English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 31 of 931

paleanthropologicaladj

Relating to paleanthropology.

paleanthropologynoun

The scientific study of fossil humans, and the evolution of modern man.

paleaquultnoun

A pale aquult

Palearcticname

One of the major ecozones of the world, covering Europe, the former territories of the USSR, part of North Africa, and North Asia including the Himalaya foothills.

paleassnoun

A contemptible white person.

Palecekname

A surname from Czech.

paledverb

simple past and past participle of pale

palefacenoun

A white person, a person of European descent, particularly in Native American contexts.

palefacedadj

Having a pale face.

paleleafadj

Used to describe various plants with pale leaves.

palelyadv

In a pale manner; lightly.

palemouthnoun

A species of libellulid dragonfly, Brachydiplax denticauda, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands, having a blue abdomen, dark red eyes and yellow mouthparts.

palenverb

To make or become pale.

Palenaname

A province of the Los Lagos region, Chile.

Palencianame

A province in northern Castile and León, Spain.

palenessnoun

The condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color.

Palenoname

A surname.

palenquenoun

A community of runaway slaves.

Palenqueroname

A Spanish-based creole spoken in northern Colombia.

Palentine's Dayname

A holiday in celebration of friendships and every other form of platonic love, celebrated annually on February 13, or less commonly on February 14.

palenzonaitenoun

An isometric-hexoctahedral wine red mineral containing arsenic, calcium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.

Paleo dietnoun

A nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various hominid species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic.

paleo-prefix

Old; ancient or primitive.

Paleo-Americannoun

Paleo-Indian

Paleo-Balkanadj

Being one of the ancient Indo-European languages of the Balkans which are of uncertain classification.

paleo-eolianadj

Alternative spelling of palaeoaeolian.

Paleo-Eskimonoun

The inhabitants and/or native cultures of the North American Arctic region before the rise of the modern Eskimo cultures in the region; the Saqqaq, Independence I and II, and/or Dorset cultures and peoples.

paleo-highnoun

Past elevated land area or mountain range.

Paleo-Indianadj

Pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.

paleo-oceannoun

An ancient ocean.

paleo-oceanicadj

Relating to a paleo-ocean.

paleo-organismnoun

A prehistoric organism.

paleo-orthodoxadj

Conforming to paleo-orthodoxy

paleo-orthodoxynoun

An evangelical Christian movement in the late 20th and early 21st centuries that emphasizes the ancient Christian consensus of the undivided Church of the first millennium AD.

paleoaeolianadj

Alternative spelling of palaeoaeolian.

paleoalgologynoun

The study of fossil algae.

paleoaltimetrynoun

The determination of land elevation in the past.

paleoanthropicadj

of or pertaining to early forms of fossil humans, as Neanderthal

paleoanthropologistnoun

A scientist who specializes in paleoanthropology.

paleoanthropologynoun

The scientific study of ancient human remains.

paleoanthropometricadj

Relating to paleoanthropometry

paleoanthropometrynoun

The anthropometry of the remains of ancient people

paleoarchnoun

An ancient arch or ridge (typically in South America)

Paleoarcheanadj

Of a geologic era within the Archaean eon from about 3600 to 3200 million years ago; the first aerobic bacteria appeared at this time.

paleoarcheologynoun

archeology as applied to the material remains of ancient people

paleoartnoun

Art that depicts subjects related to paleontology.

paleoartistnoun

An artist who produces paleoart.

paleoastronomynoun

The relationship of information about the sky to historical records; a fusion discipline between paleontology and astronomy.

paleoatmospherenoun

An atmosphere, particularly that of Earth, at some unspecified time in the geological past.

paleoatmosphericadj

Relating to a paleoatmosphere

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The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 31. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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