accipitrine | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks) | - |
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adulterine | (adjective) conceived in adultery | - |
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alabastrine | (adjective) of or resembling alabaster | Synonyms: alabaster |
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alpestrine | (adjective) growing at high altitudes | Synonyms: subalpine |
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anserine | (adjective) of or resembling a goose | - |
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(adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky |
antisubmarine | (adjective) defensive against enemy submarines | - |
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apocrine | (adjective) (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion | - |
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caprine | (adjective) being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats | - |
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eccrine | (adjective) (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature | - |
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endocrine | (adjective) of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions | Synonyms: endocrinal |
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estuarine | (adjective) of or relating to or found in estuaries | Synonyms: estuarial |
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exocrine | (adjective) of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions | - |
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ferine | (adjective) wild and menacing | Synonyms: feral, savage |
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intrauterine | (adjective) within the womb | - |
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lacustrine | (adjective) of or relating to or living near lakes | - |
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marine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to the sea | - |
(adjective) of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps) | - |
(adjective) relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen | Synonyms: maritime, nautical |
(adjective) native to or inhabiting the sea | - |
murine | (adjective) of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the family Muridae (rats and mice) | - |
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neuroendocrine | (adjective) of or relating to the nervous and endocrine systems (especially as they function together) | - |
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nonpasserine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds | - |
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passerine | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds | - |
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peregrine | (adjective) migratory | Synonyms: mobile, nomadic, roving, wandering |
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saccharine | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: cloying, syrupy, treacly |
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sapphirine | (adjective) made of or resembling sapphire | - |
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submarine | (adjective) beneath the surface of the sea | Synonyms: undersea |
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tangerine | (adjective) of a strong reddish orange color | - |
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taurine | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a bull | - |
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ultramarine | (adjective) of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color | - |
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uterine | (adjective) of or involving the uterus | - |
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vulturine | (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturous |
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