English dictionary: words starting with neo

New.

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Neonate

adjective

Of, 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.

noun

The 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).

adjective

Of the nature of or relating to new growth; (zoology and geology) relating to or of the nature of a neoblast or neoblasts.

adjective

Neogene. formerly also: †= neozoic (obsolete).

noun

Also with the. the neocene period; the rocks collectively dating from this time.

adjective

Relating to neoclassicism.

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He remained in italy for the rest of his life, assimilating completely the neoclassical style devel…

adjective

Relating to neoclassicism.

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He remained in italy for the rest of his life, assimilating completely the neoclassical style devel…

noun

The revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music.

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In architecture, neoclassicism was the dominant style in europe during 1750s - 1850s, marked by the…

adjective

Relating to or characterized by the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries.

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An act of naked neocolonial aggression against a weak and defenceless country

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The use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies.

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Capitalism, colonialism, neocolonialism, marxism, literary ignorance, cultural arrogance, fear, and…

adjective

Connected with political control by a rich country of a poorer country that should be independent and free to govern itself

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There are inequalities in the global health system which often favour neocolonialist countries., ne…

adjective

Of, 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).

noun

Frequently with the. the neocomian period; the series of rocks laid down during this time.

adjective

Relating 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.

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A hegemonic spirit nonetheless underlies both the liberal activism and the neoconservative unilater…

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A person with neoconservative views.

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The collapse of the vital center pushed neoconservatives and the democratic party leadership in opp…

noun

A part of the cerebral cortex concerned with sight and hearing in mammals, regarded as the most recently evolved part of the cortex.

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Previous opinion held that the malleable behavior of mammals required the higher-order neocortex fo…

adjective

Relating to the part of the cerebral cortex concerned with sight and hearing in mammals.

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A computer simulation of the neocortical column

noun

Any 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.

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An enfranchised helot in ancient sparta.

noun

The 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.

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We see cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, and so forth, which indicate we are dealing with a rare-earth …

proper noun

A zoogeographical area comprising the neotropical region.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the zoogeographical area of neogaea.

adjective

Relating to or denoting the later division of the tertiary period, comprising the miocene and pliocene epochs.

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Neogene volcanic ash deposits

noun

The later division of the tertiary period, comprising the miocene and pliocene epochs, or the system of rocks deposited during it.

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South america experienced a prolonged period of mountain-building during the neogene

noun

Regeneration or renewed formation of a previously formed substance, tissue, cell type, structure, etc.

adjective

Of, relating to, or resulting from neogenesis.

adjective

Designating 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.

noun

A 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.

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What we may think of as the old, positivist pursuit of diachronic sound change was, in the last thi…