Definition of principal

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Principal (n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety..

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Campus :: Campus (n.) The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus..
Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order..
Agency :: Agency (n.) The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another..
Gadolinite :: Gadolinite (n.) A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron..
Belonging :: Belonging (n.) That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.
Novum :: Novum (n.) A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five..
Dyas :: Dyas (n.) A name applied in Germany to the Permian formation, there consisting of two principal groups..
Liable :: Liable (v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal..
Beam :: Beam (n.) One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or ship.
Recapitulation :: Recapitulation (n.) The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay..
Galena :: Galena (n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage..
Hindbrain :: Hindbrain (n.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only..
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts..
Mandible :: Mandible (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds..
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc..
Deca- :: Deca- () A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit..
Sinapism :: Sinapism (n.) A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant..
Facade :: Facade (n.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use..
Frontispiece :: Frontispiece (n.) The principal front of a building.
Hero :: Hero (n.) The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Aeneas in the Aeneid..
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