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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, cetacea.
Aeolian
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to Aeolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aerial.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
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, cetacea.
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, cetacea.
Balaenoidea
noun · 78% connection
A division of the Cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. See Baleen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
Beard
noun · 78% connection
The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
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, cetacea.
Cete
noun · 78% connection
One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
Classical
noun · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their bes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
Curule
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
Cystic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
Delphinoidea
n. pl. · 78% connection
The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
Delphinus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
Denticete
n. pl. · 78% connection
The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, cetacea.
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, cetacea.
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, cetacea.
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, cetacea.
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, cetacea.