💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pretertiary"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tertiarynoun | Of third rank or order; subsequent. |
| pregeological | Before geology. |
| triassicnoun | (geology) A geologic period within the Mesozoic era, comprising lower, middle and upper epochs from about 250 to 200 million years ago. |
| primary | First or earliest in a group or series. |
| uppernoun | That which is higher, contrasted with the lower. |
| lower | Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object. |
| postsedimentary | (geology) Following sedimentation |
| preterrestrial | Prior to the formation of Earth |
| pedogeological | Pertaining to the geology of soil and till. |
| pre-cambriannoun | Alternative spelling of Precambrian. [(geology) The Precambrian supereon; spanning from the formation of the Earth around 4.6 billion years ago to the emergence of hard-shelled creatures 541 million years ago.] |
| epimetamorphic | (geology) Above a metamorphic stratum |
| terrigeneous | Alternative form of terrigenous. [Produced by the earth.] |
| terrigenousnoun | (geology, of a marine sediment) Derived from the erosion of land-based rocks. |
| proterozoicnoun | (geology) The eon from 2,500 Ma to 541.0±1.0 Ma, the beginning of the Phanerozoic, marked by the build up of oxygen in the atmosphere and the emergence of primitive multicellular life. |
| palaeogeological | Alternative form of paleogeological. [Relating to paleogeology] |
| paleoenvironmental | (geology) Of or pertaining to the environment at a particular time in the geologic past. |
| pastinate | (paeontology) Having three primary processes. |
| postpliocenenoun | (geology) After the Pliocene epoch. |
| palaeotectonic | Alternative form of paleotectonic. [Relating to ancient movement of the Earth's surface] |
| supercretaceous | Alternative form of supracretaceous. [(geology, archaic) Lying above the chalk.] |
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