apriorism | (noun) belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to reason or are presupposed by experience in general. | - |
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capriole | (noun) (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump | - |
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(noun) a playful leap or hop | Synonyms: caper |
prion | (noun) (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system | - |
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prior | (noun) the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot | - |
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prioress | (noun) the superior of a group of nuns | Synonyms: abbess, mother superior |
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priority | (noun) preceding in time | Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency |
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(noun) status established in order of importance or urgency | Synonyms: precedence, precedency |
priorship | (noun) the office of prior | - |
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priory | (noun) religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress | - |
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proprioception | (noun) the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts | - |
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proprioceptor | (noun) special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body | - |
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proprionamide | (noun) the amide of propionic acid (C2H5CONH2) | Synonyms: propanamide |
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