Definition of principal

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Principal (n.) In English organs the chief open metallic stop, an octave above the open diapason. On the manual it is four feet long, on the pedal eight feet. In Germany this term corresponds to the English open diapason..

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Bolster :: Bolster (n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
Blood :: Blood (n.) The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial..
Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet..
Branch :: Branch (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant..
Vertex :: Vertex (n.) A turning point; the principal or highest point; top; summit; crown; apex.
Cronstedtite :: Cronstedtite (n.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt..
Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages..
Calcify :: Calcify (v. i.) To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth..
Average :: Average (n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets..
Principal :: Principal (n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety..
Ben :: Ben (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment..
Endognath :: Endognath (n.) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.
Bridge-ward :: Bridge-ward (n.) The principal ward of a key.
Analysis :: Analysis (n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order..
Student :: Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail..
Mesopterygium :: Mesopterygium (n.) The middle one of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes.
Te Deum :: Te Deum () A religious service in which the singing of the hymn forms a principal part.
Principal :: Principal (n.) A heirloom; a mortuary.
Chief Justice :: Chief justice () The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court..
Chiefly :: Chiefly (adv.) In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially.
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