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Deuterozooid :: Deuterozooid (n.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids..

Proto- :: Proto- () A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan..

Monad :: Monad (n.) A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid..

Elemental :: Elemental (a.) Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air..

Tertiary :: Tertiary (a.) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary..

Intuition :: Intuition (n.) Any object or truth discerned by direct cognition; especially, a first or primary truth..

Primal :: Primal (a.) First; primary; original; chief.

Primary :: Primary (a.) Earliest formed; fundamental.

Originary :: Originary (a.) Primitive; primary; original.

Primitive :: Primitive (n.) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.

Primary :: Primary (a.) First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

Eclipse :: Eclipse (n.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, thoug

Achromatic :: Achromatic (a.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

Wide :: Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15..

Prime :: Prime (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.

Hue :: Hue (n.) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.

Secondhand :: Secondhand (a.) Not original or primary; received from another.

Axis :: Axis (n.) The primary or secondary central line of any design.

Somatocyst :: Somatocyst (n.) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

Primarily :: Primarily (adv.) In a primary manner; in the first place; in the first place; in the first intention; originally.

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