| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| poraille | noun | Poor people; the poor. |
| porifera | noun pl. | A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; — called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea. |
| poriform | adjective | Resembling a pore, or small puncture. |
| poriness | noun | Porosity. |
| poristic | adjective | Alt. of Poristical |
| porkling | noun | A pig; a porket. |
| porkwood | noun | The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood. |
| porosity | noun | The quality or state of being porous; — opposed to density. |
| porously | adverb | In a porous manner. |
| porpesse | noun | A porpoise. |
| porphyre | noun | Porphyry. |
| porphyry | noun | A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles. |
| porpoise | noun | Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer., A true dolphin (Delphinus); — often so called by sailors. |
| porridge | noun | A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc. |
| portable | adjective | Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine., Possible to be endured; supportable. |
| portague | noun | A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling. |
| portance | noun | See Port, carriage, demeanor. |
| portegue | noun | See Portague. |
| portesse | noun | See Porteass. |
| portfire | noun | A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, — used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells. |
| porthole | noun | An embrasure in a ship’s side. See 3d Port. |
| porthook | noun | One of the iron hooks to which the port hinges are attached. |
| porthors | noun | See Portass. |
| porticos | plural | of Portico |
| portiere | noun | A curtain hanging across a doorway. |
| portigue | noun | See Portague. |
| portlast | noun | The portoise. See Portoise. |
| portmote | noun | In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town. |
| portoise | noun | The gunwale of a ship. |
| portpane | noun | A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with the hands. |
| portrait | noun | The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life., Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words., To portray; to draw. |
| portress | noun | A female porter. |
| portsale | noun | Public or open sale; auction. |
| portuary | noun | A breviary. |
| porwigle | noun | See Polliwig. |