PORAES | • PORAE n. (Maori) a large edible sea-fish of New Zealand waters. |
PORERS | • porers n. Plural of porer. • PORER n. one who pores. |
PORGED | • PORGE v. in Jewish ritual, to cleanse a slaughtered animal by removing the forbidden parts. |
PORGES | • PORGE v. in Jewish ritual, to cleanse a slaughtered animal by removing the forbidden parts. |
PORGIE | • porgie n. Alternative form of porgy. • PORGIE n. a species of saltwater fish, a sea-bream, also PORGY. |
PORIER | • PORY adj. having pores. |
PORINA | • PORINA n. (New Zealand) the larva of a moth that damages grassland. |
PORING | • poring v. Present participle of pore. • poring n. The act of one who pores. • PORE v. to examine closely. |
PORINS | • porins n. Plural of porin. • PORIN n. any of a class of proteins through which molecules can diffuse. |
PORISM | • porism n. (Geometry, number theory) A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will… • porism n. A corollary. • PORISM n. (Greek) the geometric proposition that it is possible, in certain conditions, for a problem to have any number of solutions. |
PORKED | • porked adj. (Slang) Extensively broken or beyond repair. • porked v. Simple past tense and past participle of pork. • PORK v. to eat ravenously. |
PORKER | • porker n. A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter. • porker n. (Slang, derogatory) An obese person. • porker n. (Britain, Cockney rhyming slang) A lie. |
PORNOS | • pornos n. Plural of porno. • PORNO n. pornography, also PORN. |
POROSE | • porose adj. Alternative form of porous. • POROSE adj. having minute openings, also POROUS. |
POROUS | • porous adj. Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through. • porous adj. (Figurative) With many gaps. • porous adj. (Figurative, by extension) full of loopholes. |
PORTAL | • portal n. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. • portal n. (Internet) A website or page that acts as an entrance to other websites or pages on the Internet. • portal n. (Anatomy) A short vein that carries blood into the liver. |
PORTAS | • portas n. Obsolete form of portass. • Portas prop.n. Plural of Porta. • PORTAS n. (historical) a portable breviary, also PORTEOUS, PORTESS, PORTESSE, PORTHORS, PORTHOS, PORTHOUSE, PORTOUS. |
PORTED | • ported v. Simple past tense and past participle of port. • ported adj. (Obsolete) Having gates. • PORT v. to carry, convey. |
PORTER | • porter n. A person who carries luggage and related objects. • porter n. (Entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying. • porter n. (Computing) One who ports software (makes it usable on another platform). |
PORTLY | • portly adj. Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. • portly adj. (Now rare) Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing. • PORTLY adj. corpulent, stout. |