| TERNAL | • ternal adj. Threefold. • TERNAL adj. threefold. |
| ETERNAL | • eternal adj. Lasting forever; unending. • eternal adj. (Philosophy) existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly. • eternal adj. (Hyperbolic) Constant; perpetual; ceaseless; ever-present. |
| STERNAL | • sternal adj. (Anatomy) Of, relating to, or near the sternum. • STERNAL adj. pertaining to the sternum. |
| ASTERNAL | • asternal adj. (Anatomy) Not sternal; said of ribs that do not join the sternum. • ASTERNAL adj. not sternal, said of ribs which do not join the sternum. |
| EXTERNAL | • external adj. Outside of something; on the exterior. • external adj. Capable of being perceived outwardly. • external adj. Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (Object, group, company etc.) considered. |
| INTERNAL | • internal adj. Of or situated on the inside. • internal adj. Experienced in one’s mind; inner rather than expressed. • internal adj. Of the inner nature of a thing. |
| MATERNAL | • maternal adj. Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly. • maternal adj. Related through the mother, or her side of the family. • maternal adj. (Anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy. |
| PATERNAL | • paternal adj. Of or pertaining to one’s father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family. • paternal adj. Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father. • paternal adj. Received or inherited from one’s father. |
| CISTERNAL | • cisternal adj. (Anatomy) Relating to cisterns or cisternae. • CISTERNAL adj. relating to a cisterna, a sac or space containing e.g. cerebrospinal fluid. |
| COETERNAL | • coeternal adj. Jointly or equally eternal. • COETERNAL adj. equally eternal, jointly eternal. |
| EVITERNAL | • eviternal adj. (Obsolete) eternal; everlasting. • EVITERNAL adj. eternal. |
| FRATERNAL | • fraternal adj. Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers. • fraternal adj. Of or pertaining to a fraternity. • fraternal adj. Platonic or friendly. |
| HESTERNAL | • hesternal adj. (Archaic or literary, rare outside grammar) Of or pertaining to yesterday. • HESTERNAL adj. of or relating to yesterday. |
| BIMATERNAL | • bimaternal adj. Having two mothers. • BIMATERNAL adj. having the genetic material of two mothers but no father. |
| EPISTERNAL | • episternal adj. Of or pertaining to the episternum. • EPISTERNAL adj. of or pertaining to the episternum, a median bone connected with the sternum. |
| SUBSTERNAL | • substernal adj. (Anatomy) under the sternum. • SUBSTERNAL adj. positioned below the breastbone. |
| UNMATERNAL | • unmaternal adj. Not maternal; not befitting a mother. • UNMATERNAL adj. not maternal. |
| SEMPITERNAL | • sempiternal adj. Everlasting, eternal. • sempiternal adj. (Philosophy) Everlasting, that is, having infinite temporal duration (as opposed to eternal: outside… • SEMPITERNAL adj. of never-ending duration, eternal. |
| CONFRATERNAL | • confraternal adj. Of or pertaining to a confraternity. • CONFRATERNAL adj. like a confraternity, a society devoted esp. to a religious or charitable cause. |