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) |
deposit deposition | the act of putting something somewhere |
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 |
depository deposit depositary repository | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping |
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 |
safe-deposit safe-deposit box safety-deposit safety deposit box deposit box lockbox | a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables |
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) |
deposit | a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC | a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
grade school grammar school elementary school primary school | a school for young children, usually the first or grades |
alluvial sediment alluvial deposit alluvium alluvion | clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down |
primary | (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it |
sediment deposit | matter that has been deposited by some natural process |
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 |
deposit sedimentation alluviation | the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating |
deposit | money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use, his deposit was refunded when he returned the car |
down payment deposit | a partial payment made at the time of purchase, the balance to be paid later |
margin security deposit | the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities |
time deposit account deposit account | a savings account in which the deposit is held for a fixed term or in which withdrawals can be made only after giving notice or with loss of interest |
certificate of deposit CD | a debt instrument issued by a bank, usually pays interest |
deposit bank deposit | money deposited in a bank or some similar institution |
demand deposit | a bank deposit from which withdrawals can be made without notice |
time deposit | a certificate of deposit from which withdrawals can be made only after advance notice or at a specified future date |
deposition deposit | the natural process of laying down a deposit of something |
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 |
lodge wedge stick deposit | put, fix, force, or implant, lodge a bullet in the table, stick your thumb in the crack |
situate fix posit deposit | put (something somewhere) firmly, She posited her hand on his shoulder, deposit the suitcase on the bench, fix your eyes on this spot |
deposit bank | put into a bank account, She deposits her paycheck every month |
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 |