alkaline | (adjective) relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 | Synonyms: alkalic |
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amygdaline | (adjective) related to or resembling an almond | - |
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anopheline | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes | - |
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aquiline | (adjective) curved down like an eagle's beak | Synonyms: hooked |
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borderline | (adjective) of questionable or minimal quality | Synonyms: marginal |
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bubaline | (adjective) relating to or resembling a buffalo | - |
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cauline | (adjective) especially of leaves; growing on a stem especially on the upper part of a stem | - |
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(adjective) (of plants) producing a well-developed stem above ground | Synonyms: caulescent, stemmed |
crystalline | (adjective) consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals | - |
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(adjective) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity | Synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent |
(adjective) distinctly or sharply outlined | - |
feline | (adjective) of or relating to cats | - |
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hardline | (adjective) firm and uncompromising | Synonyms: hard-line |
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hyaline | (adjective) resembling glass in transparency or translucency | Synonyms: hyaloid |
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masculine | (adjective) associated with men and not with women | - |
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(adjective) male (of grammatical gender) | - |
(adjective) (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable | - |
microcrystalline | (adjective) containing crystals that are visible only under a microscope | - |
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noncrystalline | (adjective) not crystalline | - |
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oldline | (adjective) long-established | Synonyms: old-line |
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(adjective) adhering to conservative or reactionary principles | Synonyms: old-line |
online | (adjective) connected to a computer network or accessible by computer | Synonyms: on-line |
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(adjective) on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system | Synonyms: on-line |
(adjective) being in progress now | Synonyms: on-line |
opaline | (adjective) having a play of lustrous rainbow colors | Synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, pearlescent |
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polycrystalline | (adjective) composed of aggregates of crystals | - |
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saline | (adjective) containing salt | - |
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saxicoline | (adjective) growing on or living among rocks | Synonyms: saxatile, saxicolous |
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sepaline | (adjective) resembling or characteristic of a sepal | Synonyms: sepaloid |
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sibylline | (adjective) having a secret or hidden meaning | Synonyms: cabalistic, cryptic, cryptical, kabbalistic, qabalistic |
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(adjective) resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy | Synonyms: divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical |