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Word Meanings - NEOTROPICAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Belonging to, or designating, a region of the earth's surface which comprises most of South America, the Antilles, and tropical North America.

Related words: (words related to NEOTROPICAL)

  • SOUTHWEST
    Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
  • SOUTHSAY
    See SOOTHSAY
  • SOUTHWESTERLY
    To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
  • EARTHLY-MINDED
    Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • SOUTHPAW
    A pitcher who pitches with the left hand.
  • EARTH FLAX
    A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
  • EARTHDIN
    An earthquake.
  • NORTHERNMOST
    Farthest north.
  • SOUTHERNLINESS
    Southerliness.
  • SURFACE LOADING
    The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
  • SOUTHREN
    Southern. "I am a Southren man." Chaucer.
  • AMERICANIZATION
    The process of Americanizing.
  • NORTHERN
    1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. --
  • NORTHMAN
    One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.
  • DESIGNATE
    Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
  • NORTHMOST
    Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe.
  • EARTHSTAR
    A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
  • NORTHEAST
    Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
  • TROPICALLY
    In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically.
  • EARTHBRED
    Low; grovelling; vulgar.
  • UNEARTHLY
    Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
  • PHOTIC REGION
    The uppermost zone of the sea, which receives the most light.
  • EARTHBANK
    A bank or mound of earth.

 

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