| Africanthropus | Any of several extinct fossil hominids of the former genus or subgenus Africanthropus… | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| ambilocal | Designating or pertaining to a system of residence after marriage in which a couple may… | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| art mobilier | Prehistoric decorated or carved portable objects; (also) art consisting of such objects. | 1921 | Go To Quotation |
| Ayurvedist | A practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine. | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| biometrics | With sing. concord. = biometry n. 2. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| bioregion | A geographical area defined by biological or environmental characteristics, rather… | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| debitage | The unworked chips, flakes, or other waste material produced in the making of stone or flint implements. | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| dryopithecine | Of or relating to extinct apes belonging to, or closely related to, the genus Dryopithecus or the subfamily Dryopithecinae. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| kula | In some Pacific communities, esp. in the Trobriand Islands, an inter-island system… | 1920 | Go To Quotation |
| matrilineal | Of, relating to, or based on (kinship with) the mother or the female line; recognizing kinship with and descent through females. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| Melanesoid | Physically similar to the typical Melanesian; resembling a Melanesian. Also: similar to Melanesia with regard to culture. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| Meru | A member of an African people inhabiting the Meru region of Kenya, lying north and north-east of Mount Kenya. | 1908 | Go To Quotation |
| mesoconch | Of a skull: having an intermediate orbital index (ratio of height to width of the eye socket). | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| meta-literary | Of or relating to metaliterature; concerned with or characteristic of metaliterature.… | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| Micoquian | Of, relating to, or designating a late stage of the Acheulean culture of central… | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| microburin | A fragment of stone remaining after a blade has been notched and its end snapped off, this… | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| Minoanization | The imparting of a Minoan character to something; transformation due to Minoan influence. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| Minoanizing | Resembling that of the Minoan civilization; (also) imparting Minoan character. | 1925 | Go To Quotation |
| Mixteco | = Mixtec n. 2. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| molimo | A type of wooden trumpet-like musical instrument used by the Mbuti people of the… | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| monogenetically | In a monogenetic manner (in various senses of the adjective). | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| monogenically | By means of a single gene. Cf. monogenic adj. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| mouth bow | A musical instrument used in parts of Africa, consisting of a bow in which the player's mouth cavity is used as resonator. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| mpingo | = African blackwood n. at African n. adj. 2b. Also called African ebony. | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| mukhiya | In India and Nepal: the headman or chief of a village; the leader of a panchayat. | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| multi-male | Of a social group: containing more than one male. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| mytho-logic | An underlying structure or coherent pattern discernible in mythological systems. | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| namesaking | The practice of naming someone after another person; an instance of this. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| nativization | The action, process, or policy of making something native. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| naveta | A type of Bronze Age megalithic chambered tomb, shaped like an upturned boat, found… | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| Nazcan | = Nazca adj. | 1918 | Go To Quotation |
| Ngbandi | A member of a people inhabiting parts of the Central African Republic and adjacent areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| nomoli | A small soapstone figure of a human or animal of a type found in Sierra Leone, thought… | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| panda | Esp. among Vaishnavas: a Brahmin holding as a hereditary position the superintendence… | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| patinating | The action or process of covering with a patina. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| patrilineal | Of, relating to, or based on kinship with the father or descent through the male… | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| podiform | Having the form of a pod; (Geol.) designating a long or thick pod-shaped deposit of a mineral, esp. chromite. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| polyglacial | Designating the theory that postulates more than one glacial period during the… | 1922 | Go To Quotation |
| primatologist | A specialist in primatology; a person who studies primates. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| protophenomenon | A fundamental or irreducible phenomenon. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| pseudodominant | Ecol. An organism that resembles a dominant (dominant n. 4) in a community. nonce-use. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| quadrupedalism | The state or habit of being quadrupedal. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| rite de passage | = rite of passage n. | 1911 | Go To Quotation |
| Salafist | = Salafi adj. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| schismogenesis | A term proposed for the origin of differentiation between groups or cultures caused… | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| sub-Roman | Designating a period occurring immediately after the Roman period, and… | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| Swanscombe | Used attrib. with reference to an extinct hominid known from fossil fragments of… | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| virilocal | Pertaining to or designating a woman's residence after marriage in the domicile of her… | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
