priest |
a clergyman who performs religious rituals or leads a congregation in worship. [3 definitions] |
priestess |
a female priest, esp. in certain ancient cultures. |
priesthood |
priests as a group. [2 definitions] |
priestly |
of, concerning, or befitting a priest. |
prig |
one who is considered to be too strict, conservative, or smug in his or her conduct or standards of behavior. |
prim |
formally correct and decorous, often to excess. |
prima ballerina |
the principal female dancer in a ballet company. |
primacy |
the state of being first, earliest, most essential, or most important. |
prima donna |
the principal female soloist or singer in a concert, opera, or opera company. [2 definitions] |
prima facie |
at first look; before closer examination or investigation. |
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. |