primal |
earliest or original. [2 definitions] |
primal therapy |
a psychological treatment in which the patient is encouraged to express the violent emotions of infancy by crying, screaming, shouting, or the like. |
primaquine |
a synthetic chemical compound used in treating malaria. |
primarily |
mainly; mostly; chiefly. |
primary |
most essential, important, or prevalent; main; chief. [7 definitions] |
primary accent |
the strongest stress or emphasis given to one syllable in a spoken word or to one word in an utterance; primary stress. [2 definitions] |
primary cell |
a battery cell in which electric current is generated by an irreversible electrochemical reaction, and which therefore cannot be recharged efficiently. |
primary color |
any one of the three basic colors of the spectrum from which all other colors can be made by blending. In paint, they are red, yellow, and blue. |
primary school |
a school that includes the first three or four grades and sometimes kindergarten. [2 definitions] |
primate |
any of the category of mammals that includes humans, monkeys, and apes. |
primatology |
the branch of zoology that deals with the primates, esp. apes and early human forms. |
prime |
first in importance, rank, or degree. [17 definitions] |
prime meridian |
the meridian passing through Greenwich, England, used as a starting line for the measurement of longitude east and west. |
prime minister |
the chief minister and head of the cabinet in parliamentary governments. |
prime number |
a number, such as 2 or 11, that can be evenly divided only by itself or by 1. |
primer1 |
a book that teaches basic principles, esp. a children's textbook that teaches reading. |
primer2 |
one that primes. [3 definitions] |
prime ribs |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a widely favored cut of beef, coming from the seven ribs in front of the loin. |
prime time |
in television, the evening hours of programming, when the largest number of people are free to watch. |
primeval |
of or suggestive of the first age or ages. |
priming |
explosive powder or material. [3 definitions] |