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Definition: Paleontologist |
PaleontologistNoun1. A specialist in paleontology. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "paleontologist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Mining | Person who studies the fossilized remains of animals and/or plants. (references) |
Occupations | Studies fossilized remains of plants and animals found in geological formations to trace evolution and development of past life and identify geological formations according to nature and chronology: Recovers and assembles fossilized specimens, notes their positions, and classifies them according to their botanical or zoological family and probable age. Prepares treatises on findings for furtherance of scientific study, or as in aid to location of natural resources, such as petroleum-bearing formations. May organize scientific expeditions and supervise removal of fossils from deposits and matrix rock formations. May specialize in study of plant fossils and be designated Paleobotanist (profess. & kin.). May specialize in study of fossilized micro-organisms and be designated Micropaleontologist (profess. & kin.). (references) |
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Synonyms: PaleontologistSynonyms: fossilist (n), palaeontologist (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Paleontologist |
| English words defined with "paleontologist": Gould ♦ Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey ♦ Mary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey ♦ Owen ♦ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ♦ Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey ♦ Sir Richard Owen, Stephen Jay Gould ♦ Teilhard de Chardin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "paleontologist": vaughanite. (references) |
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Screenplays | The astronomer, or the paleontologist, gets to study these amazing things from a place of complete safety. (Jurassic Park III; writing credit: Peter Buchman) Come on Ross, you're a paleontologist, dig a little deeper. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
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| "Paleontologist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Paleontologist" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
paleontologist | 56 |
become paleontologist | 5 |
frank garcia paleontologist | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "paleontologist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | paleontologjist (palaeontologist). (various references) | |
Czech | paleontolog. (various references) | |
German | paläontologe (palaeontologist). (various references) | |
Greek | παλαιοντολόγοσ (palaeontologist). (various references) | |
Hungarian | paleontológus (palaeontologist). (various references) | |
Italian | paleontologo (palaeontologist). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 古"物学者 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "せいぶつがくしゃ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aleontologistpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | paleontólogo (palaeontologist), paleolítico (palaeontologist, Paleolithic). (various references) | |
Romanian | paleontolog. (various references) | |
Russian | палеонтолог (palaeontologist). (various references) | |
Spanish | paleontólogo (palaeontologist). (various references) | |
Turkish | paleontolog, taşılbilimci. (various references) | |
Ukranian | палеонтолог (palaeontologist). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "paleontologist": paleontologists. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "paleontologist": micropaleontologist. (additional references) | |
Words containing "paleontologist": micropaleontologists. (additional references) | |
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"Paleontologist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: palaeotologist, palbeontologist, paleantologist, palentologist, paleonologist, paleonpologist, paleontologest, paleotologist, pollinologist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "paleontologist" (pronounced pā'lēuntÄ"lujust) |
| 10 | -u n t Ä" l u j u s t | gerontologist. |
| 8 | -t Ä" l u j u s t | dermatologist, rheumatologist. |
| 7 | -Ä" l u j u s t | anesthesiologist, anthropologist, apologist, archaeologist, biologist, cardiologist, criminologist, ecologist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, geologist, gynecologist, ideologist, immunologist, kremlinologist, meteorologist, microbiologist, musicologist, neurologist, oncologist, ophthalmologist, pathologist, physiologist, psychologist, radiologist, seismologist, serologist, sociologist, toxicologist, urologist, virologist, zoologist. |
| 6 | -l u j u s t | mineralogist. |
| 4 | -j u s t | allergist, hugest, largest, strangest, strategist, technologist. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anticommunist, apprenticed, aquarist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, environmentalist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, illusionist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, methodist, mightiest, mildest, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, palest, panelist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, semifinalist, separatist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, violinist, violist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-n-o-o-o-p-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: planetologist. | |
-3 letters: potentillas. | |
-4 letters: epiglottal, ontologies, ontologist, penologist, pollinates, potentials, potentilla, topologies, topologist. | |
-5 letters: allotting, antipoles, apologies, apologise, apologist, enologist, gallipots, gallstone, gantlopes, gelations, gestation, legations, optionals, otologies, patooties, pilotages, plantlets, plotlines, plottages, pollinate, polonaise, potations, potential, splatting, tangliest, tinplates, tollgates, tonoplast, totalling. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-n-o-o-o-p-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: paleontologists. | |
+5 letters: micropaleontologist, paleoanthropologist. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01101100 01100101 01101111 01101110 01110100 01101111 01101100 01101111 01100111 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a l e o n t o l o g i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 006C 0065 006F 006E 0074 006F 006C 006F 0067 0069 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067787181808681788173758586 |
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