Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 556 compound words that contain paleo. The most common are listed below. Open paleo in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- Paleo dietA nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various hominid species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic.
- paleo-orthodoxyAn 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.
- paleo-orthodoxConforming to paleo-orthodoxy
- Paleo-AmericanPaleo-Indian
- Paleo-Americansplural of Paleo-American: Paleo-Indian
- Paleo-BalkanBeing one of the ancient Indo-European languages of the Balkans which are of uncertain classification.
- Paleo-EskimoThe 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-IndianPertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.
- Paleo-Indiansplural of Paleo-Indian: Pertaining to Native American culture before circa 8,500 BCE.
- paleo-organismA prehistoric organism.
- paleo-eolianAlternative spelling of palaeoaeolian: Relating to, or caused by, ancient winds
- Paleo dietsplural of Paleo diet: A nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various hominid species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic.
- paleo-earthquakeAlternative form of paleoearthquake: An earthquake that occurred in the geologic past.
- paleo-highPast elevated land area or mountain range.
- paleo-highsplural of paleo-high: Past elevated land area or mountain range.
- paleo-oceanAn ancient ocean.
- paleo-oceanicRelating to a paleo-ocean.
- paleo-oceanographicAlternative form of paleoceanographic: Of or pertaining to palaeoceanography
- paleo-oceanographyAlternative form of paleoceanography: The study of the history of the oceans, especially their circulation, chemistry, biogeography, fertility, and sedimentation.
- paleo-osteologyStudy of ancient bones and skeletons.
- paleo-oceanographicalAlternative form of paleoceanographic: Of or pertaining to palaeoceanography
- Paleo FaliroDated form of Palaio Faliro: A suburb in south Athens in the Attica prefecture Greece.
- Paleo FalironDated form of Palaio Faliro: A suburb in south Athens in the Attica prefecture Greece.
Compound words 556
- PaleozoicOf a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods from about 542 to 250 million years ago, from the age of trilobites to that of reptiles.
- paleographyThe study of old or ancient forms of writing.
- PalearcticOne 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.
- PaleogeneOf a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Paleocene, Eocene and Oligocene epochs from about 65 to 23 million years ago.
- paleographerA person skilled in paleography.
- paleozoologyThe branch of zoology dealing with fossils, and the creatures that were transformed into them
- paleoconservativeA political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, opposing mass immigration, embracing states' rights and supporting cultural conservatism and social structures perceived to be traditional.
- paleographicOf or pertaining to paleography.
- paleologismA 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 different from that of any earlier usage.
- paleoclimatologistA climatologist who specializes in paleoclimatology.