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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Principal :: Principal (n.) One who employs another to act for him, -- as distinguished from an agent..
Pisces :: Pisces (n. pl.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the fishes. The principal divisions are Elasmobranchii, Ganoidei, and Teleostei..
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme..
Transom :: Transom (n.) One of the principal transverse timbers of the stern, bolted to the sternpost and giving shape to the stern structure; -- called also transsummer..
Bicostate :: Bicostate (a.) Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf..
Aristocratical :: Aristocratical (a.) Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution..
Countersign :: Countersign (v. t.) To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing..
Fund :: Fund (v. t.) To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes..
Dine :: Dine (v. i.) To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
Butler :: Butler (n.) An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house..
Porifera :: Porifera (n. pl.) A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea..
Sketch :: Sketch (n.) To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.
Adjuvant :: Adjuvant (n.) An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient..
Principate :: Principate (n.) Principality; supreme rule.
Spur :: Spur (n.) One of the large or principal roots of a tree.
Forebrain :: Forebrain (n.) The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosencephalon only. See Brain..
Concordance :: Concordance (n.) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place..
Newel :: Newel (n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow..
Ben :: Ben (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment..
Opercular :: Opercular (n.) The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.
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