precondition
— Verb
– English
～ put into the required condition beforehand
preconditioned
— Adjective
– English
～ having already been put into a suitable condition; "a surface preconditioned to receive paint"; "customers preconditioned to buy a product"
precook
— Verb
– English
～ cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long; "precook the rice"
precooked
— Adjective
– English
～ cooked partially or completely beforehand; "frozen precooked meals from the supermarket"
precooled
— Adjective
– English
～ cooled in advance
precordial
— Adjective
– English
～ in front of the heart; involving the precordium
precordium
— Noun
– English
～ the external surface of the body overlying the heart and stomach
precursor
— Noun
– English
～ something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
precursor
— Noun
– English
～ a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
precursor
— Noun
– English
～ a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
precursory
— Adjective
– English
～ warning of future misfortune
predaceous
— Adjective
– English
～ living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
predaceous
— Adjective
– English
～ hunting and killing other animals for food
predacious
— Adjective
– English
～ living by or given to victimizing others for personal gain; "predatory capitalists"; "a predatory, insensate society in which innocence and decency can prove fatal"- Peter S. Prescott; "a predacious kind of animal--the early geological gangster"- W.E.Swinton
predacious
— Adjective
– English
～ hunting and killing other animals for food
predate
— Verb
– English
～ prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
predate
— Verb
– English
～ be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
predate
— Verb
– English
～ establish something as being earlier relative to something else
predate
— Verb
– English
～ come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
predation
— Noun
– English
～ the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey