(adj): vs. polar) -- (of or existing at or near the geographic equator
(adj): of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
(adj): characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
(adj): vs. literal), nonliteral -- ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
(adj): of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
(adj): vs. cold) -- (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning