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2principal noun 1 : a leading person (as in a play)

2 : the chief officer of an educational institution

3 : the person from whom an agent's authority derives

4 : a capital sum earning interest or used as a fund

prin·ci·pal·i·ty noun, plural -ties : the position, territory, or jurisdiction of a prince

principal parts noun plural : the inflected forms of a verb

prin·ci·ple noun 1 : a general or fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption

2 : a rule or code of conduct; also : devotion to such a code

3 : the laws or facts of nature underlying the working of an artificial device

4 : a primary source : ORIGIN; also : an underlying faculty or endowment

5 : the active part (as of a drug)

Synonyms

principles [1] element, essentials, rudiments—more at ELEMENT

principles [2] ethics, morality, morals, standards—more at ETHICS

prin·ci·pled adjective : exhibiting, based on, or characterized by principle

Synonyms

decent, ethical, honest, honorable, just, moral, noble, respectable, righteous, upright, upstanding—more at HONORABLE

prink verb : PRIMP

1print noun [ORIGIN: ME prente, fr. AF, fr. preint, prient, pp. of priendre to press, fr. L. premere]

1 : a mark made by pressure

2 : something stamped with an impression

3 : printed state or form

4 : printed matter

5 : a copy made by printing

6 : cloth with a pattern applied by printing

Synonyms

[1] impress, impression, imprint, stamp; also dent, hollow, indentation; mark, sign

[5] photograph, shot, snap, snapshot—more at PHOTOGRAPH

2print verb 1 : to stamp (as a mark) in or on something

2 : to produce impressions of (as from type)

3 : to write in letters like those of printer's type

4 : to make (a positive picture) from a photographic negative

5 : to publish in print

Synonyms

get out, issue, publish—more at PUBLISH

print·able adjective 1 : capable of being printed or of being printed from

2 : worthy or fit to be published

print·er noun : one that prints; especially : a device that produces printout

print·ing noun 1 : reproduction in printed form

2 : the art, practice, or business of a printer

3 : IMPRESSION 5

printing press noun : a machine that produces printed copies

print·out noun : a printed output produced by a computer

— print out verb

1prior noun : the superior ranking next to the abbot or abbess of a religious house

2prior adjective 1 : earlier in time or order

2 : taking precedence logically or in importance

— pri·or·i·ty noun

Synonyms

antecedent, anterior, foregoing, preceding, previous—more at PREVIOUS

pri·or·ess noun : a nun corresponding in rank to a prior

pri·or·i·tize verb -tized; -tiz·ing : to list or rate in order of priority

prior to preposition : in advance of : BEFORE

Synonyms

ahead of, before, ere, of, previous to, to—more at BEFORE

pri·o·ry noun, plural -ries : a religious house under a prior or prioress

Synonyms

abbey, cloister, friary, monastery—more at MONASTERY

prise chiefly British variant of 5PRIZE

prism noun [ORIGIN: LL prisma, fr. Gk, lit., something sawed, fr. priein to saw]

1 : a solid whose sides are parallelograms and whose ends are parallel and alike in shape and size

2 : a usu. 3-sided transparent object that refracts light so that it breaks up into rainbow colors

— pris·mat·ic adjective

pris·on noun : a place or state of confinement esp. for criminals

Synonyms

jail, pen—more at JAIL

pris·on·er noun : a person deprived of liberty; especially : one on trial or in prison

Synonyms

captive, capture, internee—more at CAPTIVE

prisoner of war : a person and esp. a member of the armed forces of a nation captured in war

pris·sy adjective pris·si·er; -est : being overly prim and precise : PRIGGISH

— pris·si·ness noun

pris·tine adjective 1 : PRIMITIVE

2 : having the purity of its original state

Synonyms

brand-new, fresh, virgin—more at FRESH

prith·ee interjection, archaic

— used to express a wish or