| Term | Definition |
|---|
| empyreal (em - within, in + pyr - fire) | pertaining to the sky; formed of pure fire or light |
| cinereal | like ashes especially in powdery quality |
| heliacal | of or relating to the sun, especially rising and setting with the sun |
| postcibal | occurring after a meal |
| cibarial (precibal, postcibal) | relating to food |
| connatural | in born; belonging to a person by birth; of the same or similar nature |
| guttural | of or pertaining to the throat; characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth |
| corporeal | of the nature of the physical body; bodily; material, tangible |
| vernal | of or pertaining to spring; springlike; characteristic of youth |
| cib, prandi | What are two Latin roots meaning food or meal? |
| magisterial | imperious, domineering; of important or consequence; pertaining to or befitting a master; authoritative |
| fluvial | of or pertaining to a river |
| septendecimal | relating to the number 17 |
| funereal | befitting or suggesting a funeral; gloomy |
| Pentateuchal | of or pertaining to the first five books of Jewish and Christian scriptures |
| convivial (con - with; viv - to live) | friendly; agreeable; jovial, fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company; festive |
| renal | of or pertaining to the kidneys |
| sinistral | of, pertaining to, or on the left side; left handed; counterclockwise |
| autumnal | belonging to or suggestive of autumn |
| heretical | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy |
| prosaical | commonplace, dull, unimaginative; having the form of prose rather than poetry |
| perlingual | through or by way of the tongue |
| vicennial | of or for 20 years; occurring once every 20 years (vicenni - 20 year period) |
| monaural | of, pertaining to, or affecting one ear |
| adrenal | of or produced by the adrenal glands, which are situated above the kidney |
| nonagesimal | being one of 90 equal parts into which something is divisible; ninetieth, ninety ( |
| sacerdotal | of priests; priestly |
| equinoctial | having to do with the equinox, equal day and equal night |
| hibernal | of or pertaining to winter |
| daedal | skillful; ingenious |
| arterial | pertaining to the blood in the pulmonary vein |
| apsidal | of or relating to an apse, which is a semicircular vault in a building |
| stanzaical | of or relating to an arrangement of four or more lines in a poem |
| precibal | occurring before meals (cib - meal) |
| meteoroidal | of or relating to meteoroids |
| rhinal | of or pertaining to the nose (rhin - nose) |
| lackadaisical | without interest, vigor, or determination; listless, uninterested; lazy (lackaday - literally lack a day, meaning sorrow, regret, disapproval) |
| bicameral (bi - two; cam - chamber) | having two branches, bodies, chambers, or houses |
| subboreal | very cold; not quite boreal, but just near it (sub-below + boreal-icy) |
| immemorial (im - not; memor - mindful, remembering) | extended back beyond, memory or recall |
| commensal (com - with; mensal - of, pertaining to, or used at the table | eating together at the same table; living with another; (n) a companion at a table |
| vigentennial | (noun) 20th anniversary celebration; 20th anniversary |
| decennial | of or for ten years; occurring every ten years |
| biennial | happening every two yeas |
| supernal (supernus - upper) | heavenly, celestial, or divine - above human beings; being high in the sky |
| pyrotechnics | a display of fireworks; the art of fireworks (pyro - fire; technics - art, skill) |
| elegiac | of, relating to, or involving mourning or expressing sorrow for what is passed |
| elegize | to lament sorrowfully |
| elegy | poem or song prepared especially as a lament for a deceased person; poem or song that is melancholy or pensive in tone |
| quadrilingual (quadri - four + lingual - tongue) | using or involving four languages |
| centripetal (centri - center; petal - petere = to seek; center seeking) | directed toward the center |
| centrifugal (centri - center; fugal - fugere = to flee) | directed outward from the center |
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