| alternate | (adjective) of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired | - |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternative, substitute |
| (adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternating |
| (adjective) every second one of a series | - |
| alternating | (adjective) (of a current) reversing direction | - |
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| (adjective) occurring by turns; first one and then the other | Synonyms: alternate |
| alternative | (adjective) necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities | - |
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| (adjective) serving or used in place of another | Synonyms: alternate, substitute |
| (adjective) pertaining to unconventional choices | - |
| asternal | (adjective) not connected to the sternum or breastbone | - |
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| eastern | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world | - |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States | - |
| (adjective) lying toward or situated in the east | - |
| (adjective) from the east; used especially of winds | Synonyms: easterly |
| (adjective) lying in or toward the east | Synonyms: easterly |
| easternmost | (adjective) farthest to the east | Synonyms: eastmost |
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| eternal | (adjective) tiresomely long; seemingly without end | Synonyms: endless, interminable |
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| (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: aeonian, ageless, eonian, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
| external | (adjective) happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface | - |
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| (adjective) coming from the outside | Synonyms: extraneous, outside |
| (adjective) from or between other countries | Synonyms: international, outside |
| (adjective) purely outward or superficial | - |
| fraternal | (adjective) (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova | Synonyms: biovular |
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| (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | Synonyms: brotherlike, brotherly |
| (adjective) of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men | - |
| internal | (adjective) happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface | - |
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| (adjective) inside the country | Synonyms: home, interior, national |
| (adjective) occurring within an institution or community | Synonyms: intragroup |
| (adjective) innermost or essential | Synonyms: inner, intimate |
| (adjective) located inward | Synonyms: inner, interior |
| international | (adjective) concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations | - |
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| (adjective) from or between other countries | Synonyms: external, outside |
| internationalist | (adjective) influenced by or advocating internationalism | Synonyms: internationalistic |
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| internationalistic | (adjective) influenced by or advocating internationalism | Synonyms: internationalist |
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| internecine | (adjective) characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides | - |
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| (adjective) (of conflict) within a group or organization | - |
| maternal | (adjective) characteristic of a mother | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | Synonyms: parental, paternal |
| (adjective) relating to or derived from one's mother | - |
| (adjective) related on the mother's side | Synonyms: enate, enatic |
| maternalistic | (adjective) showing maternal instincts | - |
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| midwestern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and sometimes Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota | - |
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| northeastern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including the New England states, New York, and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania | - |
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| (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northeast | Synonyms: northeast, northeasterly |
| northwestern | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the northwest | Synonyms: northwest, northwesterly |
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| (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and sometimes Montana, Wyoming | - |
| paternal | (adjective) characteristic of a father | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent | Synonyms: maternal, parental |
| (adjective) belonging to or inherited from one's father | - |
| (adjective) related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, agnatic |
| paternalistic | (adjective) benevolent but sometimes intrusive | - |
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| patterned | (adjective) having patterns (especially colorful patterns) | - |
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| preternatural | (adjective) surpassing the ordinary or normal | Synonyms: uncanny |
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| (adjective) existing outside of or not in accordance with nature | Synonyms: nonnatural, otherworldly, transcendental |
| quaternary | (adjective) consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four | Synonyms: quaternate |
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| (adjective) coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 4th, fourth |
| quaternate | (adjective) consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four | Synonyms: quaternary |
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| sempiternal | (adjective) having no known beginning and presumably no end | Synonyms: dateless, endless |
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| slatternly | (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women | Synonyms: blowsy, blowzy, sluttish |
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| southeastern | (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina | - |
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| (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southeast | Synonyms: southeast, southeasterly |
| southwestern | (adjective) situated in or oriented toward the southwest | Synonyms: southwest, southwesterly |
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| (adjective) of a region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Nevada, Utah, Colorado | - |
| stern | (adjective) severe and unremitting in making demands | Synonyms: exacting, strict |
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| (adjective) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting |
| (adjective) of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect | Synonyms: austere |
| (adjective) severely simple | Synonyms: austere, severe, stark |
| sternal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the sternum | - |
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| sternutative | (adjective) causing sneezing | Synonyms: sternutatory |
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| sternutatory | (adjective) tending to cause sneezing | - |
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| (adjective) causing sneezing | Synonyms: sternutative |
| subaltern | (adjective) inferior in rank or status | Synonyms: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary |
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| ternary | (adjective) having three units or components or elements | Synonyms: treble, triple, triplex |
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| ternate | (adjective) (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections | - |
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| unpatterned | (adjective) lacking patterns especially in color | Synonyms: plain |
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| western | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts | - |
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| (adjective) of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River | - |
| (adjective) lying toward or situated in the west | - |
| (adjective) of wind; from the west | Synonyms: westerly |
| westernmost | (adjective) farthest to the west | Synonyms: westmost |
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