Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 120
Priest-ridden (a.) Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people.
Prieve (v. t.) To prove.
Prigged (imp. & p. p.) of Prig
Prigging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prig
Prig (v. i.) To haggle about the price of a commodity; to bargain hard.
Prig (v. t.) To cheapen.
Prig (v. t.) To filch or steal; as, to prig a handkerchief.
Prig (n.) A pert, conceited, pragmatical fellow.
Prig (n.) A thief; a filcher.
Priggery (n.) Priggism.
Priggish (a.) Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.
Priggism (n.) The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig.
Priggism (n.) Roguery; thievery.
Prighte () imp. of Prick.
Prill (n.) The brill.
Prill (v. i.) To flow.
Prill (n.) A stream.
Prill (n.) A nugget of virgin metal.
Prill (n.)
Prill (n.) The button of metal from an assay.
Prillion (n.) Tin extracted from the slag.
Prim (n.) The privet.
Prim (a.) 呆板的；拘謹的；裝出淑女模樣的；整齊的 Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person.
Primmed (imp. & p. p.) of Prim
Primming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prim
Prim (v. t.) 使顯得一本正經；把……打扮得整整齊齊 To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink.
Prim (v. i.) 顯得一本正經 To dress or act smartly.
Compare: Smartly
Smartly (adv.) 瀟灑地；整齊漂亮地；伶俐地；機敏地In an attractively neat and stylish manner.
‘He was dressed smartly in his suit.’
‘The men were smartly groomed.’
Smartly (adv.) In a fashionable and upmarket style.
‘The restaurant is smartly decorated.
‘The smartly furnished house.’
Smartly (adv.) In a manner showing quick-witted intelligence or skill.
‘A smartly conceived menu.’
‘The action sequences are smartly executed.’
Smartly (adv.) In a quick or brisk manner.
‘We marched smartly to the main assembly hall.’
Primacy (n.) 第一；首位；卓越；（天主教）宗教的最高權力；大主教（或教皇）的職位 The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy.
Primacy (n.) The office, rank, or character of a primate; the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church; the office or dignity of an archbishop; as, the primacy of England.
Primacy (n.) The state of being first in importance.
Prima donnas (n. pl. ) of Prima donna
Prime donne (n. pl. ) of Prima donna
Prima donna (ph.) （歌劇中的）女主角；（音樂會中的）首席女歌手；【口】（尤指女性）自負的人；愛慕虛榮的人 The first or chief female singer in an opera.
Prima
donna (ph.)
From Italian words meaning "first woman" or "first lady",
depending on your preference, the prima donna is the leading lady in a
performance, and especially in opera. Can also be called a diva.
Is now often used to describe someone arrogant, vain, or just plain
bitchy. Diva and prima donna have become synonomous with
a show-off or a bitch, regardless of whether or not
the person in question is male or female.
Compare: Diva
Diva (n.) （歌劇的）女主唱者；（電影、戲劇等的）一流女藝人 A celebrated female opera singer.
Diva (n.) A famous female singer of popular music.
‘A pop diva.’
Diva (n.) A self-important person who is temperamental and difficult to please (typically used of a woman)
‘She is much more the dedicated maverick than the petulant diva.’
Prima facie () At first view; on the first appearance.
Primage (n.) A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.
Primal (a.) First; primary; original; chief.
Primality (n.) The quality or state of being primal.
Primarily (adv.) In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.
Primarily (adv.) For the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main].
Primarily (adv.) Of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter" [syn: primarily, in the first place] [ant: secondarily].
Primariness (n.) The quality or state of being primary, or first in time, in act, or in intention. -- Norris.
Primary (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
The church of Christ, in its primary institution. -- Bp. Pearson.
These I call original, or primary, qualities of body. -- Locke.
Primary (a.) First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
Primary (a.) First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
Primary (a.) (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
Primary (a.) (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), Any alcohol which possess the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of carbon atoms; -- distinguished from secondary & tertiary alcohols.
Primary amine (Chem.), An amine containing the amido group, or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; -- distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.
Primary amputation (Surg.), An amputation for injury performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation supervene.
Primary axis (Bot.), The main stalk which bears a whole cluster of flowers.
Primary colors. See under Color.
Primary meeting, A meeting of citizens at which the first steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc. See Caucus.
Primary pinna (Bot.), One of those portions of a compound leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.
Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Primary qualities of bodies, Such are essential to and inseparable from them.
Primary quills (Zool.), The largest feathers of the wing of a bird; primaries.
Primary rocks (Geol.), A term early used for rocks supposed to have been first formed, being crystalline and containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.; -- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.
Primary salt (Chem.), A salt derived from a polybasic acid in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base or basic radical.
Primary syphilis (Med.), The initial stage of syphilis, including the period from the development of the original lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms indicative of general constitutional infection.
Primary union (Surg.), Union without suppuration; union by the first intention.
Primaries (n. pl. ) of Primary.
Primary (n.) That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.
Primary (n.) A primary meeting; a caucus.
Primary (n.) (Zool.) One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
Primary (n.) (Astron.) A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
Primary (a.) Of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" [ant: secondary].
Primary (a.) Not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct".
Primary (a.) Most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)].
Primary (a.) Of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary, elemental, primary].
Primary (a.) Of primary importance [syn: basal, primary].
Primary (n.) A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen [syn: primary, primary election].
Primary (n.) One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing [syn: primary, primary feather, primary quill].
Primary (n.) (Astronomy) A celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
Primary (n.) Coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil" [syn: primary coil, primary winding, primary].
Primary. () That which is first or principal; as primary evidence, or that evidence which is to be admitted in the first instance, as distinguished from secondary evidence, which is allowed only when primary evidence cannot be had.
Primary. () A primary obligation is one which is the principal object of the contract; for example, the primary obligation of the seller is to deliver the thing sold, and to transfer the title to it. It is distinguished from the accessory or secondary obligation to pay damages for not doing so. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 702.
Primate (a.) The chief ecclesiastic in a national church; one who presides over other bishops in a province; an archbishop.
Primate (a.) (Zool.) One of the Primates.
Primate (n.) A senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate].
Primate (n.) Any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
Primate, (eccl. law..) An archbishop who has jurisdiction over one or several other metropolitans.
Primate, (n.) The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an amiable old gentleman, who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead.
Primate (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) (Animal) (Biology) A member of the most developed and intelligent group of mammals, including humans, monkeys, and apes.
Primates (n. pl.) The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.
Primateship (n.) The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.
Primatial (a.) Primatical.
Primatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a primate.
Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary. "Prime forests." -- Tennyson.
She was not the prime cause, but I myself. -- Milton.
Note: In this sense the word is nearly superseded by primitive, except in the phrase prime cost.
Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister. "Prime virtues." -- Dryden.
Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage. [Poetic]
His starry helm, unbuckled, showed him prime In manhood where youth ended. -- Milton.
Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Note: In this dictionary the same typographic mark is used to indicate a weak accent in headwords, and minutes of a degree in angle measurements.
Prime (a.) (Math.) (a) Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7 is a prime number.
Prime (a.) (Math.) Having no common factor; -- used with to; as, 12 is prime to 25.
Prime and ultimate ratio. (Math.). See Ultimate.
Prime conductor. (Elec.) See under Conductor.
Prime factor (Arith.), A factor which is a prime number.
Prime figure (Geom.), A figure which can not be divided into any other figure more simple than itself, as a triangle, a pyramid, etc.
Prime meridian (Astron.), The meridian from which longitude is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington.
Prime minister, The responsible head of a ministry or executive government; applied particularly to that of England.
Prime mover. (Mech.) (a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of power. Especially: Muscular force; the weight and motion of fluids, as water and air; heat obtained by chemical combination, and applied to produce changes in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action, and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force.
Prime mover. (Mech.) (b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to receive and modify force and motion as supplied by some natural source, and apply them to drive other machines; as a water wheel, a water-pressure engine, a steam engine, a hot-air engine, etc.
Prime mover. (Mech.) (c) Fig.: The original or the most effective force in any undertaking or work; as, Clarkson was the prime mover in English antislavery agitation.
Prime number (Arith.), A number which is exactly divisible by no number except itself or unity, as 5, 7, 11.
Prime vertical (Astron.), The vertical circle which passes through the east and west points of the horizon.
Prime-vertical dial, A dial in which the shadow is projected on the plane of the prime vertical.
Prime-vertical transit instrument, A transit instrument the telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime vertical, -- used for observing the transit of stars over this circle.
Prime (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring. -- Chaucer.
In the very prime of the world. -- Hooker.
Hope waits upon the flowery prime. -- Waller.
Prime (n.) The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection. "Cut off in their prime." -- Eustace. "The prime of youth." --Dryden.
Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
Give him always of the prime. -- Swift.
Prime (n.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.
Early and late it rung, at evening and at prime. -- Spenser.
Note: Originally, prime denoted the first quarter of the artificial day, reckoned from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. Afterwards, it denoted the end of the first quarter, that is, 9 a. m. Specifically, it denoted the first canonical hour, as now. Chaucer uses it in all these senses, and also in the sense of def. 1, above.
They sleep till that it was pryme large. -- Chaucer.
Prime (n.) (Fencing) The first of the chief guards.
Prime (n.) (Chem.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1. [Obs. or Archaic]
Prime (n.) (Arith.) A prime number. See under Prime, a.
Prime (n.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
Prime of the moon, The new moon at its first appearance.
Primed (imp. & p. p.) of Prime
Priming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prime
Prime (v. t.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
Prime (v. t.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
Prime (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief. [Colloq.] -- Thackeray.
Prime (v. t.) To trim or prune, as trees. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Prime (v. t.) (Math.) To mark with a prime mark.
To prime a pump, to charge a pump with water, in order to put it in working condition.
Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first. [Obs.]
Night's bashful empress, though she often wane, As oft repeats her darkness, primes again. -- Quarles.
Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
Prime (v. i.) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler.
Prime (a.) First in rank or degree; "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister" [syn: premier(a), prime(a).
Prime (a.) Used of the first or originating agent; "prime mover".
Prime (a.) Of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches" [syn: choice, prime(a), prize, quality, select].
Prime (a.) Of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers; "prime number".
Prime (a.) Being at the best stage of development; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning [syn: prime, meridian].
Prime (n.) A number that has no factor but itself and 1 [syn: prime, prime quantity].
Prime (n.) The period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush].
Prime (n.) The second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
Prime (n.) The time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest [syn: prime, prime of life].
Prime (v.) Insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine".
Prime (v.) Cover with a primer; apply a primer to [syn: prime, ground, undercoat].
Prime (v.) Fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine".
Primely (adv.) At first; primarily. [Obs.] -- South.
Primely (adv.) In a prime manner; excellently.
Prime Minister (n.) 首相 The head of an elected government; the principal minister of a sovereign or state.
[As title] ‘The Japanese prime minister argued strongly against it.’
‘Prime Minister Albert Reynolds.’
Compare: Sovereign
Sovereign (n.) [C] 君主，元首；最高統治者；主權國家 A supreme ruler, especially a monarch.
‘The Emperor became the first Japanese sovereign to visit Britain.’
Sovereign (n.) A former British gold coin worth one pound sterling, now only minted for commemorative purposes.
Sovereign (a.) 最高統治者的；擁有最高統治權的；具有獨立主權的 Possessing supreme or ultimate power.
‘In modern democracies the people's will is in theory sovereign.’
Sovereign (a.) [Attributive ] (Of a nation or its affairs) Acting or done independently and without outside interference.
‘A sovereign, democratic republic.’
Sovereign (a.) [Literary, archaic] [A ttributive ] Possessing royal power and status.
‘Our most sovereign lord the King.’
Sovereign (a.) [Dated] [Attributive] Very good or effective.
‘A sovereign remedy for all ills.’
Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being first.
Primeness (n.) The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.
Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes
Primer (n.) An instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder.
Primer (a.) First; original; primary.
Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.
Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
Primer (n.) A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica.
Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown.
Primerole (n.) See Primrose.
Primeval (a.) Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man.
Primevally (adv.) In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.
Primevous (a.) Primeval.
Primigenial (a.) First born, or first of all; original; primary. See Primogenial.
Primigenious (a.) Alt. of Primigenous
Primigenous (a.) First formed or generated; original; primigenial.
Primine (n.) The outermost of the two integuments of an ovule.
Compare: Ovule
Ovule (n.) [Botany]【植】胚珠；【動】小卵 The part of the ovary of seed plants that contains the female germ cell and after fertilization becomes the seed.
Compare: Ovary
Ovary (n.) [C] 卵巢；【植】子房A female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produced, present in humans and other vertebrates as a pair.
Ovary (n.) [Botany] The hollow base of the carpel of a flower, containing one or more ovules.
Priming (n.) The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
Priming (n.) The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.
Priming (n.) The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.