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.
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- 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.