Definition of principal

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Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.

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Staple :: Staple (n.) A shaft, smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels..
Posture :: Posture (n.) The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude..
Bargecourse :: Bargecourse (n.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable..
Give :: Give (n.) To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given..
Principalness :: Principalness (n.) The quality of being principal.
Student :: Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail..
Butler :: Butler (n.) An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house..
Aristocracy :: Aristocracy (n.) A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy..
Gadolinite :: Gadolinite (n.) A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron..
Bulk :: Bulk (n.) The main mass or body; the largest or principal portion; the majority; as, the bulk of a debt..
Especial :: Especial (a.) Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree..
Treble :: Treble (n.) The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
Conchoidal :: Conchoidal (a.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.
Dyas :: Dyas (n.) A name applied in Germany to the Permian formation, there consisting of two principal groups..
Surrender :: Surrender (n.) The giving up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
Principally :: Principally (adv.) In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.
Polychaeta :: Polychaeta (n. pl.) One of the two principal groups of Chaetopoda. It includes those that have prominent parapodia and fascicles of setae. See Illust. under Parapodia.
Ashtoreth :: Ashtoreth (n.) The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity..
Recapitulate :: Recapitulate (v. t.) To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize..
Te Deum :: Te Deum () A religious service in which the singing of the hymn forms a principal part.
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