primary
primary election | a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen |
| direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
| closed primary | a primary in which only registered members of a particular political party can vote, closed primaries strengthen party unity |
| open primary | a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) |
| primary care | the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere) |
| primary censorship | armed forces censorship performed by personnel of a military unit on the personal communications of persons assigned to that unit |
| primary health care | health care that is provided by a health care professional in the first contact of a patient with the health care system |
primary
primary feather
primary quill | one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing |
bunsen burner
bunsen
etna | a gas burner used in laboratories, has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air |
| burner | an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse), a diesel engine is an oil burner |
| burner | the heating elements of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking, the electric range had one large burner and three smaller one |
| charcoal burner | a stove that burns charcoal as fuel |
compact-disk burner
CD burner | recording equipment for making compact disks |
gas burner
gas jet | burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame |
oil burner
oil furnace | a furnace that burns oil |
pilot burner
pilot light pilot | small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner |
primary coil
primary winding
primary | coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit, current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil |
voltaic cell
galvanic cell
primary cell | an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy, cannot be recharged |
primary color
primary colour | any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing |
primary color for pigments
primary colour for pigments | any of three pigments from which all colors can be obtained by mixing, the primary colors for pigments are red, blue, and yellow |
primary color for light
primary colour for light | any of three primary colors of light from which all colors can be obtained by additive mixing, the primary colors for light are red, blue, and green |
primary subtractive color for light
primary subtractive colour for light | any of the three colors that give the primary colors for light after subtraction from white light, the primary subtractive colors for light are magenta, cyan, and yellow |
primary sex characteristic
primary sexual characteristic
primary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
| primary dentition | dentition of deciduous teeth |
primary tooth
deciduous tooth
baby tooth
milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
grade school
grammar school
elementary school
primary school | a school for young children, usually the first or grades |
| primary | (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it |
| charcoal burner | a worker whose job is to make charcoal |
health professional
primary care provider
PCP
health care provider
caregiver | a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability |
| primary care physician | the physician who provides primary care, the primary care physician acts as a gatekeeper to the medical system |
| back burner | reduced priority, dozens of cases were put on the back burner |
| front burner | top priority, the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines |
| primary syphilis | the first stage, characterized by a chancre at the site of infection |
atypical pneumonia
primary atypical pneumonia
mycoplasmal pneumonia | an acute respiratory disease marked by high fever and coughing, caused by mycoplasma, primarily affecting children and young adults |
| primary amenorrhea | delay of menarche beyond age |
| primary dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation that is intrinsic to menstruation and not the result of a disease |
solid solution
primary solid solution | a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals, a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metal |
| primary | not derived from or reducible to something else, basic, a primary instinct |
basal
primary | of primary importance |
chief(a) main(a)
primary(a)
principal(a)
master(a) | most important element, the chief aim of living, the main doors were of solid glass, the principal rivers of America, the principal example, policemen were primary targets, the master bedroom, a master switch |
| primary | of first rank or importance or value, direct and immediate rather than secondary, primary goals, a primary effect, primary sources, a primary interest |
elementary
elemental
primary | of or being the essential or basic part, an elementary need for love and nurturing |