Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Primordial (n.) A first principle or element.
(2) - Primordial (a.) Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell.
(3) - Primordial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also Cambrian, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian.
(4) - Primordial (a.) First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition.

(1) - Primordially (adv.) At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.

(1) - Primrose (a.) Of or pertaining to the primrose; of the color of a primrose; -- hence, flowery; gay.
(2) - Primrose (a.) Any plant of the genus Primula.
(3) - Primrose (a.) An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the yellow-flowered, etc. Formerly called also primerole, primerolles.