| priedieu |
a low stand with a small desk top and a ledge at the bottom on which to kneel in prayer. |
| prier |
someone who inquires about or investigates something curiously or nosily; snoop. |
| 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] |