preheat | (verb) heat beforehand | - |
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prehend | (verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: clutch, seize, take hold, take hold of |
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prehensile | (adjective) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object | - |
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(adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy |
(adjective) having a keen intellect | - |
prehension | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: grasping, seizing, taking hold |
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prehensor | (noun) the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths | - |
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prehistoric | (adjective) of or relating to times before written history | - |
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(adjective) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | Synonyms: prehistorical |
(adjective) outdated | - |
prehistorical | (adjective) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | Synonyms: prehistoric |
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prehistory | (noun) the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | Synonyms: prehistoric culture |
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