Word | Definition |
prima donna | The foremost woman soloist in an opera company; A temperamental, conceited person. |
primary | 1. First or highest in rank, quality, or importance; principal. |
primate | A omnivorous mammal characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain |
primer | The first book; the first layer of paint |
primeval | the first age or ages of the world |
primitive | primary or basic; earliest or original stage; little evolved; simplicity or crudity; unsophisticated, not modern |
primogenitor | The earliest ancestor. |
prince | A nonreigning male member of a royal family; the male |
principal | First, highest, or foremost in importance, rank, worth, or |
principle | An accepted rule of action or conduct; a primary truth, law, or assumption; idea or concept |
protagonist | The main character in a drama or other literary work; a |
protocol | The customs or regulations dealing with diplomatic formality and etiquette; A basic code of correct conduct or behavior; The plan for carrying out a scientific study or a patient’s treatment |
protoplasm | Substance that constitutes (makes up) the living matter of plant and animal cells and shows the essential life functions of a cell. |
prim | Precise or proper in behavior, stiffly neat; strait-laced; |
principality | A territory ruled by a prince or from which a prince derives |
protein | Fundamental or first components of all living cells; Plant or animal tissue rich in molecules and considerer a food source |
prim | first |
proto | first |
prin | first |
ive | having the quality of |
ary | relating to, connecting with |