Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Primateship (n.) The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.

(1) - Primatial (a.) Primatical.

(1) - Prime (a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
(2) - Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
(3) - Prime (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.
(4) - Prime (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
(5) - Prime (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
(6) - Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
(7) - Prime (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
(8) - Prime (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.
(9) - Prime (n.) The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection.
(10) - Prime (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
(11) - Prime (#) Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna
(12) - Prime (a.) The first of the chief guards.
(13) - Prime (v. i.) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler.
(14) - Prime (a.) A prime number. See under Prime, a.
(15) - Prime (a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
(16) - Prime (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
(17) - Prime (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
(18) - Prime (a.) To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
(19) - Prime (a.) To trim or prune, as trees.
(20) - Prime (a.) To mark with a prime mark.
(21) - Prime (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first.
(22) - Prime (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
(23) - Prime (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.

(1) - Primer (n.) A kind of type, of which there are two species; one, called long primer, intermediate in size between bourgeois and small pica [see Long primer]; the other, called great primer, larger than pica.
(2) - Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.
(3) - Primer (n.) Originally, a small prayer book for church service, containing the little office of the Virgin Mary; also, a work of elementary religious instruction.
(4) - Primer (a.) First; original; primary.
(5) - Primer (n.) an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder.
(6) - Primer (n.) One who, or that which, primes

(1) - Primero (n.) A game at cards, now unknown.