coqu-, cocu-, coc-

1. An unsweetened bread in the shape of a small cake, made with a generous amount of shortening and leavened with baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast.
2. In British English, a biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet; while the usual American word is "cookie".
3. Clay or porcelain that has been fired once but not glazed.

A small kitchen used to prepare meals: "Since the apartment was so small, they had a kitchenette to prepare their food instead of a regular sized kitchen."

Born or hatched in a condition requiring relatively little parental care, as by having hair or feathers, open eyes, and the ability to move around.

Water birds, reptiles, and herd animals usually have precocial young.

1. Developed more than is usual at a certain age.
2. Before cooking or before being cooked.
3. Premature; development of mind and/or body before one's age.
4. Relating to or having flowers that blossom before the leaves emerge.

Some species of magnolias are precocious.

The appearance of some secondary sex characters before the normal age of puberty but without maturation of the gonads.

Unusually early development of mental or physical traits before the normal process.

1. To cook something partially or completely, for final preparation at a later time.
2. To cook beforehand so the actual preparation won't take so long; such as, cooking rice in advance.

Hyperovarianism or sexual precocity in young girls due to premature maturation of the hypotholomic-pituitary axis and development of ovaries accompanied by the secretion of ovarian hormones.