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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

prey a predate
verb prey on or hunt for; `These mammals predate certain eggs`

Priacanthidae
family Priacanthidae noun small carnivorous percoid fishes found worldwide in tropical seas

Priacanthus
genus Priacanthus noun type genus of the Priacanthidae

Priam
noun (Greek mythology) the last king of Troy; father of Hector and Paris and Cassandra

priapism
noun condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal

Priapus
noun (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards

price
noun a monetary reward for helping to catch a criminal; `the cattle thief has a price on his head`

price bracket
noun a category of merchandise based on their price

price control
noun restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by the government (as during periods of war or inflation)

price cutting
price cut noun cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price

price floor
noun floor below which prices are not allowed to fall; `the government used price supports to maintain the price floor`

price freeze
noun freeze of prices at a given level

price gouging
noun pricing above the market when no alternative retailer is available

price increase
noun increase in price

price index
price level noun an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time

price list
noun a listing of prices for different goods or services

price support
noun a government subsidy used to maintain prices at a certain level

price tag
noun a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to

price war
price competition noun intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business

price-controlled
adjective having the price regulated or controlled by government

price-fixing
noun control (by agreement among producers or by government) of the price of a commodity in interstate commerce

price-to-earnings ratio
P/E ratio noun (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings

pricing
noun the evaluation of something in terms of its price

pricing system
noun a system for setting prices on goods or services

prick
pricking noun the act of puncturing with a small point; `he gave the balloon a small prick`

pricket
noun male deer in his second year

prickle cell
noun a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes

prickleback
noun small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines

prickliness
bristliness noun the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

prickling
stinging adjective causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from many tiny pricks; `a prickling blush of embarrassment`; `the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to sleep`; `the stinging windblown sleet`

prickly ash
noun Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers

prickly heat
heat rash noun obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity

prickly lettuce
horse thistle noun European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States

prickly pear
noun round or pear-shaped spiny fruit of any of various prickly pear cacti

prickly pear
noun cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

prickly pear cactus
noun cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock

prickly poppy
noun annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit

prickly-edged leaf
noun a leaf having prickly margins

prickly-leaved
prickly-leafed adjective having prickly leaves

pride
superbia noun unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)

pride of barbados
paradise flower noun tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

pride of California
Lathyrus splendens noun shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental

pride of place
noun the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place

prie-dieu
noun low bench for kneeling on

priest
noun a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

priest
noun a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

priest-penitent privilege
noun the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges

priest-ridden
adjective ruled by or oppressed by a priest

priestcraft
noun the skills involved in the work of a priest

priestess
noun a woman priest

priesthood
noun the body of ordained religious practitioners

Priestley
Joseph Priestley noun English chemist who isolated many gases and discovered oxygen (independently of Scheele) (1733-1804)

priestly
hieratic 1 hieratical 1 sacerdotal adjective associated with the priesthood or priests; `priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments`; `hieratic gestures`

priggish
prim adjective exaggeratedly proper; `my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn`t approve of my miniskirts`

priggishly
adverb in a priggish manner; `this professor acts so priggishly--like a moderator with a gavel!`

priggishness
primness noun exaggerated and arrogant properness

Prima
noun used primarily as eating apples

prima ballerina
noun a leading female ballet dancer

prima donna
diva noun a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star

prima facie
adjective as it seems at first sight; `a prima facie case of murder`

prima(p)
star(p) adjective indicating the most important performer or role; `the leading man`; `prima ballerina`; `prima donna`; `a star figure skater`; `the starring role`; `a stellar role`; `a stellar performance`

primacy
noun the state of being first in importance

primality
noun the property of being a prime number

primaquine
noun synthetic antimalarial drug

primarily
in the first place adverb of primary import; `this is primarily a question of economics`; `it was in the first place a local matter`

primary
adjective not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; `a primary instinct`

primary amenorrhea
noun delay of menarche beyond age 18

primary care
noun the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)

primary care physician
noun the physician who provides primary care; `the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system`

primary censorship
noun armed forces censorship performed by personnel of a military unit on the personal communications of persons assigned to that unit

primary coil
primary winding noun coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; `current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil`

primary dentition
noun dentition of deciduous teeth

primary dysmenorrhea
noun painful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a disease

primary health care
noun health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system

primary sex characteristic
primary sexual characteristic noun the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)

primary syphilis
noun the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection

primary tooth
deciduous tooth noun one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)

primate
noun any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet

Primates
order Primates noun an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings

primateship
noun the office of primate

primatology
noun the branch of zoology that studies primates

Primaxin
noun trade name for a parenteral antibiotic

prime
meridian adjective being at the best stage of development; `our manhood`s prime vigor`- Robert Browning

prime factor
noun the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity

prime interest rate
noun the interest rate on short-term loans that banks charge their commercial customers with high credit ratings

prime meridian
noun meridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England)

Prime Minister
premier noun the person who holds the position of head of the government in England

prime number
noun an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1

prime time
noun the hours between 7 and 11 p.m. when the largest tv audience is available

primer
noun an introductory textbook

primidone
Mysoline noun an anticonvulsant (trade name Mysoline) used to treat grand mal seizures and essential tremor

primigravida
gravida I noun (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time

primipara
para I noun (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time

primiparous
adjective of or relating to a woman who has given birth only once

primitive
naive adjective 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`

primitively
adverb in a primitive style or manner; `rather primitively operated foundries`

primitively
adverb with reference to the origin or beginning

primitivism
noun a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children

primly
prissily adverb in a prissy manner; `the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily`

primness
prudery noun excessive or affected modesty