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Words starting with paleo

6 letter words starting with paleo

8 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleosol — a fossil soil preserved within a sequence of geological deposits, indicative of past conditions.

9 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleocene — noting or pertaining to an epoch of the Tertiary Period, from 65 to 55 million years ago, and characterized by a proliferation of mammals.
  • paleogene — noting or pertaining to the earlier part of the Cenozoic Era, in the system adopted by some geologists, occurring from 65 to 25 million years ago and including the Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene epochs: corresponds to the earlier part of the Tertiary Period in the system generally used in the U.S. Compare Neogene.
  • paleolith — a paleolithic stone implement.
  • paleology — the study of antiquities.
  • paleozoic — noting or pertaining to an era occurring between 570 million and 230 million years ago, characterized by the advent of fish, insects, and reptiles.

11 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleoarctic — palearctic.
  • paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
  • paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
  • paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
  • paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)

12 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleo-indian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a New World cultural stage, c22,000–6000 b.c., distinguished by fluted-point tools and cooperative hunting methods.
  • paleobiology — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
  • paleoclimate — the climate of some former period of geologic time.
  • paleoecology — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
  • paleogeology — the science of representing geologic conditions of some given time in past earth history.

13 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleo-asiatic — a member of any of various Mongoloid peoples of northeastern Asia.
  • paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
  • paleosiberian — a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
  • paleotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Ethiopian and Oriental regions.

14 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
  • paleoecologist — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
  • paleogeography — the science of representing the earth's geographic features belonging to any part of the geologic past.
  • paleolimnology — the study of ancient lakes from their sediments and fossils.

15 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleoencephalon — paleencephalon.
  • paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.

16 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleoclimatology — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.

17 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleoanthropology — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • paleobiogeography — the study of the distribution of ancient plants and animals and their relation to ancient geographic features.
  • paleoconservative — a person advocating an older, traditional type of conservatism, especially in politics.

18 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleoclimatologist — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.

19 letter words starting with paleo

  • paleoanthropologist — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.

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