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Definition: NEO- |
NEO-1. A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively. |
Crosswords: NEO- |
| English words defined with "NEO-": Is-. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "NEO-" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (neo-), Romanian (neo-), Scottish (pref. implying the absence of the quality expressed by the, un-). |
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It appears in words such as the following:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Neo-."
| "NEO-" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "NEO-" is used about 3 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "NEO-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | ново-, нео-. (various references) | |
Chinese | 新 (neo, New). (various references) | |
French | néo-. (various references) | |
German | neo-. (various references) | |
Greek | νέο-. (various references) | |
Manx | noa- (new, prefix neo-). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eo-nay.(various references) | |
Romanian | neo-. (various references) | |
Turkish | neo, yeni (fresh, freshly, green, hot, incoming, ingoing, kaino-, maiden, neoteric, new, newly, novel, novice, only just, recent, recently, renewed, smart, young). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "NEO-" (pronounced 'Ne"o-'): Azo-, Diazo-, Fluo-, Hemo-, Holo-, Hyo-, myo-, Podo-, Schizo-, Tetrazo-, Thio-. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: eon, one. | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-o" | |
-1 letter: en, ne, no, oe, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-o" | |
+1 letter: aeon, bone, cone, done, ebon, enol, enow, eons, exon, gone, hone, jeon, keno, leno, lone, meno, neon, node, noel, noes, nome, none, nope, nose, note, omen, once, ones, open, oven, oxen, peon, pone, sone, tone, zone. | |
+2 letters: aeons, agone, alone, anode, anole, atone, axone, beano, beton, boned, boner, bones, boney, bonne, bonze, borne, canoe, cento, clone, coden, coned, cones, coney, conge, conte, copen, coven, cozen, crone, demon, devon, donee, donne, doven, doyen, dozen, drone, ebons, ebony, eikon, eloin, endow, enjoy, enoki, enols, enorm, enows, enrol, envoi, envoy, eosin, exons, felon, foehn, genoa, genom, genro, gnome, gonef, goner, heron, honed, honer, hones, honey, hosen, irone, jeton, jones, kendo, kenos, koine, krone, lemon, lenos, lento, leone, loden, loner, longe, melon, meson, monde, money, monie, monte, neons, nerol, netop, noble, nodes, noels, noise, nomen, nomes, nonce, nones, nonet, noose, nosed, noses, nosey, noted, noter, notes, novae, novel, oaken, oaten, ocean, odeon, often, olden, olein, omens, onces, onery, onset, opens, opine, ounce, ovens, ovine, owned, owner, owsen, ozone, paeon, pelon, pengo, peons, peony, phone, ponce, pones, prone, recon, redon, rewon, rouen, roven, rowen, scone, segno, senor, seton, shone, snore, sonde, sones, steno, stone, tenon, tenor, token, toned, toner, tones, toney, tonne, trone, venom, woken, women, woven, xenon, zoned, zoner, zones. | |
+3 letters: acnode, aeonic, agones, ancone, anodes, anoles, anomie, anyone, apnoea, arseno, atoned, atoner, atones, awoken, axones, beacon, beanos, beckon, begone, beknot, belong, bemoan, benzol, besnow, betons, betony, beyond, biogen, bizone, blonde, bonded, bonder, boners, bonged, bonier, bonked, bonnes, bonnet, bonnie, bonzer, bonzes, borane, boreen, bounce, bourne, bovine, bowmen, broken, bronze, bygone, canoed, canoes, cenote, censor, centos, chosen, cineol, cloned, cloner, clones, cloven, codein, codens, cogent, cohune, coigne, coined, coiner, colone, coneys, confer, congee, conger, conges, conies, conine, conked, conker, conned, conner, contes, convex, convey, copens, cornea, corned, cornel, corner, cornet, cosine, covens, cowmen, cozens, crepon, crones, daemon, deacon, debone, dehorn, demons, denote, depone, devons, dinero, docent, dolmen, domine, donate, donees, dongle, donkey, donned, donnee, donsie, donzel, dovens, downed, downer, doyens, dozens, droned, droner, drones, dynode, eggnog, eikons, elevon, eloign, eloins, emodin, enamor, encode, encore, endows, enduro, enfold, enhalo, enjoin, enjoys, enokis, enolic, enosis, enough, enrobe, enroll, enrols, enroot, ensoul, entoil, entomb, envois, envoys, enwomb, eolian, eonian, eonism, eosine, eosins, epigon, eponym, erenow, eringo, eryngo, essoin, etalon, ethion, ethnos, etymon, evzone, exogen, exonic, felons, felony, foehns, foeman, foemen, foined, foment, fonded, fonder, fondle, fondue, frozen, genoas, genome, genoms, genros, gentoo, gnomes, gnoses, golden, gonefs, goners, gonged, gooney, goonie, gorhen, gotten, govern, gowned, groyne, guenon, hereon, heroin, herons, hexone, hodden, hoeing, hoiden, holden, holpen, hondle, honers, honest, honeys, honied, honked, honker, honkey, honkie, horned, hornet, hoyden, icones, ignore, impone, income, indole, insole, intone, invoke, inwove, iodine, ionise, ionize, ionone, ironed, ironer, irones, jetons, jetton, joined, joiner, jounce, kelson, kendos, ketone, knower, koines, konked, kronen, kroner, lanose, legion, legong, lemons, lemony, lentos, leones, lepton, lesion, lesson, leukon, loaned, loaner, lodens, lomein, loment, lonely, loners, longed, longer, longes, looney, loosen, louden, lounge, loupen, melons, melton, mentor, merino, merlon, mesons, moaned, moaner, modern, moline, molten, moment, mondes, moneys, monger, mongoe, monied, monies, monkey, montes, mooned, moreen, morgen, nekton, nelson, neoned, neroli, nerols, nestor, netops, neuron, nevoid, newton, niello, nobble, nobler, nobles, nocent, nocked, nodded, nodder, noddle, nodose, nodule, noesis, noetic, nogged, noised, noises, nonage, nonces, nonego, nonets, nonmen, nonuse, noodge, noodle, noosed, nooser, nooses, norite, normed, noshed, nosher, noshes, nosier, notate, noters, nother, notice, nouses, novels, novena, novice, nowise, noyade, nozzle, oceans, ochone, octane, odeons, offend, oilmen, oinked, olefin, oleine, oleins, omened, omenta, onager, online, onsets, onside, onuses, onyxes, oogeny, opened, opener, openly, operon, opined, opines, orange, orcein, orgone, orient, ornate, ornery, orpine, oscine, ossein, ounces, ovines, owners, oxygen, ozones, paeons, pengos, pennon, peones, pereon, perron, person, phenol, phenom, phoned, phones, phoney, pigeon, pinole, pointe, poleyn, pollen, ponced, ponces, ponded, ponder, ponent, ponged, pongee, ponied, ponies, pontes, poteen, potent, potmen, pounce, proven, pyrone, reason, reborn, reckon, recoin, recons, redone, redons, region, rejoin, reloan, renown, renvoi, reopen, resown, retorn, rezone, rodent, rodmen, rondel, ronnel, rotten, rouens, rowens, sconce, scones, season, second, segnos, senhor, senior, senora, senors, sensor, sermon, setons, sexton, sloven, snooze, snored, snorer, snores, snowed, socmen, sodden, soften, soigne, solemn, sonder, sondes, sonnet, sonsie, sooner, sorned, sorner, sowens, sozine, spoken, sponge, stenos, stolen, stoned, stoner, stones, stoney, telson, tendon, tenons, tenors, tenour, tensor, tenuto, teopan, teston, throne, toeing, tokens, tolane, toneme, toners, tonged, tonger, tongue, tonier, tonlet, tonner, tonnes, torten, townee, townie, toxine, trones, undoer, undoes, undone, unopen, unrobe, unrove, unwove, unyoke, vendor, venoms, venose, venous, weapon, weason, wigeon, winoes, wonder, wonned, wonner, wonted, wooden, woolen, worsen, wovens, xenons, yeoman, yeomen, yonder, yonker, zonate, zoners, zonked, zonule. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 4F 2D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01001111 00101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E O - |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 004F 002D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48394915 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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