Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 121
Primipara (n.) (Med.) A woman who bears a child for the first time.
Primipara (n.) (Obstetrics)Woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time [syn: primipara, para I].
Primiparous (a.) Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time.
Primiparous (a.) Of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once.
Primipilar (a.) Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army. -- Barrow.
Primitiae (n. pl. ) of Primitia.
Primitias (n. pl. ) of Primitia.
Primiti[ae] ({Primitias" > Primitia, n.; pl. Primiti[ae] ({Primitias, obs.) (Eng. Law) The first fruit; the first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment.
The primitias of your parsonage. -- Spenser.
Primitial (a.) Being of the first production; primitive; original. [Obs.] -- Ainsworth.
Primitive (a.) 原始的；遠古的；[B] 早期的；粗糙的；簡單的；未開化的，上古的，舊式的 Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church. "Our primitive great sire." -- Milton.
Primitive (a.) Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
Primitive (a.) Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
Primitive axes of coordinate (Geom.), That system of axes to which the points of a magnitude are first referred, with reference to a second set or system, to which they are afterward referred.
Primitive chord (Mus.), That chord, the lowest note of which is of the same literal denomination as the fundamental base of the harmony; -- opposed to derivative. -- Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Primitive circle (Spherical Projection), The circle cut from the sphere to be projected, by the primitive plane.
Primitive colors (Paint.), Primary colors. See under Color.
Primitive Fathers (Eccl.), The acknowledged Christian writers who flourished before the Council of Nice, A. D. 325. -- Shipley.
Primitive groove (Anat.), A depression or groove in the epiblast of the primitive streak. It is not connected with the medullary groove, which appears later and in front of it.
Primitive plane (Spherical Projection), The plane upon which the projections are made, generally coinciding with some principal circle of the sphere, as the equator or a meridian.
Primitive rocks (Geol.), Primary rocks. See under Primary.
Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma.
Primitive streak or Primitive trace (Anat.), An opaque and thickened band where the mesoblast first appears in the vertebrate blastoderm.
Syn: First; original; radical; pristine; ancient; primeval; antiquated; old-fashioned.
Primitive (n.) [C] 原（始）人；原始事物；純樸的人；文藝復興以前的藝術家；風格純樸如此時期的藝術家；早期藝術家 An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
Primitive (a.) Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains" [syn: {crude}, {primitive}, {rude}].
Primitive (a.) Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe" [syn: {archaic}, {primitive}].
Primitive (a.) Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies; "primitive societies."
Primitive (a.) Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking" [syn: {primitive}, {naive}].
Primitive (n.) A person who belongs to an early stage of civilization [syn: {primitive}, {primitive person}].
Primitive (n.) A mathematical expression from which another expression is derived.
Primitive (n.) A word serving as
the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from
which `picket' is derived".
Primitive, () A function, operator, or type which is built
into a programming language (or operating system), either for speed of execution or
because it would be impossible to write it in the
language. Primitives typically include the arithmetic and
logical operations (plus, minus, and, or, etc.) and are
implemented by a small number of machine language instructions. (1995-05-01)
Primitively (adv.) 原始地，簡單地，基本地 Originally; at first.
Primitively (adv.) Primarily; not derivatively.
Primitively (adv.) According to the original rule or ancient practice; in the ancient style. -- South.
Primitively (adv.) With reference to the origin or beginning [syn: {primitively}, {originally}, {in the beginning}].
Primitively (adv.) In a primitive style or manner; "rather primitively operated foundries".
Primitiveness (n.) 早期，原始 The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.
Primitiveness (n.) A wild or unrefined state [syn: {crudeness}, {crudity}, {primitiveness}, {primitivism}, {rudeness}].
Primity (n.) Quality of being first; primitiveness. [Obs.] -- Bp. Pearson.
Primly (adv.) In a prim or precise manner.
Primly (adv.) In a prissy manner; "the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily" [syn: primly, prissily].
Primness (n.) The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.
Primness (n.) Excessive or affected modesty [syn: primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism].
Primness (n.) Exaggerated and arrogant properness [syn: priggishness, primness].
Primo (a.) [It.] (Mus.) First; chief.
Primo (a.) The best of its kind.
Primo (n.) The principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet).
Primogenial (a.) First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. -- Glanvill.
Primogenitive (a.) Of or pertaining to primogeniture. [R.]
Primogenitive (n.) Primogeniture. [Obs.]
The primogenitive and due of birth. -- Shak.
Primogenitor (n.) 始祖，祖先 The first ancestor; a forefather.
Primogenitor (n.) An ancestor in the direct line [syn: {progenitor}, {primogenitor}].
Primogeniture (n.) 長子身分；【律】長子繼承權 The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family.
Primogeniture (n.) (Eng. Law) The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue. -- Blackstone.
Primogeniture (n.) Right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son.
Primogeniture (n.) The state of being first born the eldest.
Primogeniture (n.) Formerly primogeniture gave a title in cases of descent to the oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has been generally abolished in the United States.
Primogenitureship (n.) The state or privileges of the firstborn. -- Burke.
Primordial (a.) First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition. "The primordial facts of our
intelligent nature." -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Primordial (a.) (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also Cambrian, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian.
Primordial (a.) (Biol.) Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell.
Primordial utricle (Bot.), The interior lining of a young vegetable cell.
Primordial (n.) A first principle or element.
Primordial (a.) Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" [syn: aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial].
Primordialism (n.) Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state. -- H. Spencer.
Primordially (adv.) At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
Primordian (n.) (Bot.) A name given to several kinds of plums; as, red primordian, amber primordian, etc.
Primordiate (a.) Primordial. [R.] -- Boyle.
Primp (a.) To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Halliwell.
Primp (v.) Dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress].
Primrose (a.) (Bot.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula ({P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.
Primrose (a.) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Primula.
Evening primrose, An erect biennial herb ({Enothera biennis), with yellow vespertine flowers, common in the United States. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus.
Primrose peerless, The two-flowered Narcissus ({Narcissus biflorus). [Obs.]
Primrose (a.) Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay. "The primrose path of dalliance." -- Shak.
Primrose (n.) Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads [syn: primrose, primula].
Primrose, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
Population (2000): 93
Housing Units (2000): 47
Land
area (2000): 37.394822 sq. miles (96.852140 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.971281 sq. miles (2.515607 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 38.366103 sq. miles (99.367747 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64240
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 60.343405 N, 149.344250 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Primrose, AK
Primrose
Primrose, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 69
Housing Units (2000): 36
Land area (2000): 0.278198 sq. miles (0.720529 sq. km)
Water
area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.278198 sq. miles (0.720529 sq. km)
FIPS
code: 40360
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.624736 N, 98.237545 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68655
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Primrose, NE
Primrose
Primula (n.) (Bot.) The genus of plants including the primrose ({Primula vera).
Primula (n.) Any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads [syn: primrose, primula].
Primulaceous (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceae), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples.
Primum mobile () (Astron.) In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline.
The motions of the greatest persons in a government ought to be, as the motions of the planets, under primum mobile. -- Bacon.
Primum mobile (n.) An agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause; "God is the first cause" [syn: first cause, prime mover, primum mobile].
Primus (n.) One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. -- Internat. Cyc.
Primus (n.) The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland.
Primus (n.) A portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers [syn: Primus stove, Primus].
Primy (a.) Being in its prime. [Obs.] "The youth of primy nature." -- Shak.
Prince (a.) The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female. -- Wyclif (Rev. i. 5).
Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. -- Milton.
Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex. -- Camden.
Prince (a.) The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. --Shak.
Prince (a.) A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family.
Prince (a.) The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players. "The prince of learning." -- Peacham.
Prince-Albert coat, A long double-breasted frock coat for men.
Prince of the blood, Prince consort, Prince of darkness. See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness.
Prince of Wales, The oldest son of the English sovereign.
Prince's feather (Bot.), A name given to two annual herbs ({Amarantus caudatus and Polygonum orientale), with apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved panicled spikes.
Prince's metal, Prince Rupert's metal. See under Metal.
Prince's pine. (Bot.) See Pipsissewa.
Prince (v. i.) To play the prince. [R.] -- Shak.
Prince (n.) A male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign).
Prince, () The title generally applied to the chief men of the state. The "princes of the provinces" (1 Kings 20:14) were the governors or lord-lieutenants of the provinces. So also the "princes" mentioned in Dan. 6:1, 3, 4, 6, 7 were the officers who administered the affairs of the provinces; the "satraps" (as rendered in R.V.). These are also called "lieutenants" (Esther 3:12; 8:9; R.V., "satraps"). The promised Saviour is called by Daniel (9:25) "Messiah the Prince" (Heb. nagid); compare Acts 3:15; 5:31. The angel Micheal is called (Dan. 12:1) a "prince" (Heb. sar, whence "Sarah," the "princes").
Prince. () In a general sense, a sovereign the ruler of a nation or state. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. The chief of any body of men.
Prince. () By a clause inserted in policies of insurance, the insurer is liable for all losses occasioned by "arrest or detainment of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever." 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1218.
Princedom (n.) The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince.
Thrones, princedoms, powers, dominions, I reduce. -- Milton.
Princedom (n.) The dignity or rank or position of a prince.
Princedom (n.) Territory ruled by a prince [syn: principality, princedom].
Princehood (n.) Princeliness. [Obs.] -- E. Hall.
Princekin (n.) A petty prince; a princeling.
The princekins of private life. -- Thackeray.
Princeless (a.) Without a prince. -- Fuller.
Princelet (n.) A petty prince. [R.]
Princelike (a.) Princely. -- Shak.
Princeliness (n.) The quality of being princely; the state,
manner, or dignity of a prince.
Princeling (n.) A petty prince; a young prince.
Princeling (n.) A petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality.
Princeling (n.) A young prince
Princely (a.) Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc.
Princely (a.) Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune. "Most princely gifts." -- Shak.
Princely (adv.) In a princely manner.
My appetite was not princely got. -- Shak.
Princely (a.) Rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded dining rooms" [syn: deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous].
Princely (a.) Having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner."
Princeps (n.) 初版 One who, or that which, is foremost, original, etc.
Princeps (n.) The editio princeps, or first edition of a book.
Compare: Editio princeps
Editio princeps (n.) In classical scholarship, the editio princeps (plural: editiones principes) Of a work is the first printed edition of the work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts. These had to be copied by hand in order to circulate.
Princess (n.) A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince. -- Dryden.
So excellent a princess as the present queen. -- Swift.
Princess (n.) The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family. -- Shak.
Princess (n.) The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.
Princess royal, The eldest daughter of a sovereign.
Princess (n.) A female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign).
Princesse (a.) A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one.
Princesslike (a.) Like a princess.
Princewood (n.) (Bot.) The wood of two small tropical American trees ({Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color.
Princewood (n.) Tropical American timber tree [syn: princewood, Spanish elm, Cordia gerascanthus].
Princewood (n.) Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood [syn: Spanish elm, Equador laurel, salmwood, cypre, princewood, Cordia alliodora].
Princified (a.) Imitative of a prince. [R. & Colloq.] -- Thackeray.
Principal (a.) Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government; the principal men of a state; the principal productions of a country; the principal arguments in a case.
Wisdom is the principal thing. -- Prov. iv. 7.
Principal (a.) Of or pertaining to a prince; princely. [A Latinism] [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Principal axis. See Axis of a curve, under Axis.
Principal axes of a quadric (Geom.), Three lines in which the principal planes of the solid intersect two and two, as in an ellipsoid.
Principal challenge. (Law) See under Challenge.
Principal plane. See Plane of projection (a), under Plane.
Principal of a quadric (Geom.), Three planes each of which is at right angles to the other two, and bisects all chords of the quadric perpendicular to the plane, as in an ellipsoid.
Principal point (Persp.), The projection of the point of sight upon the plane of projection.
Principal ray (Persp.), The line drawn through the point of sight perpendicular to the perspective plane.
Principal section (Crystallog.), A plane passing through the optical axis of a crystal.
Principal (n.) A leader, chief, or head; one who takes the lead; one who acts independently, or who has controlling authority or influence; as, the principal of a faction, a school, a firm, etc.; -- distinguished from a subordinate, abettor, auxiliary, or assistant.
Principal (n.) Hence: (Law) The chief actor in a crime, or an abettor who is present at it, -- as distinguished from an accessory.
Principal (n.) (Law) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety.
Principal (n.) (Law) One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent. -- Wharton. -- Bouvier. -- Burrill.
Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous. Specifically:
Principal (n.) (Com.) A capital sum of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt or used as a fund; -- so called in distinction from interest or profit.
Principal (n.) (Arch. & Engin.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
Principal (n.) (Mus.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason.
Principal (n.) (O. Eng. Law) A heirloom; a mortuary. -- Cowell.
Principal (n.) pl. The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing. -- Spenser. -- J. H. Walsh.
Principal (n.) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned. -- Oxf. Gloss.
Principal (n.) A principal or essential point or rule; a principle. [Obs.]
Principalities (n. pl. ) of Principality.
Principality (n.) Sovereignty; supreme power; hence, superiority; predominance; high, or the highest, station. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. -- Jer. xiii. 18.
The prerogative and principality above everything else. -- Jer. Taylor.
Principality (n.) A prince; one invested with sovereignty. "Next upstood Nisroch, of principalities the prime." -- Milton.
Principality (n.) The territory or jurisdiction of a prince; or the country which gives title to a prince; as, the principality of Wales.
Principally (adv.) In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.
Principally (adv.) For the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" [syn: chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main].
Principalness (n.) The quality of being principal.
Principate (n.) Principality; supreme rule. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Principia (n. pl.) First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
Principial (a.) Elementary. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Principiant (a.) Relating to principles or beginnings. [R.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Principiate (v. t.) To begin; to initiate. [Obs.] -- Sir M. Hale.
Principiation (n.) Analysis into primary or elemental parts. [Archaic] -- Bacon.
Principle (n.) Beginning; commencement. [Obs.]
Doubting sad end of principle unsound. -- Spenser.
Principle (n.) A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
The soul of man is an active principle. -- Tillotson.
Principle (n.) An original faculty or endowment.
Nature in your principles hath set [benignity]. -- Chaucer.
Those active principles whose direct and ultimate object is the communication either of enjoyment or suffering. -- Stewart.
Principle (n.) A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate.
Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection. -- Heb. vi. 1.
A good principle, not rightly understood, may prove as hurtful as a bad. -- Milton.
Principle (n.) A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle.
All kinds of dishonesty destroy our pretenses to an honest principle of mind. -- Law.
Principle (n.) (Chem.) Any original inherent constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc.
Cathartine is the bitter, purgative principle of senna. -- Gregory.
{Bitter principle}, {Principle of contradiction}, etc. See under {Bitter}, {Contradiction}, etc.
Principled (imp. & p. p.) of Principle.
Principling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Principle.