| bema | raised part of an Eastern church containing the altar |
| benefice | ecclesiastical office to which revenue is attached |
| bethel | a place of worship for seamen; nonconformist chapel |
| biretta | square three-ridged cap worn by Catholic clergy |
| breviary | book containing daily church service |
| bulla | round seal attached to a papal bull |
| bullantic | capitalized and ornamented, as letters used on papal bulls |
| bullary | collection of papal bulls |
| bursary | treasury of a monastery or college |
| burse | square cloth case to carry the corporal during Communion service |
| caesaropapism | control of the church by a secular ruler |
| calefactory | a monastery sitting room |
| calotte | Roman Catholic skullcap |
| camerlengo | papal treasurer |
| campanile | freestanding bell tower on church property |
| canoness | woman living in a community under a religious rule |
| canticle | short holy song or sung prayer |
| cantorial | located on the north side of the choir in a church |
| capuchin | pointed hooded cloak worn by friars |
| cardinalitial | of, like or pertaining to church cardinals |
| cartulary | keeper of monastic records |
| cassock | close-fitting ankle-length clergyman's garment |
| catabaptism | belief in the wrongness of infant baptism |
| catechumen | one undergoing instruction prior to conversion to Christianity |
| cathedra | chair or throne of office for a bishop or other high official |
| cathisma | short hymn used as response |
| catholicos | primate of Armenian or Nestorian church |
| cellarer | monastery official in charge of provisions |
| cenacle | room where the Last Supper was eaten |
| cenobite | monk; member of religious group |
| cenoby | monastery or convent |
| censer | vessel for burning incense in religious rituals |
| cephalophore | decapitated saint depicted with head tucked under arm |
| chancel | part of church containing altar and seats for choir |
| chancery | church office dealing with legal matters and archives |
| chantry | chapel or altar built for prayers for its benefactor's soul |
| chaplet | circlet or wreath for the head; short string of prayer beads |
| charterhouse | Carthusian monastic building |
| chasuble | sleeveless ecclesiastical garment |
| chevet | east end of a church |
| chiliasm | belief that Jesus will reign on Earth for a thousand years |
| chimere | loose sleeveless robes worn by Anglican bishops |
| chrism | consecrated or holy oil |
| chrismation | sacrament of baptism in Eastern churches |
| chrismatory | vessel for holding holy oil |
| chrisom | white robe put on newly baptised child |
| christophany | appearance of Christ to men |
| churching | church ceremony given to women after childbirth |
| churchism | devotion to church rules over religious precepts |
| ciborium | freestanding canopy to cover altar; vessel for holding eucharistic bread |
| cilice | haircloth shirt worn as penance |
| cimeliarch | church vestry or treasury |
| cincture | to gird or surround; belt worn around ecclesiastical vestment |
| cingulum | girdle or girdle-like structure; priest's belt |
| circumincession | the reciprocal existence of three parts of the Trinity in each other |
| classis | a group; governing body of Reformed churches |
| clerestory | upper storey of a church; windows near the roof of a building |
| coadjutor | bishop assisting a diocesan bishop and having the right of succession |
| collegialism | theory that church is independent from the state |
| colporteur | peddler of religious tracts and books |
| compaternity | spiritual relationship between child's parents and godparents |
| compline | prayer service held just before bedtime |
| comprecation | prayer meeting |
| concelebrate | to jointly recite the canon of the Eucharist in unison with others |
| concordat | agreement between the pope and a secular government |
| confirmand | candidate for religious confirmation |
| confiteor | prayer of confession of sins |
| consistory | a solemn assembly or council; a church tribunal |
| consultor | advisor to a Catholic bishop |
| conventicle | secret or illegal church assembly |
| corporal | white cloth on which Communion bread and wine are placed |
| credence | small table for holding sacred vessels |
| credo | concise statement of doctrine; section of Mass followed by offertory |
| crosier | pastoral staff or crook held by bishop or abbot |
| cruet | vessel used in religious ceremonies, especially to hold the Eucharist |
| curate | assistant to a parish priest |
| curia | papal court and its officials |
| custos | guardian, custodian or keeper, especially of convents or monasteries |
| dalmatic | ecclesiastical robe or other outer vestment |
| datary | papal officer who registers and dates bulls and edicts |
| decanal | located on south side of the choir in a church |
| decretal | papal decree deciding a point of church law |
| deiparous | bearing a god |
| deodate | a gift to or from God |
| diaconicon | sacristy for sacred vessels in Orthodox churches |
| diphysitism | belief in the dual nature of Christ |
| diptych | pair of pictures on hinged panels; register of bishops and saints |
| discalced | without shoes; barefoot; a religious order wearing no shoes |
| ditheletism | doctrine that Christ had two wills |
| donative | benefice presented to church without reference to bishop |
| dossal | ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| doxology | hymn or verse of praise to God |
| dulia | inferior veneration of saints and angels in comparison with God |
| ecclesiastry | affairs of the church |
| eirenics | theological doctrine of religious unification |
| encolpion | reliquary; cross worn on the breast |
| encyclical | letter sent by the pope to multiple bishops |
| eparchy | diocese of an Eastern church |
| epiclesis | calling on the Holy Spirit to consecrate the Eucharist |
| epistoler | reader of the epistle in Anglican service |
| epitrachelion | stole of an Orthodox priest or bishop |
| eremite | hermit; religious recluse |
| eschatology | doctrine of life and afterlife |
| eschaton | end of the world; end time |
| euchology | prayer book |
| exarch | viceroy; rank below patriarch in Eastern church |
| exeat | permission from bishop for clergyman to work elsewhere |
| exedra | semicircular bench beside episcopal throne; outdoor bench or recess |
| exegetic | explanatory, especially of Scripture |
| exequy | funeral rites; funeral procession |
| faldstool | desk from which the Litany is read at church service |
| fanion | cloth worn on priest's arm and used for handling holy vessels |
| fenestella | recess in church wall for storing communion vessels |
| feretory | shrine for relics during a procession or for a funeral bier |
| feria | weekday of a church calendar on which no holiday falls |
| festilogy | treatise on ecclesiastical festivals |
| flèche | narrow wooden spire on church roof |
| florilegium | anthology of writings, especially of church fathers |
| fossarian | clergyman moonlighting as a gravedigger |
| frankalmoign | land tenure requiring religious obligations on part of tenant |
| friary | a fraternity or group of friars |
| frontal | cloth hanging over front of altar |
| galilee | porch in front of church |
| glebe | church land granted to clergyman |
| gradual | part of mass between epistle and gospel |
| guimpe | wide cloth covering neck and shoulders worn by nuns |
| hagioscope | opening in wall to enable viewing of altar |
| hanap | chalice used in communion whose cover is a second chalice |
| hassock | kneeling cushion in a church |
| hearsecloth | cloth lain over coffin during funeral |
| hegumene | head of a nunnery |
| hieratical | priestly; bound by religious convention |
| hieromonach | monk who also serves as a priest |
| holobaptism | belief in baptism with total immersion in water |
| homolegomena | books of the Bible used in early Christianity |
| housel | the eucharist; the act of taking the eucharist |
| hymnal | collection of church hymns |
| hymnody | hymns collectively; hymn-singing |
| hyperdulia | veneration of the Virgin Mary above saints and angels |
| iconostasis | screen or partition in Eastern churches with tiers of icons |
| incardination | acceptance by a diocese of clergyman from another diocese |
| indulgence | former Catholic pardon granted for remission of punishment for sins |
| indult | special temporary dispensation granted by the Catholic church |
| internuncio | messenger between two parties; low-ranking papal legate |
| intinction | administering communion by dipping bread into wine |
| introit | psalm or hymn sung at beginning of church service |
| invination | presence of Christ's blood in sanctified wine |
| invitatory | psalm or anthem sung before prayer during church service |
| jube | ornamental choir-screen |
| jubilarian | one who celebrates a jubilee, especially a priest, monk, or nun |
| jubilate | the third Sunday after Easter |
| kamelaukion | tall cylindrical hat worn by Orthodox priests |
| kenosis | Christ's rejection of his divine side upon assuming human form |
| kerygma | preaching of the Christian gospel |
| kerygmatic | of, like or pertaining to preaching the Gospel |
| kirking | first attendance of a couple at church after marriage |
| kyrie | religious petition for mercy |
| labarum | moral standard; ecclesiastical banner bearing Christ's monogram |
| laic | of, like or pertaining to lay people rather than clergy |
| laicisation | process of returning a clergyman to lay status |
| laicism | doctrine of opposition to clergy and priests |
| lappet | fold or flap on a garment or headdress worn by priest |
| latria | highest degree of veneration, assigned to God over saints |
| lauds | prayer service held at dawn following matins |
| lavabo | ceremony in which priest washes his hands; basin for the ceremony |
| lavatory | wash-basin for washing bodies of newly dead; room where lavabo kept |
| lavra | group of recluses’ cells |
| lectern | desk or stand from which church lessons are read |
| lection | reading; lesson read in church |
| lectrice | female reader in church |
| litany | prayer of supplication in responsive style |
| liturgician | one who studies or recites church rituals |
| locum | clergyman temporarily replacing regular priest |
| lustration | ritual washing; ablution |
| lychgate | roofed gate of a churchyard |
| magisterium | teaching function of the Catholic church |
| magnificat | canticle in praise of the Virgin Mary |
| manciple | steward of a college or monastery; purveyor |
| mandorla | oval panel containing a work of art; elliptical halo around holy person |
| mandriarch | founder or leader of a monastic order |
| maniple | clerical vestment worn on the left arm |
| mantelletta | knee-length sleeveless garment worn by Catholic cardinals and bishops |
| Mariolatry | worship of the virgin mother |
| Mariology | study of the Virgin Mary |
| marrano | Jew converted to Christianity to avoid persecution |
| martyrium | shrine erected in memory of a martyr |
| martyrolatry | excessive devotion to martyrs |
| martyrology | study of martyrs |
| matins | prayer service held in early morning hours |
| mendicant | member of impoverished religious order |
| menology | register or calendar of saints’ days |
| mersion | dipping; as in baptism |
| messianism | belief in a single messiah or saviour |
| metropolitan | archbishop holding authority over other bishops |
| midlenting | custom of giving gifts to parents on mid-Lent Sunday |
| minster | church associated with a monastery |
| misericord | ledge in church to lean against while standing; forgiveness or mercy |
| missal | book containing complete service for mass |
| miter | high headdress worn by bishop or archbishop |
| modalism | belief in unity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit |
| monergism | theory that the Holy Spirit alone can act |
| monial | a nun |
| monkery | monks in general; monasticism; behaviour of monks |
| monophysitism | belief that Christ was primarily divine but in human form |
| monotheletism | belief that Christ had only one will |
| monstrance | vessel used to expose the Eucharist |
| mozzetta | short cape with ornamental hood worn by Catholic prelates |
| mystagogical | of, like or pertaining to religious ritual initiation |
| naos | temple; inner cell of a temple |
| narthex | small entrance or porch to a church |
| nave | largest part of church where congregation sits |
| nipter | ecclesiastical ceremony of washing the feet |
| nones | prayer service held at 3 p.m. |
| novena | series of Catholic church services held on nine successive days |
| nuncio | one who brings tidings; high-ranking papal legate |
| obit | religious office for a dead person |
| oblate | layman living in a religious community under modified rule |
| oblation | act of offering; a sacrifice; anything offered in worship |
| oculus | round window, especially over main door in church |
| orant | representation of praying figure in early art |
| orarion | deacon's stole in Orthodox church |
| orarium | book of private devotions |
| orarium | handkerchief; scarf attached to bishop's staff |
| oratory | small chapel for private prayer; lectern for prayer |
| ordinal | book containing religious rites, especially for ordination |
| ordo | calendar with list of services for each day of the year |
| oremus | Roman Catholic liturgical prayer |
| orison | prayer |
| orphrey | gold or other rich embroidery on clerical robes |
| osculatory | carved tablet kissed by priest during celebration of mass |
| ostensory | container for holding consecrated Communion wafers |
| paedobaptism | doctrine of infant baptism |
| pall | covering cloth laid upon Communion chalice |
| pallium | white woollen band symbolising archbishop's authority |
| panegyricon | collection of sermons for Orthodox church festivals |
| pannicle | thin sheet-like vestment |
| pannychis | all-night vigil in preparation for Orthodox church feast |
| paraclete | advocate or intercessor; the Holy Spirit acting in such a role |
| parclose | railing in church enclosing altar, chapel or tomb |
| pardoner | one who raises money for religious works by selling indulgences |
| parousia | second coming of Christ |
| parvis | enclosed space at the front of a church |
| passalorynchite | one who takes a religious vow of silence |
| paten | plate; metal disk used to hold Communion bread |
| pax | tablet decorated with sacred figure and kissed by participants in mass |
| peculiar | parish or church exempt from jurisdiction of the bishop of its diocese |
| pentateuch | the first five books of the Old Testament |
| pericope | an excerpt or passage read during religious services |
| pernoctate | to pass the night in vigil or prayer |
| phonascus | person who maintains rhythm in church choir |
| pieta | representation of Virgin Mary with dead Christ across her knees |
| pietism | unquestioning or dogmatic religious devotion |
| piscina | basin set in wall of church to drain away ceremonial water |
| plebania | mother-church having authority over several local churches |
| pluvial | floor-length open-fronted ecclesiastical garment |
| pneumatomachy | denial of the divinity of the Holy Ghost |
| pneumatophany | appearance of a spirit; especially the Holy Ghost |
| poppyhead | raised ornament on top of upright end of seats in churches |
| postlude | closing piece of music at end of church service |
| postulant | candidate for a religious order |
| postulator | official who presents case for canonization or beatification |
| prebend | stipend or salary paid to clergyman |
| prebendal | of, like or pertaining to stipends issued by a church |
| precentor | leader of the singing of a church choir |
| predella | platform for altar; portable altar or decoration upon it |
| prelacy | episcopal church government |
| prelate | bishop or abbot of superior rank |
| presbytery | part of church reserved for officiating clergy |
| prie-dieu | prayer stool or kneeling bench in a church |
| prime | prayer service held at 6 a.m. |
| procathedral | parish church serving as a cathedral |
| pronaos | vestibule in front of a temple |
| proper | elements of Christian mass that are variable |
| proseuche | place of prayer; oratory |
| prothonotary | chief registrar of a court; keeper of canonisation records |
| psalmodist | singer of psalms |
| psalmody | act of singing psalms in church services |
| pseudepigrapha | apocrypha; non-canonical books of the Bible |
| pseudepiscopy | existence or rule of a spurious bishop |
| psilanthropism | denial of Christ's divinity |
| pulpitum | gigantic stone screen separating cathedral choir from the nave |
| purificator | cloth used to wipe Eucharist chalice |
| pyx | box or vessel in which coins or consecrated Eucharist are kept |
| quaestionary | religious pardoner |
| qualificator | one who prepares ecclesiastical cases for trial |
| quaresimal | Lenten; having the meagreness of Lenten meals |
| quartodeciman | early Christian who celebrated Easter on Passover even if not a Sunday |
| rantize | to sprinkle with water during baptism |
| rasophore | lowest rank of Greek Orthodox monk |
| recusant | one who refuses to attend Catholic church services; nonconformist |
| refectory | dining-hall of a monastery or other institution |
| regula | rule of a religious order |
| reliquary | a small box or shrine used to hold relics |
| repository | side altar in Catholic church |
| requiem | lament or mass for the dead |
| requiescat | prayer for the dead |
| reredos | screen behind altar |
| rescript | answer of pope or emperor to any legal question; edict or decree |
| responsory | set of responses sung or said after liturgical reading |
| retable | shelf or ornamental setting for panels behind an altar |
| retrochoir | space in choir behind high altar |
| ridel | altar curtain |
| rochet | surplice-like vestment of a bishop or abbot |
| rogation | asking or supplication, especially in an ecclesiastical sense |
| rood | cross or crucifix at entrance to church chancel |
| sacerdotalism | belief that priests are necessary mediators between God and mankind |
| sacramentarianism | belief that sacraments have unusual properties |
| sacrarium | place where sacred objects are kept |
| sacristan | church official in charge of vessels and the sacristy |
| sacristy | room in church where sacred objects are kept |
| saltire | X-shaped cross |
| samarra | flame-decorated cassock worn by those condemned by the Inquisition |
| scapular | badge of monastic order worn on the shoulders |
| schola | church choir led by a cantor |
| scholasticate | preparatory college for those intending to enter Catholic order |
| scriptorium | writing room; room used by monastic scribes |
| sedilia | stone seats for clergy in wall of chancel |
| sempect | extremely elderly Benedictine monk |
| sepulchre | receptacle in an altar for holding religious relics |
| sext | prayer service held at noon |
| sexton | church caretaker or bellringer |
| shrive | to hear a confession from and give absolution |
| sigillum | seal of the confession |
| simony | buying or selling of ecclesiastical offices |
| sinecure | ecclesiastical office or other job requiring little work |
| situla | a holy bucket |
| slype | covered passage between walls, or between transept and chapterhouse |
| solifidianism | doctrine that faith alone will ensure salvation |
| soteriology | study of theological salvation |
| soutane | priest's cassock |
| squarson | clergyman who is also a land-holding squire |
| starets | Eastern Orthodox spiritual advisor |
| staurolatry | worship of the cross or crucifix |
| sticharion | vestment like an alb worn by Orthodox priests |
| sticheron | short hymn |
| stole | narrow ecclesiastical vestment or scarf |
| stoup | vessel for holding holy water |
| stylite | monk who spends much time on tops of pillars |
| succinctorium | band or scarf worn from the Pope's girdle |
| suffragan | assistant bishop |
| superhumeral | ecclesiastical garment worn over the shoulders |
| surplice | loose-fitting ankle length overgarment worn by clerics |
| synaxarion | account of a saint's life |
| synod | ecclesiastical assembly or council |
| synthronus | joint throne for an Orthodox bishop and his presbyters |
| tabernacle | ornamental container for storing Communion bread and wine |
| taperer | one who bears a taper during a religious procession |
| terce | prayer service held at 9 a.m. |
| tester | canopy over a bed, pulpit or altar |
| tetragrammaton | sacred word or acronym of four letters |
| tetramorph | artistic representation of the four evangelists in one figure |
| theanthroposophy | system of belief concerning Christ as god and man |
| theodidact | student of God; one who is taught by God |
| theody | hymn in praise of God |
| theolepsy | seizure or possession by a god |
| theologaster | petty or shallow theologian |
| theometry | measurement or estimation of God |
| theophany | manifestation or appearance of a god to people |
| theotokos | title given to the Virgin Mary as bearer of God |
| thurible | censer |
| thurifer | altar boy who bears censer |
| tiara | three-tiered crown worn by or carried in front of the pope |
| tippet | long black scarf worn by Anglican clergy |
| tonsure | shaving of small area on the crown of head of a priest or monk |
| transept | part of a church off to one side of main structure |
| transubstantiation | miraculous changing of bread and wine into body and blood of Christ |
| tremendum | feeling of overwhelming awe associated with religious experience |
| trental | commemoratory service held thirty days after burial |
| triduum | period of three days of prayer preceding Roman Catholic feasts |
| triforium | gallery or arcade over an aisle; gallery over nave and choir |
| tritheism | belief that the members of the Trinity are separate gods |
| tropology | figurative language; moral interpretation of the Bible |
| tunicle | short ecclesiastical vestment worn by bishop or subdeacon |
| tympanum | space within an arch; arched recess at entrance of cathedral |
| ubiquitarianism | belief that Christ is everywhere |
| ultramontane | south of the Alps; supporting the Pope |
| unalist | priest holding one benefice |
| unaneled | without extreme unction |
| unction | anointing as right of consecration or healing; warmth of address |
| undercroft | crypt or vault under a church |
| unhouseled | not having received the Eucharist shortly before death |
| verger | church usher and attendant |
| vernicle | cloth with image of Christ's face impressed upon it |
| versicle | short verse in church service normally followed by response |
| vespers | prayer service held in early evening |
| vestry | priest's dressing room |
| vesturer | keeper of vestments |
| viaticum | money or provisions for journey; Eucharist for a dying person |
| vicegod | hostile appellation applied to the Pope |
| wicket | small door forming part of larger door of a church or castle |
| wimple | cloth covering for head and neck worn by nuns |
| xerophagy | eating of dry food; fast of dry food in the week preceding Easter |
| zeta | small room or closet in a church |
| zucchetto | round skullcap worn by Catholic clergy to indicate rank |
| zymite | priest using leavened bread during communion |
Divination and Fortune-Telling
| acultomancy | divination using needles |
| aeromancy | divination by means of the weather |
| ailuromancy | divination by watching cats’ movements |
| alectormancy | divination by sacrificing a rooster |
| alectryomancy | divination by watching a rooster gather corn kernels |
| aleuromancy | divination using flour or meal |
| alomancy | divination using salt |
| alphitomancy | divination using loaves of barley |
| alveromancy | divination using sounds |
| ambulomancy | divination by taking a walk |
| amniomancy | divination by examining afterbirth |
| anthomancy | divination using flowers |
| anthracomancy | divination using burning coals |
| anthropomancy | divination using human entrails |
| apantomancy | divination using objects at hand |
| arithmancy | divination using numbers |
| armomancy | divination by examining one’s shoulders |
| aspidomancy | divination by sitting and chanting within a circle |
| astragalomancy | divination using dice or knucklebones |
| astromancy | divination using stars |
| austromancy | divination using wind |
| axinomancy | divination using an axe or hatchet |
| batraquomancy | divination using frogs |
| belomancy | divination by means of arrows |
| bibliomancy | divination by opening a book at random |
| botanomancy | divination using burning branches or plants |
| brontomancy | divination using thunder |
| capnomancy | divination by means of smoke |
| cartomancy | telling fortunes using playing cards |
| catoptromancy | divination by examining mirror placed underwater |
| causimancy | divination by means of fire |
| ceneromancy | divination using ashes |
| cephalonomancy | divination by boiling an ass head |
| ceraunomancy | divination using thunderbolts |
| ceraunoscopy | divination using lightning |
| ceromancy | divination by means of wax drippings |
| ceroscopy | divination using wax |
| chaomancy | divination by examining phenomena of the air |
| chirognomy | divination by studying the hands |
| chiromancy | divination by means of palmistry |
| chronomancy | divination by means of time |
| cleidomancy | divination using keys |
| cleromancy | divination using dice |
| conchomancy | divination using shells |
| coscinomancy | divination using a sieve and a pair of shears |
| crithomancy | divination by strewing meal over sacrifices |
| critomancy | divination using viands and cakes |
| cromnyomancy | divination using onions |
| crystallomancy | divination by means of clear objects |
| crystalomancy | divination using a crystal globe |
| cubomancy | divination by throwing dice |
| dactyliomancy | divination by means of a finger |
| dactylomancy | divination using rings |
| daphnomancy | divination using a laurel |
| demonomancy | divination using demons |
| dririmancy | divination by observing dripping blood |
| emonomancy | divination using demons |
| enoptromancy | divination using mirrors |
| eromancy | divination using water vessels |
| extispicy | divination using entrails |
| floromancy | belief that flowers have feelings |
| gastromancy | divination by sounds from the belly |
| geloscopy | fortune-telling by means of laughter |
| geomancy | divination by casting earth onto a surface |
| grafology | divination by studying writing |
| graptomancy | divination by studying handwriting |
| gyromancy | divination by falling from dizziness |
| halomancy | divination using salt |
| haruspication | divination by inspecting animal entrails |
| hematomancy | divination using blood |
| hepatoscopy | divination by examining animal livers |
| hieromancy | divination by studying objects offered in sacrifice |
| hieroscopy | divination using entrails |
| hippomancy | divination using horses |
| hydromancy | divination using water |
| hypnomancy | divination using sleep |
| ichnomancy | divination using footprints |
| ichthyomancy | divination by inspecting fish entrails |
| iconomancy | divination using icons |
| idolomancy | divination using idols |
| kephalonomancy | divination using a baked ass’s head |
| keraunoscopia | divination using thunder |
| knissomancy | divination using burning incense |
| labiomancy | lip reading |
| lampadomancy | divination by flame |
| lecanomancy | divination using water in a basin or pool |
| libanomancy | divination by watching incense smoke |
| lithomancy | divination by stones or meteorites |
| logarithmancy | divination by means of algorithms |
| logomancy | divination using words |
| macromancy | divination using large objects |
| maculomancy | divination using spots |
| margaritomancy | divination using pearls |
| mathemancy | divination by counting |
| meconomancy | divination using sleep |
| meteoromancy | divination by studying meteors |
| metopomancy | divination using the forehead or face |
| metoposcopy | fortune-telling or judgement of character by the lines of the forehead |
| micromancy | divination using small objects |
| myomancy | divination from the movements of mice |
| narcomancy | divination using sleep |
| necyomancy | divination by summoning Satan |
| nomancy | divination by examining letters of name |
| odontomancy | divination using teeth |
| oenomancy | divination by studying appearance of wine |
| oinomancy | divination using wine |
| ololygmancy | fortune-telling by the howling of dogs |
| omoplatoscopy | divination by observing cracks in burning scapulae |
| omphalomancy | divination from the knots in the umbilical cord |
| oneiromancy | divination by dreams |
| onomancy | divination using a donkey or ass |
| onomancy | divination using proper names |
| onychomancy | divination by the fingernails |
| onymancy | divination by the fingernails |
| oomancy | divination using eggs |
| ophidiomancy | divination using snakes |
| ophiomancy | divination by watching snakes |
| ornithomancy | divination by observing flight of birds |
| oryctomancy | divination using excavated objects |
| ossomancy | divination using bones |
| osteomancy | divination using bones |
| ouranomancy | divination using the heavens |
| pedomancy | divination by examining the soles of the feet |
| pegomancy | divination by springs or fountains |
| pessomancy | divination using pebbles |
| phyllomancy | divination using leaves or tea leaves |
| physiognomancy | divination by studying the face |
| psephomancy | divination by drawing lots or markers at random |
| psychomancy | divination by means of spirits |
| pyromancy | divination using fire |
| retromancy | divination by looking over one’s shoulder |
| rhabdomancy | divination using a rod or stick |
| rhapsodomancy | divination by opening works of poetry at random |
| scapulomancy | divination by examining burnt shoulder blade |
| scatomancy | divination by studying excrement |
| scatoscopy | divination by studying excrement; scatomancy |
| schematomancy | divination using the human form |
| sciomancy | divination using ghosts |
| scyphomancy | divination by means of a cup |
| selenomancy | divination by studying the moon |
| sideromancy | divination using stars; divination by burning straws |
| sortilege | divination by drawing lots |
| spasmatomancy | divination by twitching or convulsions of the body |
| spatilomancy | divination by means of feces |
| spheromancy | divination using a crystal ball |
| spodomancy | divination by means of ashes |
| stercomancy | fortune-telling by studying seeds in dung |
| stichomancy | divination by picking passages from books at random |
| stolisomancy | divination by observing how one dresses oneself |
| sycomancy | divination using fig leaves |
| tephromancy | divination by ashes |
| theomancy | divination by means of oracles |
| thrioboly | divination using pebbles |
| thumomancy | divination by means of one's own soul |
| tiromancy | divination using cheese |
| topomancy | divination using landforms |
| trochomancy | divination by studying wheel tracks |
| tyromancy | divination using cheese |
| uranomancy | divination by studying the heavens |
| urimancy | divination by observing urine |
| xenomancy | divination using strangers |
| xylomancy | divination by examining wood found in one’s path |
| zoomancy | divination by observing animals |
Fabric and Cloth
| aba | garment of camel or goat hair; camel or goat-hair fabric |
| aerophane | thin crinkled semi-transparent fabric |
| alepine | mixed wool and silk or mohair and cotton fabric |
| alpaca | fine wool made from alpaca hair |
| angora | silk-like fabric made from wool of angora goats |
| ardass | fine silk |
| armure | twilled woollen or silk fabric |
| arrasene | embroidery fabric of wool and silk |
| atlas | rich satin fabric |
| baft | cheap coarse cotton fabric |
| bagging | coarse fabric for making bags or sacks |
| baize | coarse napped cotton or wool fabric |
| balbriggan | knitted cotton fabric |
| baldachin | rich embroidered silk and gold fabric |
| balzarine | light cotton dress material |
| barathea | pebbly silk or worsted fabric with broken rib weave |
| barege | gauzy fabric of silk, cotton, wool, or worsted |
| barracan | fine silk cloth |
| barras | coarse linen fabric |
| barrateen | some kind of fabric |
| batiste | fine soft sheer fabric of plain weave |
| bayadere | fabric with horizontal stripes in strongly contrasting colours |
| beaupers | linen fabric used for flags |
| bengaline | crosswise ribbed fabric |
| bombazine | twilled silk and worsted fabric |
| borato | thin fabric |
| bouclé | fabric of uneven looped yarn |
| brilliantine | light lustrous cotton and worsted fabric |
| broadcloth | dense twilled wool or worsted fabric |
| brocade | rich silk fabric with raised patterns |
| buckram | stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments |
| bump | coarse cotton fabric |
| bunting | light loosely woven fabric used for flags |
| burdet | cotton fabric |
| burlap | coarse plain-woven jute or hemp fabric |
| burnet | dark brown; dark woollen cloth |
| burrel | coarse russet cloth |
| calamanco | satin twilled woollen fabric |
| calico | plain white cotton |
| camaca | fine silk fabric |
| cambresine | fine linen fabric |
| cambric | fine thin white cotton or linen fabric |
| camlet | strong waterproof silk or wool fabric |
| caneva | fancy woollen fabric made to resemble canvas |
| canque | Chinese cotton fabric |
| cashmere | soft twilled fabric made of fine goat's wool |
| cashmerette | soft imitation of cashmere |
| cassimere | closely woven twilled cloth of fine wool |
| cendal | silk fabric resembling taffeta |
| challis | soft lightweight silk, wool or cotton fabric |
| chambray | lightweight fabric with coloured warp and white filling |
| chamois | cotton fabric made in imitation of chamois leather |
| charmante | silk fabric with a crepe back |
| charmeuse | soft and satiny silk fabric |
| chenille | velvety silk, wool or cotton fabric with protruding pile |
| cheviot | coarse heavy plain or twilled wool or worsted |
| chiffon | sheer silk fabric |
| chino | strong twilled cotton cloth |
| chintz | glazed printed cotton fabric |
| cire | fabric with a glazed finish |
| cloque | fabric with an embossed design |
| coburg | thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk |
| cordovan | soft goatskin leather |
| corduroy | durable cotton piled fabric with vertical ribs |
| crash | coarse drapery and towelling fabric |
| crepe | light crinkled fabric |
| crepon | heavy crepe fabric with lengthwise crinkles |
| cretonne | heavy cotton or linen cloth |
| crin | horsehair fabric |
| crinoline | stiff flax or cotton fabric |
| cubica | fine unglazed fabric resembling shalloon |
| cypress | silk or cotton gauze fabric, usually black |
| damask | fine lustrous fabric with flat patterns and a satin weave |
| delaine | light fabric of wool or mixed wool and cotton |
| denim | firm and durable twilled cotton |
| dimity | sheer and stout white cotton |
| domett | plain cotton-wool blend |
| dornick | stout linen |
| dowlas | coarse linen |
| drabbet | coarse linen |
| drap-de-Berry | old woollen cloth |
| dreadnought | heavy woollen cloth |
| drill | durable twilled cotton |
| droguet | ribbed woollen dress fabric |
| drugget | coarse durable wool fabric |
| ducape | plain-woven stout silk fabric |
| duck | durable closely woven cotton fabric |
| duffel | fabric of thick, low-quality woolen cloth |
| dungaree | heavy coarse durable twilled cotton, usually coloured |
| dupion | coarse silk |
| duroy | coarse woollen |
| duvetyn | smooth lustrous velvety fabric |
| ecarlate | fine woollen cloth, usually dyed scarlet |
| éolienne | fine silk and wool |
| etamine | light open-mesh cotton or worsted |
| eyelet | small hole in fabric to allow passage of a cord; cotton fabric with small holes |
| faille | shiny closely woven silk, cotton or rayon fabric |
| farandine | silk and wool cloth |
| filoselle | coarse floss silk |
| flannel | light woollen fabric |
| foulard | soft lightweight plain-woven or twilled silk fabric |
| foulé | light woollen fulled cloth |
| frieze | rough heavy woollen cloth |
| fuji | plain spun silk fabric |
| fustian | coarse twilled cotton |
| gabardine | closely woven cotton or wool twill |
| galatea | striped cotton |
| gambroon | twilled worsted and cloth |
| gazar | silk organza fabric |
| genappe | smooth worsted yarn |
| georgette | thin silk |
| gingham | striped cotton cloth |
| grenadine | thin silk |
| grogram | coarse loosely woven silk fabric |
| grosgrain | heavy close-woven corded silk |
| gulix | kind of fine linen |
| harn | coarse linen |
| herringbone | twilled fabric woven in rows of parallel sloping lines |
| hodden | coarse undyed woollen cloth |
| holland | coarse plain-woven cotton or linen |
| hopsack | rough-surfaced loose fabric |
| houndstooth | fabric with an irregular checked pattern |
| huckaback | absorbent cotton or linen used for towels |
| jaconet | stout cotton cloth |
| jacquard | intricately-woven variegated fabric; loom for making jacquard |
| jaspe | cotton or rayon cloth with shaded effect |
| jean | durable twilled cotton material |
| jersey | plain weft-knitted fabric of wool, cotton, nylon or silk |
| kalamkari | fabric coloured by repeated dyeing |
| kelt | coarse fabric made of black and white wool |
| kente | hand-woven African silk fabric |
| kersey | coarse woollen cloth |
| kerseymere | twilled fine wool |
| khaddar | homespun cotton cloth |
| kincob | embroidered silk with gold and silver threads |
| lamé | fabric in which metallic threads are interwoven |
| lasting | sturdy cotton or worsted cloth |
| lawn | fine sheer plain-woven cotton or linen |
| leno | open-woven fabric |
| linsey | coarse linen and wool blend |
| linsey-woolsey | thin coarse fabric of wool and linen |
| lockram | coarse linen |
| loden | heavy waterproof woollen fabric |
| lustring | glossy silk |
| lutestring | plain glossy silk |
| mackinaw | heavy napped and felted wool cloth |
| mackintosh | lightweight rubberized waterproof cotton |
| madapollam | fine cotton cloth |
| madras | fine plain-woven cotton or silk |
| marabout | thin downy silk |
| marcella | cotton or linen in twill weave |
| marocain | ribbed crepe fabric |
| marquisette | sheer meshed cloth |
| matelassé | having a quilted ornamentation; fabric with raised pattern as if quilted |
| melton | strong and smooth heavy woollen cloth |
| merino | soft wool of the merino sheep; any soft merino-like wool or wool and cotton cloth |
| messaline | soft lightweight silk with a satin weave |
| mockado | inferior quality woollen fabric |
| mogadore | ribbed silk used in making neckties |
| mohair | fabric made from silky hair of angora goats |
| moire | watered silk |
| moleskin | heavy durable cotton |
| moreen | stout corded wool or cotton |
| mousseline | fine sheer fabric |
| mull | soft fine sheer cotton or silk fabric |
| muslin | plain-woven fine cotton |
| musterdevillers | archaic mixed grey woollen cloth |
| nainsook | fine cotton fabric |
| nankeen | buff-coloured; durable buff-coloured cotton |
| needlecord | thinly ribbed cotton |
| ninon | silk voile or other thin fabric |
| organdie | fine translucent cotton |
| organza | transparent thin silk or nylon |
| orleans | interwoven cotton and worsted |
| osnaburg | coarse linen or cotton |
| ottoman | heavy clothing fabric with crosswise ribs |
| oxford | soft durable plain-woven cotton |
| paduasoy | corded silk |
| paisley | soft wool fabric with ornamental pattern |
| panne | heavy lustrous silk or rayon with waxy feel |
| paramatta | worsted and cotton blend |
| pashmina | fine goat's wool fabric used for making shawls |
| pekin | fine soft silk |
| pellicule | thin diaphanous fabric |
| percale | closely woven lightweight cloth |
| percaline | glossy lightweight cotton |
| perse | dark blue or bluish-grey; cloth of such a colour |
| piqué | stiff durable corded fabric of cotton, rayon or silk |
| platilla | fine white linen |
| plissé | fabric with puckered finish |
| pongee | thin soft fabric woven from raw silk |
| poodle | coarsely looped or nubby fabric |
| poplin | corded woven silk and worsted |
| prunella | strong and heavy silk or wool |
| rabanna | raffia fabric of Madagascar |
| ramie | strong lustrous fabric resembling linen or silk |
| raploch | coarse undyed woollen cloth |
| raschel | light loosely kitted cloth |
| ratiné | rough bulky plain-woven fabric |
| rep | plain-woven fabric with crosswise ribs |
| reticella | old Venetian lace-like fabric |
| romal | handkerchief or headcloth; silk or cotton fabric |
| rumchunder | fine silk |
| russel | ribbed cotton and wool |
| russet | coarse homespun cloth |
| sagathy | light blend of silk and cotton or wool |
| samite | rich and heavy silk, sometimes interwoven with gold or silver |
| sarsenet | fine and soft silk; soft or gentle |
| satara | ribbed lustred wool |
| sateen | glossy cotton or wool |
| satin | closely woven silk with lustrous face |
| satinet | thin silk satin or imitation thereof |
| saxony | fine soft woollen fabric |
| say | delicate woollen fabric |
| scarlet | fine cloth |
| scrim | durable plain-woven cotton fabric |
| seersucker | light puckered cotton or linen fabric |
| sempiternum | durable wool |
| sendal | thin silk or linen |
| serge | strong twilled worsted |
| shalloon | light twilled wool or worsted |
| shantung | plain rough silk or cotton |
| sharkskin | smooth durable wool or worsted fabric |
| shetland | lightweight loosely twisted wool fabric |
| shoddy | woollen fabric made from rags |
| sicilienne | ribbed silk |
| silesia | thin twilled cotton or linen |
| silkaline | soft light cotton fabric resembling silk |
| sindon | fine linen |
| stammel | coarse woollen fabric, usually dyed red; bright red colour |
| stockinette | soft elastic cotton fabric |
| surah | soft twilled silk or rayon |
| swansdown | heavy napped cotton flannel |
| swanskin | soft napped fabric resembling flannel |
| tabaret | striped watered silk and satin fabric |
| tabby | plain-woven silk taffeta fabric |
| tabinet | silk and wool watered fabric |
| taffeta | thin glossy silk |
| tamin | thin glazed worsted |
| tamis | thin wool |
| tarlatan | thin sheer stiff cotton |
| terry | piled fabric consisting of uncut loops |
| ticking | strong linen or cotton fabric used for mattress and pillow cases |
| tiffany | transparent silk-like gauzy fabric |
| tiretaine | wool cloth mixed with cotton or linen |
| toile | plain or simple twilled fabric |
| tricolette | silk or rayon knitted fabric |
| tricot | plain knitted silk or woollen fabric |
| tricotine | double-twilled worsted fabric |
| tulle | sheer and delicate thin silk |
| tussah | brownish silk fabric |
| tweed | rough twilled wool |
| twill | any diagonally woven fabric |
| velour | piled velvety cotton |
| veloutine | velvety corded wool |
| velvet | soft piled fabric of silk, cotton or synthetic material |
| velvetine | cotton with silk pile |
| vicuna | fabric made from wool of the vicuna, a small ruminant |
| voile | soft fine sheer fabric |
| wadmal | thick coarse wool |
| whipcord | fabric with bold twill used for making dresses |
| wigan | stiff plain-woven cotton |
| wincey | plain or twilled cotton |
| woolsey | cotton and wool blend |
| worcester | fine wool |
| worsted | fine closely-woven wool |
| zanella | mixed twilled umbrella fabric |
| zephyr | lightweight wool or worsted fabric; the west wind |
| zibeline | soft piled wool |
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