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 |
boring drilling oil production | the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum |
drilling boring | the act of drilling |
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 |
drilling bit drill bit | a bit used in drilling for oil |
drilling pipe | a series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bit, rotates the bit and supplies drilling mud |
drilling platform offshore rig | drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially |
drill rig drilling rig oilrig oil rig | rig used in drilling for oil or gas |
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) |
preliminary prospectus red herring | a first draft of a prospectus, must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus, because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring |
preliminary examination preliminary exam prelim | an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue |
preliminary overture prelude | something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows, training is a necessary preliminary to employment, drinks were the overture to dinner |
preliminary prelim | a minor match preceding the main event |
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 |
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 |
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 |
drilling mud drilling fluid | a mixture of clays and chemicals and water, pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole |
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 |
preliminary | denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important, designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding, a preliminary investigation |
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 |