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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
Pride-Of-Indianountree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruitsverified
Priestnouna clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious ritesverified
Priest-Doctornounin societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worldsverified
Priest-Penitent PrivilegenounMWEthe right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchangesverified
Priestcraftnouna derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairsverified
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.SystemRegulatedCUI
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
Primatesnounan animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beingsverified
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
Primidonenounan anticonvulsant (trade name Mysoline) used to treat grand mal seizures and essential tremorverified
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
Primrosenounany of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or headsverified
Primulanounany of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or headsverified
Primum MobilenounMWEan agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a causeverified
Princenouna male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)verified
Prince's-Feathernountall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purpleverified
Prince's-Plumenountall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purpleverified
Princess FeathernounMWEannual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowersverified
Princewoodnounlarge tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable woodverified