Night. A sleeping couple is lying in a bed. Door bell rings. A couple wakes up. Woman: "Quick! My husband is back!" Man jumps out from a window. Flying down he starts to think: "Shit! But I am the husband!"
- prickling sensation. —v. (-ling) affect or be affected with a sensation of multiple pricking. [old english]
PRICKLY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 having prickles.
- (of a person) ready to take offence.
- tingling. prickliness n.
- heat n. Itchy inflammation of the skin, causing a tingling sensation and common in hot countries.
- pear n. - cactus with pear-shaped prickly fruit.
- its fruit.
PRIMACY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 pre-eminence.
- office of a primate. [latin: related to *primate]
PRIMARY
feather n. Large flight-feather of a bird's wing.
- school n. School for children below the age of 11.
- —adj. - a of the first importance; chief. B fundamental, basic.
- earliest, original; first in a series.
- of the first rank in a series; not derived.
- designating any of the colours red, green, and blue, or (for pigments) red, blue, and yellow, of which all other colours are mixtures.
- (of education) for children below the age of 11.
- (primary) geol. Of the lowest series of strata.
- biol. Of the first stage of development. —n. (pl. -ies) 1 thing that is primary.
- (in full primary election) (in the us) preliminary election to appoint party conference delegates or to select candidates for a principal (esp. Presidential) election.
- = *primary feather. primarily adv. [latin: related to *prime1]
PRIMATE
n. - member of the highest order of mammals, including apes, monkeys, and man.
- (also) archbishop. [latin primas -at- chief]
PRIMULA
n. Cultivated plant bearing primrose-like flowers in a wide variety of colours. [latin diminutive: related to *prime1]
PRINTED
circuit n. Electric circuit with thin strips of conductor printed on a flat insulating sheet.
PRINTER
n. - person who prints books etc.
- owner of a printing business.
- device that prints, esp. From a computer.
PRIVACY
n. - a being private and undisturbed. B right to this.
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