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Definition: NEARCTIC |
NEARCTICAdjective1. Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species. |
Note: Nearctic \Ne*arc"tic\, adjective. [Neo arctic.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: NEARCTIC |
| Specialty definitions using "NEARCTIC": Neotropical migrant. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
It essentially recovers the terrestrial ecoregions of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico. It has distinct fauna from the Neotropic zone, due in part to a narrow land bridge at the Panama Isthmus. Plant life is also quite distinct.
This zone is sometimes grouped with the Palearctic, which shares many groups as the Holarctic.
One bird family, the Wrentit (Timaliinae) is endemic to the Nearctic region. The Holarctic has four endemic groups: Gaviidae, divers, Tetraoninae grouse, Alcidae auks, and Bombycillidae waxwings.
Animals originally unique to the Nearctic include families:
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| Language | Translations for "nearctic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | earcticnay.(various references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "NEARCTIC" (pronounced 'Ne*arc"tic'): Absolutistic, Acatalectic, Acataleptic, Acephalocystic, Acetic, Acherontic, Acroteleutic, Adiaphoristic, Agrestic, Albinistic, Altruistic, Amnestic, Amphiblastic, Amyloplastic, Anacamptic, Anacathartic, Anachronistic, Anaclastic, Anaglyptic, Analectic, Analeptic, Anamnestic, Anapestic, Anaplastic, Anapodeictic, Anastaltic, Anatreptic, Animistic, Annalistic, Antapoplectic, Antarctic, Antephialtic, Antepileptic, Anthelmintic, Antiapoplectic, Anticlastic, Antiephialtic, Antiepileptic, Antigalastic, Antiorgastic, Antiperistaltic, Antiplastic, Antiscorbutic, Antispastic, Antonomastic, Antorgastic, Aoristic, Aortic, Aphlogistic, Aphotic, Aplastic, Apocrustic, Apolaustic, Apopemptic, Archaistic, Argentic, Arrhaphostic, Asbestic, Aseptic, Aspartic, Asphaltic, Asphyctic, Astromantic, Atlantic, Atomistic, Autoclastic, Autoplastic, Bacchantic, Ballistic, Baltic, Baptistic, Bibliopegistic, Bibliopolistic, Bicrescentic, Brachycatalectic, Buddhistic, Bullantic, Cameralistic, Canonistic, Catacoustic, Catalectic, Cataleptic, Catapeltic, Cataphractic, Catastaltic, Cato-cathartic, Centrostaltic, Ceroplastic, Cetic, Chloropeptic, Choristic, Cisatlantic, Citharistic, Clastic, Climactic, Communalistic, Communistic, Coptic, Corybantic, Cosmoplastic, Crescentic, Cretic, Curialistic, Deictic, Deltic, Deutoplastic, Diacoustic, Dichastic, Dioristic, Diploblastic, Discoblastic, Docimastic, Dokimastic, Donatistic, Dracontic, Drastic, Dynastic, Dyslogistic, Ecphractic, Ectoplastic, Electic, Electro-ballistic, Elohistic, Embryoplastic, Emeto-cathartic, Empaistic, Emphractic, Emphyteutic, Empiristic, Endeictic, Endoblastic, Entastic, Entheastic, Entoplastic, Entoptic, Epiblastic, Epicerastic, Epideictic, Epiglottic, Epilogistic, Epinastic, Epiotic, Erethistic, Esemplastic, Eteostic, Euhemeristic, Eupeptic, Euphuistic, Eutectic, Evangelistic, Externalistic, Fatalistic, Fibrinoplastic, Formularistic, frantic, Fustic, galactic, Galvanocaustic, Galvanoplastic, Gelastic, Gestic, Gigantic, Glossoepiglottic, Glyptic, Gymnoblastic, Haematoplastic, Haemoplastic, Hebraistic, hedonistic, Helvetic, Hepatocystic, Heteroplastic, heuristic, Hierophantic, Holoblastic, Holocryptic, Holophrastic, Homoplastic, Hudibrastic, humanistic, Humoristic, Hydromantic, hypercatalectic, Hyperplastic, Hypoblastic, Hypocoristic, Hyponastic, Iatraliptic, iconoclastic, ictic, idealistic, Illuministic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, Isopiestic, Jehovistic, journalistic, Judaistic, lactic, Lamaistic, Latinistic, Lettic, liberalistic, Lithontriptic, Lithotriptic, Locustic, Lustic, majestic, mantic, mastic, Mastodontic, Melanistic, Meloplastic, Meroblastic, Meroistic, mesoblastic, Metaleptic, Metapectic, Micracoustic, monistic, monocystic, Monogenistic, Monogoneutic, Monoplastic, monopolistic, monotheistic, Myristic, Nativistic, Naturalistic, Nautic, Neoplastic, Neo-Scholastic, Nihilistic, Nominalistic, Nonelastic, Nympholeptic, Octic, Onomastic, Optimistic, Orectic, Organoleptic, Organoplastic, Orgiastic, Orthoclastic, Osteoplastic, Ostic, Otic, oxyacetic, Oxyntic, Palearctic, Paleocrystic, Pancratiastic, Panoistic, Parablastic, Paracmastic, Paracrostic, Paralactic, Parallelistic, Paratactic, Pectic, Pederastic, Peirastic, Pentacrostic, Pepastic, Periotic, Peristaltic, Philanthropistic, Phlogistic, Phonocamptic, Photic, Phrentic, Phyllotactic, Pistic, Plastic, Polaristic, Polyacoustic, Polygoneutic, Polyplastic, Pontic, Pornerastic, Postic, Practic, Preaortic, Prenostic, Procatarctic, Prootic, Proplastic, Protactic, Protoplastic, Pseudo-romantic, Pterotic, Pugilistic, Pyroacetic, Pyrognostic, Quantic, Quietistic, Quintic, realistic, revivalistic, Rhaetic, Rhetic, Rhinoplastic, ritualistic, romantic, Saccholactic, Sans-culottic, Sarcolactic, Scelestic, Scholiastic, Sciolistic, Scioptic, Sensualistic, Separatistic, Sextic, simplistic, skeptic, Solecistic, Somnambulistic, spastic, spiritualistic, Spodomantic, Stegnotic, stochastic, Stomatoplastic, Strontic, stylistic, subarctic, Subepiglottic, Subglottic, supernaturalistic, Sustaltic, Symplectic, Synchronistic, Synclastic, syncretistic, synergistic, Syrtic, Systaltic, Talmudistic, Telestic, Terpentic, Tetraschistic, Theochristic, Theopneustic, Thermosystaltic, Thermotactic, Thigmotactic, Toreutic, transatlantic, Triploblastic, Tryptic, unartistic, Unelastic, Unionistic, universalistic, Vedantic, Vitalistic, Vitre-o-electic, Xyloplastic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: acentric. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: centric, ceratin, certain, creatin, tacrine. | |
-2 letters: accent, acetic, acetin, arctic, cancer, canter, cantic, carnet, carnie, centai, centra, cretic, cretin, enatic, nectar, ratine, recant, retain, retina, tanrec, trance. | |
-3 letters: actin, antic, antre, areic, cacti, cairn, caner, caret, carte, cater, cerci, ceria, ceric, circa, citer, crane, crate, enact, entia, erica, inert, inter, irate, nacre, naric, nicer, niter, nitre, rance, react, recta, recti, retia, riant, tenia, terai, tinea, trace, train, triac, trice, trine. | |
-4 letters: acne, acre, airn, airt, ante, anti, cain, cane, cant, care, carn, cart, cate, ceca, cent, cine, cire, cite, earn, etic, etna, narc, near, neat, nice, nite, race, rain, rani, rant, rate, rein, rent, rice, rite, tace, tain, tare, tarn, tear, tern, tier, tine, tire. | |
-5 letters: ace, act, ain, air, ait, ane, ani, ant, arc, are, art, ate, can, car, cat, ear, eat, era, ern, eta, ice, ire, nae, net, nit, ran, rat, rec, rei, ret, ria, rin, tae, tan, tar, tea, ten, tic, tie, tin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: accreting, accretion, anorectic, circinate. | |
+2 letters: accretions, anorectics, anticancer, cantatrice, cocreating, concertina, inaccurate, pancreatic. | |
+3 letters: accipitrine, accoutering, accrediting, acrocentric, anacreontic, antisecrecy, areocentric, bacteriocin, brecciating, brecciation, cantatrices, centrically, chanticleer, circinately, concertinas, contractile, contractive, contrivance, electrician, incarcerate, intricacies, metacentric, narcoleptic, necromantic, neocortical, reaccenting, reaccepting, revaccinate. | |
+4 letters: accelerating, acceleration, accipitrines, accretionary, acrocentrics, actinometric, anacreontics, androcentric, anticlerical, bacteriocins, brecciations, centralistic, chanticleers, charactering, circumjacent, circumstance, coacervation, consecrating, consecration, consecrative, contractible, contradicted, contrivances, correctional, counterclaim, criticalness, cybernetical, electricians, excruciating, excruciation, gynecocratic, inaccurately, incarcerated, incarcerates, interoceanic, intervocalic, metacentrics, narcoleptics, nonarchitect, precipitance, precipitancy, recalcitrant, recontacting, reluctancies, reoccupation, revaccinated, revaccinates, scratchiness, technocratic, tetracycline, transoceanic, trenchancies, trochanteric, unaccredited, uncirculated, undemocratic. | |
+5 letters: accelerations, accreditation, anticlericals, architectonic, attractancies, backcountries, certificating, certification, chromonematic, circumambient, circumstanced, circumstances, cliometrician, coacervations, concentrating, concentration, concentrative, concretionary, confectionary, conglomeratic, consecrations, contraception, contraceptive, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counterclaims, cyanobacteria, cybernetician, decorticating, decortication, eccentrically, excruciations, gerontocratic, incarcerating, incarceration, intercortical, intergalactic, intraspecific, nonaccredited, nonarchitects, nondemocratic, nonelectrical, phallocentric, plantocracies, practicalness, precipitances, preoccupation, pyrotechnical, reaccrediting, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitrants, recalculating, recalculation, reciprocating, reciprocation, recirculating, recirculation, rectification, reoccupations, revaccinating, revaccination, technocracies, tetracyclines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 41 52 43 54 49 43 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . .- .-. -.-. - .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01000001 01010010 01000011 01010100 01001001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E A R C T I C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0041 0052 0043 0054 0049 0043 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4839355237544337 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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