English words: paleoeconomy to paleornithologically
300 English words, part 9 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 9 have a page of their own.
English words paleoeconomy to paleornithologically
- paleoeconomy noun: Alternative form of palaeoeconomy.
- paleoecosystem noun: An ancient ecosystem
- paleoelevation noun: Elevation (of land) that occurred in the geological past.
- paleoencephalic adjective: Relating to the paleoencephalon.
- paleoencephalon noun: The most ancient part of the brain.
- paleoendemic adjective: That has been endemic in a region for a very long time (but is now more restricted)
- paleoendemism noun: The condition of being paleoendemic
- paleoentomological adjective: Alternative form of palaeoentomological.
- paleoentomologist noun: Alternative spelling of palaeoentomologist.
- paleoentomology noun: Alternative form of palaeoentomology.
- paleoenvironment noun /ˈpeɪlioʊɪnˌvaɪɹə(n)mənt/: The past environment of an area during a given period of its history.
- paleoenvironmental adjective: Of or pertaining to the environment at a particular time in the geologic past.
- paleoeolian adjective: Alternative spelling of palaeoaeolian.
- paleoepidemiological adjective /ˌpeɪlioʊˌɛpɪˌdimiəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/: Relating to paleoepidemiology
- paleoepidemiology noun: The epidemiological study of disease in ancient times
- paleoequator noun: Alternative form of palaeoequator.
- paleoequatorial adjective: Relating to regions that were equatorial in the distant past
- Paleoeskimo noun: Alternative form of Paleo-Eskimo.
- paleoethnobotanical adjective: Relating to paleoethnobotany
- paleoethnobotanist noun: A person engaged in paleoethnobotany.
- paleoethnobotany noun: The study of plant remains from archaeological sites.
- paleoethnographic adjective: Relating to paleoethnography
- paleoethnography noun: ethnography of paleolithic man
- paleoethnologic adjective: Alternative form of paleoethnological.
- paleoethnological adjective: Relating to paleoethnology.
- paleoethnologist noun: One who studies paleoethnology.
- paleoethnology noun: The ethnology of cultures from past times.
- paleoethological adjective: Relating to paleoethology
- paleoethology noun: The study of the behaviour of extinct species of humans.
- paleoevolution noun: Ancient evolution
- paleoevolutionary adjective: Relating to paleoevolution
- paleofaeces noun: Alternative spelling of paleofeces.
- paleofantasy noun: A fantasy about how things were in the distant or geological past.
- paleofault noun: A prehistoric fault.
- paleofauna noun: The animals that were alive in a particular period of geological history, especially those known only as fossils.
- paleofaunal adjective: Relating to paleofauna
- paleofecal adjective: Relating to paleofeces.
- paleofeces noun: Ancient human feces, often found as part of archeological excavations or surveys.
- paleofield noun: A magnetic field active at a particular time in the geologic past
- paleofire noun: An ancient (wild) fire
- paleofish noun: Any ancient fish
- paleofjord noun: A prehistoric fjord.
- paleoflood noun: Ancient flood event or deposit.
- paleoflora noun: Alternative form of palaeoflora.
- paleofloral adjective: Alternative form of palaeofloral.
- paleofloristic adjective: Relating to paleofloristics.
- paleoflow noun: The direction and characteristics of ancient water flow, as inferred from sedimentary structures and features such as ripple marks, crossbedding, and...
- paleofluid adjective: Relating to the flow of ancient fluids (especially molten rock)
- paleofluvial adjective: Relating to ancient rivers
- paleoforensic adjective: Relating to forensic paleoanthropology.
- paleoforest noun: Alternative form of palaeoforest.
- Paleogene adjective /ˈpeɪl.iəˌd͡ʒin/: Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago.
- paleogenetic adjective: Relating to paleogenetics.
- paleogeneticist noun: A geneticist whose speciality is paleogenetics.
- paleogenetics noun: The application of genetics to palaeontology.
- Paleogenic adjective: of, or relating to the Paleogene period
- paleogenome noun: An ancient genome.
- paleogenomic adjective: Alternative form of palaeogenomic.
- paleogenomics noun: Alternative spelling of palaeogenomics.
- paleogeochemical adjective: Alternative spelling of palaeogeochemical.
- paleogeodynamic adjective: Relating to past geological processes and tectonic movements.
- paleogeographer noun: Alternative form of palaeogeographer.
- paleogeographic adjective: Pertaining to paleogeography
- paleogeographical adjective: Of or pertaining to paleogeography
- paleogeographically adverb: In a paleogeographic manner
- paleogeography noun: Alternative spelling of palaeogeography.
- paleogeologic adjective: Synonym of paleogeological.
- paleogeological adjective: Relating to paleogeology
- paleogeologist noun: A person in the field of paleogeology.
- paleogeology noun: The geology of a particular place at some time in the distant past
- paleogeomorphological adjective: Relating to paleogeomorphology.
- paleogeomorphology noun: Paleogeomorphology, the study of historical physical geography (historical landforms).
- paleogeothermal adjective: Relating to prehistoric geothermal conditions.
- paleoglacial adjective: Related to a paleoglacier.
- paleoglacier noun: An ancient glacier
- paleoglaciological adjective: Relating to paleoglaciology.
- paleoglaciology noun: Study of ancient glaciers.
- paleognath noun: Any bird of the infraclass Paleognathae.
- paleognathous adjective: Belonging or relating to the paleognaths.
- paleograph noun: An ancient manuscript.
- paleographer noun: A person skilled in paleography.
- paleographic adjective: Of or pertaining to paleography.
- paleographical adjective: Alternative form of paleographic.
- paleographically adverb: In terms of or by means of paleography.
- paleographist noun: Alternative form of palaeographist.
- paleography noun /ˌpalɪˈɒɡɹəfi/: The study of old or ancient forms of writing.
- paleogravel noun: Ancient gravel.
- paleohabitat noun: An extinct habitat that can only be reconstructed from fossils
- paleoheat adjective: Relating to past heat conditions.
- paleoherb noun: A flowering plant which is neither a eudicot nor a monocot.
- paleoherpetological adjective: Relating to paleoherpetology.
- paleoherpetologist noun: One who studies paleoherpetology.
- paleoherpetology noun: The scientific study of extinct reptiles and amphibians.
- paleohexaploid adjective: Describing ancient hexaploid organisms that originated as a result of paleopolyploidy
- paleohexaploidisation noun: hexaploidisation that occurred in prehistoric times
- paleohexaploidization noun: Alternative form of paleohexaploidisation.
- paleohexaploidy noun: The condition of being paleohexaploid
- paleohigh noun: Alternative form of paleo-high.
- Paleohispanic adjective: Of or relating to the native peoples, languages and scripts of the Iberian Peninsula before its conquest by the Romans.
- paleohistologic adjective: Relating to paleohistology
- paleohistological adjective: Alternative form of palaeohistological.
- paleohistologist noun: A histologist whose speciality is paleohistology
- paleohistology noun: histology of ancient tissue
- paleohistopathological adjective: Relating to paleohistopathology.
- paleohistopathology noun: The histopathology of ancient disease
- paleohistorical adjective: Relating to paleohistory
- paleohistory noun: Synonym of archaeology.
- paleohorizontal noun: An ancient horizontal (strata)
- paleohuman noun: ancient (prehistoric) human
- paleohumidity noun: The humidity of a location in prehistoric times
- paleohydraulic adjective: Relating to past hydraulic or water flow conditions.
- paleohydrogeological adjective: Alternative form of palaeohydrogeological.
- paleohydrographic adjective: Relating to paleohydrography
- paleohydrography noun: The hydrography of ancient rivers or shores
- paleohydrologic adjective: Alternative form of palaeohydrologic.
- paleohydrological adjective: Alternative form of palaeohydrological.
- paleohydrologist noun: One who studies paleohydrology.
- paleohydrology noun: Alternative form of palaeohydrology.
- paleoichnological adjective: Relating to paleoichnology.
- paleoichnologist noun: One who studies paleoichnology.
- paleoichnology noun: A branch of ichnology concerned with the study of trace fossils preserved in ancient rocks.
- paleoichthyological adjective: Alternative spelling of palaeoichthyological.
- paleoichthyologist noun: Alternative spelling of palaeoichthyologist.
- paleoichthyology noun: Alternative spelling of palaeoichthyology.
- paleoillustrator noun: An artist who produces scientific illustrations of prehistoric flora and fauna.
- paleoimmunology noun: The study of the ancient roots of the immune system
- paleoindian noun: Alternative form of Paleo-Indian.
- paleoindication noun: Synonym of paleoindicator.
- paleoindicator noun: evidence for an ancient event
- paleointensity noun: The intensity of geomagnetism at a given location at a particular time in the geologic past
- paleoisland noun: land that was an island in prehistoric times
- paleokarst noun: A karst that lies under strata of younger rocks.
- paleokarstic adjective: Of or pertaining to a paleokarst.
- paleola noun: A diminutive or secondary palea
- paleolacustrine adjective: Relating to ancient lakes
- paleolagoon noun: An ancient lagoon
- paleolake noun: An ancient lake, especially one that no longer exists.
- paleolandscape noun: A landscape as it was in ancient times
- paleolatitude noun: The former latitude of a particular geologic formation at a time in the geologic past, often specifically the time of formation
- paleolatitudinal adjective: Relating to paleolatitude.
- paleolatitudinally adverb: Alternative form of palaeolatitudinally.
- paleolevee noun: A prehistoric levee
- paleoliberal adjective, noun: Relating to paleoliberalism.
- paleoliberalism noun: extreme political liberalism
- paleolibertarian noun: A supporter of paleolibertarianism.
- paleolibertarianism noun: A variety of libertarianism developed by anarcho-capitalist theorists Murray Rothbard and Llewellyn Rockwell that combines conservative cultural values and...
- paleolimnologic adjective: Alternative form of paleolimnological.
- paleolimnological adjective: Of or pertaining to paleolimnology, the limnological study of the geological past
- paleolimnologist noun: One who studies paleolimnology.
- paleolimnology noun: The study of the paleoenvironments of inland bodies of water
- paleolinguistics noun /ˌpeɪ.li.əʊ.lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪks/: The study of the distant human past by linguistic means.
- paleoliquefaction noun: Ancient soil liquefaction caused by earthquakes.
- paleolith noun: A relic from the Paleolithic era.
- paleolithic adjective /ˈpeɪl.iː.əʊˌlɪθ.ɪk/: Of or referring to the Old Stone Age (the Paleolithic period or Paleolithic age).
- paleolithical adjective: Alternative form of Paleolithic.
- paleologic adjective: Alternative form of paleological.
- paleological adjective: Relating to paleology
- paleologism noun: A word or phrase that was coined in the distant past, often now obscured or offensive, or if recently used: possibly having a definition or implication...
- paleologist noun: Alternative form of palaeologist.
- paleology noun: The study of antiquities or of the ancient past
- paleolongitude noun: The former longitude of a particular geologic formation at a time in the geologic past, often specifically the time of formation
- paleolongitudinal adjective: Relating to paleolongitude.
- paleomagnetic adjective: Relating to paleomagnetism or to paleomagnetics
- paleomagnetically adverb: In a way that has to do with paleomagnetism
- paleomagnetician noun: A specialist in the field of paleomagnetism
- paleomagnetics noun: The study of paleomagnetism
- paleomagnetism noun /peɪlɪə(ʊ)ˈmaɡnətɪzm/: The study of the strength and direction of the Earth's magnetic field as it has changed over geologic time.
- paleomagnetist noun: A scientist whose speciality is paleomagnetism
- paleomagnetochronologic adjective: Relating to paleomagnetic chronology
- paleomagnetosphere noun: The magnetosphere, as it was in prehistoric times
- paleomagnetostratigraphy noun: magnetostratigraphy of ancient rocks
- paleomalacological adjective: Of or relating to paleomalacology.
- paleomalacologist noun: One who studies paleomalacology.
- paleomalacology noun: paleontology of mollusks (fossil shells).
- paleomammal noun: A mammal with a paleomammalian brain.
- paleomammalian adjective: Of or relating to those structures of the brain's limbic system that (according to the triune brain model) arose early in mammalian evolution and were...
- paleomammalogical adjective: Relating to paleomammalogy
- paleomammalogist noun: A zoologist whose speciality is extinct mammals
- paleomammalogy noun: Alternative form of palaeomammalogy.
- paleomap noun: A map of an ancient landscape
- paleomargin noun: The edge of a paleolake or paleolagoon
- paleomarxism noun: A primitive form of Marxism
- paleome noun: The genome of an extinct species
- paleomerycid noun: Any extinct ruminant of the family Palaeomerycidae
- paleometeorological adjective: Relating to paleometeorology.
- paleometeorology noun: Meteorology of the ancient past.
- paleomicrobiological adjective: Relating to paleomicrobiology
- paleomicrobiologist noun: One who studies paleomicrobiology.
- paleomicrobiology noun: The microbiological study of prehistoric material
- paleomicrobiomic adjective: Relating to paleomicrobiomics
- paleomicrobiomics noun: The study of prehistoric microbiomes
- paleomicrocontinent noun: A small fragment of continental crust that existed as an independent or semi-independent landmass in the geological past, rather than being part of a large...
- paleomobility noun: Alternative form of palaeomobility.
- paleomodel noun: Alternative form of palaeomodel.
- paleomodeling noun: Alternative form of palaeomodeling.
- paleomonsoon noun: Any monsoon that existed in the paleoclimates of the distant past.
- paleomorphologic adjective: Alternative form of paleomorphological.
- paleomorphological adjective: Relating to paleomorphology.
- paleomorphology noun: Study of the form and structure of ancient fossils.
- paleomyrmecologist noun: One who studies paleomyrmecology.
- paleomyrmecology noun: The scientific study of extinct ants
- paleonemertean noun: Alternative form of palaeonemertean.
- paleoneuroanatomical adjective: Relating to paleoneuroanatomy
- paleoneuroanatomy noun: The neuroanatomy of ancient (typically extinct) animals
- paleoneurobiology noun: The study of brain evolution by analysis of brain endocasts to determine endocranial traits and volumes.
- paleoneurological adjective: Relating to paleoneurology.
- paleoneurologist noun: One who studies paleoneurology.
- paleoneurology noun: The study of the nervous systems of extinct animals
- paleoniscid noun: Alternative form of palaeoniscid.
- paleonisciform noun: Alternative form of palaeonisciform.
- paleontographic adjective: Alternative form of palaeontographic.
- paleontographical adjective: Of or pertaining to paleontography.
- paleontography noun: Alternative form of palaeontography.
- paleontol. noun: Abbreviation of paleontology.
- paleontologic adjective: Pertaining to paleontology; characteristic of paleontology.
- paleontological adjective: Of or pertaining to paleontology.
- paleontologically adverb: In a paleontological manner.
- paleontologist noun: One who studies paleontology.
- paleontologize verb: To study or practise paleontology.
- paleontology noun /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɒləd͡ʒi/: The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.
- paleonursery noun: An ancient nursery (for extinct juvenile animals)
- paleonutrition noun: The study of dietary nutrition in ancient or primitive peoples.
- paleonutritional adjective: Relating to paleonutrition.
- paleonutritionist noun: One who studies paleonutrition.
- paleonym noun: An ancient toponym that is now obsolete
- paleonymy noun /ˌpeɪliˈɑnɪmi/: The use of a preexisting word in a new context.
- paleooceanic adjective: Alternative form of paleo-oceanic.
- paleooceanographic adjective: Alternative form of paleoceanographic.
- paleooceanographical adjective: Alternative form of paleoceanographic.
- paleooceanography noun: Alternative form of paleoceanography.
- paleoorthodox adjective: Alternative form of paleo-orthodox.
- paleoorthodoxy noun: Alternative form of paleo-orthodoxy.
- paleopallium noun: An ancient region within the telencephalon in animal brains.
- paleopalynological adjective: Relating to paleopalynology.
- paleopalynologist noun: One who studies paleopalynology.
- paleopalynology noun: The branch of palynology concerned with the study of ancient pollens and spores, rather than with those still extant.
- paleoparadoxiid noun: Any extinct aquatic mammal of the family Paleoparadoxiidae
- paleoparasitological adjective: Relating to paleoparasitology.
- paleoparasitologist noun: A parasitologist whose speciality if paleoparasitology
- paleoparasitology noun: The study of ancient parasites, especially as a branch of archaeology
- paleopathologic adjective: Alternative form of paleopathological.
- paleopathological adjective: Relating to paleopathology.
- paleopathologically adverb: By means of paleopathology
- paleopathologist noun: One who works in paleopathology.
- paleopathology noun: The study of ancient diseases.
- paleopedological adjective: Relating to paleopedology.
- paleopedologist noun: One who studies paleopedology.
- paleopedology noun: The study of geologic soils
- paleophobia noun: The aversion to certain foods forming part of a diet associated with an earlier nutritional deficiency or other illness.
- paleophycological adjective: Relating to paleophycology
- paleophycology noun: The branch of paleontology that deals with fossil algae
- paleophylogeographic adjective: Relating to paleophylogeography
- paleophylogeography noun: Ancient phylogeography
- paleophysiological adjective: Relating to paleophysiology.
- paleophysiology noun: The scientific study of the evolutionary basis of animal physiology.
- paleophyte noun: Any prehistoric plant, especially one known only from fossils
- paleophytic adjective: Of or relating to paleophytes.
- paleophytogeographical adjective: Alternative form of palaeophytogeographical.
- paleophytogeography noun: Alternative form of palaeophytogeography.
- paleophytologic adjective: Relating to paleophytology.
- paleophytological adjective: Relating to paleophytology.
- paleophytologist noun: A paleobotanist.
- paleophytology noun: Synonym of paleobotany
- paleoplacer noun: Ancient sedimentary deposit containing valuable minerals.
- paleoplain noun: A buried erosion plain; a particularly large and flat erosion surface.
- paleoplankton noun: prehistoric plankton
- paleoplate noun: A former tectonic plate, possibly subducted or joined to make a bigger tectonic plate.
- paleoploid adjective: Having the ploidy that the organism had in the distant past
- paleopole noun: The current position that the north pole or south pole would have had in the geologic past.
- paleopolyploid adjective, noun: That became polyploid in the distant past
- paleopolyploidization noun: Alternative form of palaeopolyploidization.
- paleopolyploidy noun: Polyploidy that occurred in the distant past.
- paleopopulation noun: The population of an organism in prehistoric time
- paleoposition noun: The geographical position of a place in prehistory (before being subjected to continental drift)
- paleoprecipitation noun: precipitation (typically, rain) in ancient times
- paleoprimatology noun: The study of ancient (typically extinct) primates.
- paleoproductivity noun: Alternative form of palaeoproductivity.
- paleoproteome noun: An ancient proteome
- paleoproteomic adjective: Relating to paleoproteomes or to paleoproteomics
- paleoproteomics noun: The study of paleoproteomes
- Paleoproterozoic adjective: Of a geologic era within the Proterozoic eon from 2,500 to 1,600 million years ago.
- paleoproxy noun: Anything (such as a fossil or a tree ring) from which paleographic data may be obtained indirectly
- paleopsychological adjective: Relating to paleopsychology.
- paleopsychology noun: Study of the psychology of ancient cultures.
- paleopulmo noun: Part of the lung of birds formed by the parabronchi from the mediolateral and medioventral bronchi
- paleopulmonic adjective: Relating to the lungs of primitive creatures (especially of the first birds)
- paleoradiological adjective: Relating to paleoradiology.
- paleoradiologist noun: One who studies paleoradiology.
- paleoradiology noun: The use of modern radiological techniques to study ancient remains and artifacts.
- paleorainfall noun: rainfall in prehistoric times
- paleoreconstruction noun: A reconstruction of a paleoenvironment
- paleorecord noun: Any record from the distant past, but especially a fossil record
- paleoredox adjective: Past oxidation-reduction conditions of the Earth.
- paleoregolith noun: Alternative form of palaeoregolith.
- paleorelief noun: Past landscape features or topography.
- paleorift noun: A rift (typically a rift valley) that formed in prehistoric times
- paleoriver noun: An ancient river (that no longer exists, or whose course has changed)
- paleornithologic adjective: Of, or relating to paleornithology.
- paleornithological adjective: Relating to paleornithology
- paleornithologically adverb: In a paleornithological manner.
Part 8 · Part 10 · English words: P
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.