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Definition: PALEARCTIC |
PALEARCTICAdjective1. Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia. |
Note: Palearctic \Pa`le*arc"tic\, adjective. [Paleo- arctic.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: PALEARCTIC |
| English words defined with "PALEARCTIC": Paleo-. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
It includes the terrestrial ecoregions of Europe, Asia north of the Himalayas, Africa north of the Sahara Desert and some parts of the Middle East.
Physically, it is the largest ecozone, but it has few unique features since it is central and temperate or tundra, with no truly tropical areas, but some arid areas with near-tropical climates (Sicily, southern Spain, Greece).
Because of its size, it is often divided for convenience into the Western Palaearctic and the Eastern Palaearctic, the Ural mountains being taken as the boundary.
This zone and the Nearctic were often connected by the Bering land bridge, and therefore have more similarities than other faunal zones. They are therefore sometimes considered together as a circumpolar Holarctic zone.
Ecologically important features:
Animal families originally unique to the Palearctic ecozone include:
External link :
See also : List of palearctic ecoregions
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Palearctic."
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| Language | Translations for "palearctic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | alearcticpay.(various references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "PALEARCTIC" (pronounced 'Pa`le*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, Nearctic, Neoplastic, Neo-Scholastic, Nihilistic, Nominalistic, Nonelastic, Nympholeptic, Octic, Onomastic, Optimistic, Orectic, Organoleptic, Organoplastic, Orgiastic, Orthoclastic, Osteoplastic, Ostic, Otic, oxyacetic, Oxyntic, 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 | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-l-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: practical. | |
-2 letters: apractic, parietal, particle, placater, practice, prelatic, tailrace. | |
-3 letters: apteral, apteria, article, calcite, caliper, caltrap, capital, caprice, carpale, circlet, paretic, partial, picrate, placate, plaiter, platier, plectra, plicate, practic, recital, replica. | |
-4 letters: accept, acetal, acetic, aecial, aerial, alcaic, apical, aplite, arctic, atelic, atrial, caecal, calcar, calpac, capita, caplet, capric, carate, carcel, carpal, carpel, carpet, cartel, celiac, cicala, cicale, circle, citral, claret, cleric, cretic, earlap, eclair, epical, icecap, ipecac, lacier, lactic, lariat, latria, palace, palate, palier, palter, parcel, pectic, picara, pirate, placer, placet, plaice, plater, plicae, preact, racial, realia, rectal, relict, retail, retial, rictal, tailer, triple. | |
-5 letters: acari, aceta, aecia, alate, alert, altar, alter, apace, apart, apter, areal, areca, areic, ariel, artal, artel, atria, atrip, cacti, caeca, caper, carat, caret, carle, carpi, carte, cater, cecal, cerci, ceria, ceric, circa, citer, clapt, clear, cleat, clept, clipt, craal, crape, crate, crept, cripe, eclat, epact, erica, ileac, irate, laari, lacer, later, leapt, lepta, liter, litre, pacer, palea, paler, palet, parae, parle, pater, pearl, peart, peril, petal, pical, pieta, pilar, pilea, place, plait, plate, pleat, plica, plier, prate, price, ratal, ratel, react, reata, recap, recta, recti, relic, relit, retia, riata, talar, taler, taper, tapir, telia, telic, tepal, terai, tiara, tical, tiler, trace, trail, triac, trial, trice, tripe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-l-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: malpractice, practicable. | |
+2 letters: archetypical, malpractices. | |
+3 letters: impracticable, plantocracies, practicalness. | |
+4 letters: pharmaceutical, practicalities. | |
+5 letters: hypercatalectic, pharmaceuticals, practicableness, practicalnesses, precancellation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 41 4C 45 41 52 43 54 49 43 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-.. . .- .-. -.-. - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01000001 01001100 01000101 01000001 01010010 01000011 01010100 01001001 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P A L E A R C T I C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0041 004C 0045 0041 0052 0043 0054 0049 0043 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50354639355237544337 |
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