| prior2 |
a priest in charge of a monastery or other religious house, ranking second to an abbot. |
| prioress |
a nun in charge of a convent or other religious house, ranking second to an abbess. |
| prioritize |
to put or do in order of priority. |
| priority |
precedence, esp. because of authority, right, or urgent need. [3 definitions] |
| prior to |
before; until. |
| priory |
a religious house composed of either men or women. |
| prise |
to move or open with, or as if with, a lever; pry. [3 definitions] |
| prism |
a transparent, usu. glass solid with parallel ends of the same size and shape and parallelograms as sides, used to bend light so as to produce the continuous color spectrum of a rainbow. [2 definitions] |
| prismatic |
of, like, or relating to a prism. [4 definitions] |
| prismatic colors |
the colors that are visible when white light passes through a prism; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. |
| prison |
a building for confining criminals or those accused of crimes. [3 definitions] |
| prison camp |
a place for imprisoning prisoners of war. [2 definitions] |
| prisoner |
a person held under close guard or restraint, esp. while on trial for a criminal offense, after conviction of a crime, or as an enemy during wartime. [2 definitions] |
| prisoner of war |
a member of the armed forces who is taken captive by an enemy during wartime. |
| prissy |
overly proper; prim. |
| pristine |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the earliest period or original condition. [2 definitions] |
| privacy |
the condition of being removed from the view or presence of other people. [3 definitions] |
| private |
restricted to the participation or knowledge of specified people. [11 definitions] |
| private debt |
within a country or locality, the total amount of money owed to creditors by individuals, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations. |
| private detective |
a person whose job is to investigate criminal or secret activity at the request of paying clients. |
| private enterprise |
an economic system subject to limited government regulation in which the means of production are privately owned; free enterprise. |