Definition of principal

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Principal (n.) A capital sum of money, placed out at interest, due as a debt or used as a fund; -- so called in distinction from interest or profit..

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Insectivora :: Insectivora (n. pl.) An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.
Archenemy :: Archenemy (n.) A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind..
#NAME? :: -blast () A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc..
Campus :: Campus (n.) The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus..
Incident :: Incident (a.) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal..
Siphonia :: Siphonia (n.) A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc..
Business :: Business (n.) That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure..
Principal :: Principal (n.) One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent..
Aristocratical :: Aristocratical (a.) Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution..
Spur :: Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
Principal :: Principal (n.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing..
Metropolitan :: Metropolitan (a.) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury..
Troubadour :: Troubadour (n.) One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain..
Leader :: Leader (n.) The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article..
Dine :: Dine (v. i.) To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
Belonging :: Belonging (n.) That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.
Cumulus :: Cumulus (n.) One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts..
Preceptory :: Preceptory (n.) A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2..
Liable :: Liable (v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal..
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