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-ory
unknown · 78% connection
An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amend…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Actinaria
n. pl. · 78% connection
A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Aeolian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Agonistical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Alcyonacea
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Alcyonium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for cert…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Alcyonoid
adjective · 78% connection
Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Anglican
adjective · 78% connection
English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of En…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Bulbar
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralys…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Classical
noun · 78% connection
Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Curule
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to a chariot.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Cystic
adjective · 78% connection
Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Equatorial
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Formic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Fulmiaic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulmini…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Glacial
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to ice or to its action; consisting of ice; frozen; icy; esp., pertaining to glaciers; as, glacial phenomena.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Gorgoniacea
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
Gymnastical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrest…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, alcyonaria.
