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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Price GougingnounMWEpricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is availableverified
Price IndexnounMWEan index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over timeverified
Price LevelnounMWEan index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over timeverified
Prickly AshnounMWEAustralian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowersverified
Prickly Custard ApplenounMWEsmall tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruitverified
Prickly PearnounMWEcacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some speciesverified
Prickly Pear CactusnounMWEcacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some speciesverified
Prickly PinenounMWEa small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scalesverified
Prickly PoppynounMWEany plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and podsverified
Prickly Shield FernnounMWENorth American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scalesverified
Prickly-Seeded SpinachnounMWEsouthwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leavesverified
Pride of BarbadosnounMWEtropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowersverified
Pride of BolivianounMWEsemi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamentalverified
Priest-Penitent PrivilegenounMWEthe right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchangesverified
Primary CarenounMWEthe medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere)verified
Primary Care ProvidernounMWEa person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disabilityverified
Primary CellnounMWEan electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energyverified
Primary CensorshipnounMWEarmed forces censorship performed by personnel of a military unit on the personal communications of persons assigned to that unitverified
Primary CoilnounMWEcoil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuitverified
Primary Color for LightnounMWEany of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixingverified
Primary Color for PigmentsnounMWEany of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixingverified
Primary Colour for LightnounMWEany of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixingverified
Primary Colour for PigmentsnounMWEany of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixingverified
Primary DysmenorrheanounMWEpainful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a diseaseverified
Primary FeathernounMWEone of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wingverified
Primary Health CarenounMWEhealth care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care systemverified
Primary QuillnounMWEone of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wingverified
Primary Services NodenounMWEA Key Management Infrastructure core node that provides the users’ central point of access to KMI products, services, and information.verified
Primary Sex CharacternounMWEthe genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)verified
Primary Sex CharacteristicnounMWEthe genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)verified
Primary Sexual CharacteristicnounMWEthe genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)verified
Primary Solid SolutionnounMWEa homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicalsverified
Primary Subtractive Color for LightnounMWEany of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white lightverified
Primary Subtractive Colour for LightnounMWEany of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white lightverified
Primary ToothnounMWEone of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)verified
Primary WindingnounMWEcoil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuitverified
Prime FactornounMWEthe prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantityverified
Prime Interest RatenounMWEthe interest rate on short-term loans that banks charge their commercial customers with high credit ratingsverified
Prime MeridiannounMWEmeridian at zero degree longitude from which east and west are reckoned (usually the Greenwich longitude in England)verified
Prime numbernounMWEA natural number greater than 1 that can only be divided by 1 and itself.verified
Primitive ArtnounMWEa genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artistsverified
Primordial DwarfnounMWEan achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defectverified
Primum MobilenounMWEan agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a causeverified
Princess FeathernounMWEannual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowersverified
Principal Accrediting AuthoritynounMWESenior official with authority and responsibility for all intelligence systems within an agency.verified
Principal AxisnounMWEa line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refractedverified
Principal Certification AuthoritynounMWEThe Principal Certification Authority is a CA designated by an agency to interoperate with the FBCA. An agency may designate multiple Principal CAs to interoperate with the FBCA.verified
Principal DiagonalnounMWEthe diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entryverified
principal system objectivesnounMWESystem objectives that relate to the trust services category or categories addressed by the examination and that could reasonably be expected to influence the relevant decisions of intended users. (See system objectives .)verified