Can I automate the "on" statement from MySQL queries? Background

In the process of QA/QC, I am writing lots of queries with multiple joins. I am using MySQL.

I would like to know how (if) I can simplify join statements, e.g. by setting default fields to join on.

My tables are named with a plural form of the object that they contain:

 names
 types
 actions
 surnames
 names_surnames


where names_surnames is a many-many lookup table

the primary keys are always id and the foreign keys are always, e.g.

 names.type_id
 names.action_id
 names_surnames.name_id
 names_surnames.surname_id


My joins would be something like

select names.col1 
from names join types on names.type_id = type.id
           join actions on names.action_id = actions.id;


Question

Is there a way to get MySQL to always assume that tables will be joined with on thistables.thattable_id = thattable.id?
If the columns were named the same in "both" tables, I think you could use NATURAL JOIN. Although that won't work for you, your consistency in naming should still let you generate queries--or at least the join clauses--with a scripting language.