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Porcelain
n.
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A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware.
Porcelainized
a.
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Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.
Porcelaneous
a.
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Alt. of Porcellaneous
Porcellaneous
a.
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Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.
Porcellaneous
a.
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Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera.
Porcelanite
n.
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A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.
Porcelanous
a.
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Alt. of Porcellanous
Porcellanous
a.
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Porcelaneous.
Porch
n.
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A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.
Porch
n.
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A portico; a covered walk.
Porcine
a.
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Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.
Porcupine
n.
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Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
Porcupine
n.
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Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species.
Pore
v.
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One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
Pore
v.
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A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.
Pored
imp. & p. p.
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of Pore
Poring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Pore
Pore
v. i.
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To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over.
Poreblind
a.
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Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind.
Porer
n.
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One who pores.
Porgies
pl.
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of Porgy
Porgy
n.
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The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
Porgy
n.
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The margate fish.
Porgy
n.
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The spadefish.
Porgy
n.
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Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
Porifera
n. pl.
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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.
Poriferan
n.
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One of the Polifera.
Poriferata
n. pl.
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The Polifera.
Poriform
a.
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Resembling a pore, or small puncture.
Porime
n.
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A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self-evident.