-ine +
(Greek > Latin: a suffix that is used to form hundreds of words that mean "similar to", "resembling", "like", "characterized by", or "of the nature of")
This element is also utilized to form abstract nouns; feminine common nouns; and it is used in chemistry to form names of alkaloids and bases or names of elements.
ranine: frog, frogs
1. Pertaining to a frog; frog-like.
2. In antomy, a reference to the region under the tip of the tongue.
rattine: rat
Pertaining to a rat; rat-like.
rhinocerine, ceratorhine: rhinoceros
1. A reference to rhinoceroses.
2. Characteristic of or resembling a rhinoceros.
rhizine: root
A root-like structure on the underside of a lichen, consisting of one or several rhizoids.
riverine: river
1. Of or pertaining to a river; resembling a river.
2. Situated or dwelling on the banks of a river; riparian.
rucerine: swamp deer
A reference to Indian swamp deer.
rupicaprine: chamois
1. A reference to chamoix or chamois: hoofed mammals of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips.
2. A soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.
3. Also chammy or shammy: a soft pliant leather prepared from the skin of the chamois or from sheepskin.
4. A cotton fabric made in imitation of chamois leather.
5. Etymology: from Middle French, from Late Latin camox; a small goatlike bovid (Rupicapra rupicapra) of mountainous regions from southern Europe to the Caucasus.
sabelline: sables
A reference to sables.
saccharine or sugar
1. Of, pertaining to or of the nature of sugar;.
2. Characteristic of sugar; sugary.
3. Composed chiefly of sugar; of a plant, containing a large proportion of sugar.
4. With reference to urine, containing sugar in excess of what is normal.
salamandrine: salamanders
1. A reference to salamanders.
2. Any of various small-lizardlike amphibians of the order Caudata, having porous scaleless skin and four rudimentary legs.
3. A mythical creature, generally resembling a lizard, believed capable of living in or withstanding fire; so, being able to resist fire, or to live in it.
saline
1. Salty; pertaining to soil or water rich in soluble salts.
2. Containing or impregnated with salt.
3. In biology, a reference to plants and animals that grow in or inhabit salt plains or marshes.
4. Composed of or like salt.
5. In medicine, a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
sanguine: blood
1. Of or pertaining to blood; consisting of or containing blood; like blood.
2. In medieval and later physiology; belonging to that one of the four complexions which was supposed to be characterized by the predominance of the blood over the other three humors, and indicated by a ruddy appearance and a courageous, hopeful, and amorous disposition.
3. Confidently optimistic and cheerful.
4. Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; such as, she was flushed with a healthy rosy color.
sapphirine
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sapphire; especially the color.
saturnine: melancholy, sullen
Having the temperament of one born under the supposed astrological influence of Saturn; that is, melancholy, sullen, or having the tendency to be bitter or sardonic.
saxicoline: rock life
Of, relating to, or characteristic of those creatures, or plants, that grow on or live among rocks.