English words starting with neo
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Meanings of Neoanthropic:
adjectiveOf, relating to, or designating the single extant species of human, homo sapiens, as opposed to extinct forms or species known only from fossil remains. now chiefly historical.
Meanings of Neoarsphenamine:
nounThe sodium salt of a sulphated arsphenamine derivative, c₁₃ h₁₃ as₂ n₂ nao₄ s, a toxic yellow compound used to treat bacterial infections (formerly especially syphilis, now only in veterinary medicine).
Meanings of Neoblastic:
adjectiveOf the nature of or relating to new growth; (zoology and geology) relating to or of the nature of a neoblast or neoblasts.
Meanings of Neocene:
adjectiveNeogene. formerly also: †= neozoic (obsolete).
nounAlso with the. the neocene period; the rocks collectively dating from this time.
Meanings of Neoclassic:
adjectiveRelating to neoclassicism.
Usage examples:
He remained in italy for the rest of his life, assimilating completely the neoclassical style devel…
Meanings of Neoclassical:
adjectiveRelating to neoclassicism.
Usage examples:
He remained in italy for the rest of his life, assimilating completely the neoclassical style devel…
Meanings of Neoclassicism:
nounThe revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music.
Usage examples:
In architecture, neoclassicism was the dominant style in europe during 1750s - 1850s, marked by the…
Meanings of Neocolonial:
adjectiveRelating to or characterized by the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries.
Usage examples:
An act of naked neocolonial aggression against a weak and defenceless country
Neocolonialism
ˌniː.əʊ.kəˈləʊ.ni.əl.ɪ.zəmMeanings of Neocolonialism:
nounThe use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies.
Usage examples:
Capitalism, colonialism, neocolonialism, marxism, literary ignorance, cultural arrogance, fear, and…
Meanings of Neocolonialist:
adjectiveConnected with political control by a rich country of a poorer country that should be independent and free to govern itself
Usage examples:
There are inequalities in the global health system which often favour neocolonialist countries., ne…
Meanings of Neocomian:
adjectiveOf, relating to, or designating the oldest part of the lower cretaceous period, or the series of rocks laid down at that time (originally specifically in switzerland and france).
nounFrequently with the. the neocomian period; the series of rocks laid down during this time.
Meanings of Neoconservative:
adjectiveRelating to or denoting a return to a modified form of a traditional viewpoint, in particular a political ideology characterized by an emphasis on free-market capitalism and an interventionist foreign policy.
Usage examples:
A hegemonic spirit nonetheless underlies both the liberal activism and the neoconservative unilater…
nounA person with neoconservative views.
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The collapse of the vital center pushed neoconservatives and the democratic party leadership in opp…
Meanings of Neocortex:
nounA part of the cerebral cortex concerned with sight and hearing in mammals, regarded as the most recently evolved part of the cortex.
Usage examples:
Previous opinion held that the malleable behavior of mammals required the higher-order neocortex fo…
Meanings of Neocortical:
adjectiveRelating to the part of the cerebral cortex concerned with sight and hearing in mammals.
Usage examples:
A computer simulation of the neocortical column
Meanings of Neocyanine:
nounAny of a group of cyanine dyes which are quaternary iodides derived from lepidine and were formerly used to sensitize photographic emulsions and plates to infrared light.
Meanings of Neodamode:
nounAn enfranchised helot in ancient sparta.
Meanings of Neodymium:
nounThe chemical element of atomic number 60, a silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. neodymium is a component of misch metal and some other alloys, and its compounds are used in colouring glass and ceramics.
Usage examples:
We see cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, and so forth, which indicate we are dealing with a rare-earth …
Meanings of Neogaea:
proper nounA zoogeographical area comprising the neotropical region.
Meanings of Neogaean:
adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of the zoogeographical area of neogaea.
Meanings of Neogene:
adjectiveRelating to or denoting the later division of the tertiary period, comprising the miocene and pliocene epochs.
Usage examples:
Neogene volcanic ash deposits
nounThe later division of the tertiary period, comprising the miocene and pliocene epochs, or the system of rocks deposited during it.
Usage examples:
South america experienced a prolonged period of mountain-building during the neogene
Meanings of Neogenesis:
nounRegeneration or renewed formation of a previously formed substance, tissue, cell type, structure, etc.
Meanings of Neogenetic:
adjectiveOf, relating to, or resulting from neogenesis.
Meanings of Neognathous:
adjectiveDesignating the type of palate and jaw characteristic of nearly all living and some fossil birds (forming the superorder neognathae), in which, among other features, the vomers are usually small and completely fused.
Meanings of Neogrammarian:
nounA member of a group of 19th-century german scholars who, having noticed that sound changes in language are regular and that therefore lost word forms can be reconstructed, postulated the forms of entire lost languages such as proto-indo-european by the comparison of related forms in existing languages.
Usage examples:
What we may think of as the old, positivist pursuit of diachronic sound change was, in the last thi…
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