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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

porker
noun a pig fattened to provide meat

porkfish
pork-fish noun black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil

porkholt
noun made of lamb or pork

porkpie
porkpie hat noun man`s hat with a low, flat crown and a snap brim

pornographer
porn merchant noun someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores

pornographic
adjective designed to arouse lust; `pornographic films and magazines`

pornographically
adverb in a pornographic manner

pornography
porno noun creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

Poronotus
genus Poronotus noun a genus of Stromateidae

Poronotus triacanthus
noun small food fish of Atlantic coast

porose
adjective forming a continuous series of pores; `a porose hymenium`

porosity
porousness noun the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids

porous
poriferous adjective full of pores or vessels or holes

Porphyra
genus Porphyra noun a genus of protoctist

porphyria
noun a genetic abnormality of metabolism causing abdominal pains and mental confusion

porphyrin
noun any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues

Porphyrio
genus Porphyrio noun Old World purple gallinules

porphyritic
adjective (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals

Porphyrula
genus Porphyrula noun American purple gallinules

porphyry
porphyritic rock noun any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals

porpoise
noun any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth

porpoise oil
noun a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant

porridge
noun soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

porringer
noun a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle) from which children eat

port
larboard adjective located on the left side of a ship or aircraft

Port Arthur
noun a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese

Port Jackson fig
rusty rig noun Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood

Port Jackson heath
Epacris purpurascens noun small shrub of southern and western Australia having pinkish to rosy purple tubular flowers

Port Jackson pine
Callitris cupressiformis noun Australian cypress pine having globular cones

Port Louis
noun capital and chief port of Mauritius; located on the northwestern coast of the island

Port Moresby
capital of Papua New Guinea noun the administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea

port of call
noun any port where a ship stops except its home port

port of entry
point of entry noun a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise

Port of Spain
Port-of-Spain noun the capital and largest city of Trinidad and Tobago on the west coast of the island of Trinidad

Port Sudan
noun port city in Sudan on the Red Sea

Port Vila
Vila noun capital of Vanuatu

port-access coronary bypass surgery
noun heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine

Port-au-Prince
Haitian capital noun the capital and largest city of Haiti

port-wine stain
nevus flammeus noun a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple

porta hepatis
noun opening for major blood vessels to enter and leave the liver

portability
noun the quality of being light enough to be carried

portable
adjective of a motor designed to be attached to the outside of a boat`s hull; `a portable outboard motor`

portable circular saw
portable saw noun a circular saw that is portable and is operated with a hand grip

portable computer
noun a personal computer that can easily be carried by hand

portacaval shunt
noun shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver

portage
noun carrying boats and supplies overland

portal hypertension
noun increase in blood pressure in the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the liver (often associated with alcoholic cirrhosis), causing enlargement of the spleen and collateral veins

portal site
portal noun a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; `a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc.`

portal system
noun system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liver

portal vein
hepatic portal vein noun a short vein that carries blood into the liver

portcullis
noun gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage

Porte
Sublime Porte noun the Ottoman court in Constantinople

porte-cochere
noun canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles

portentous
prodigious adjective of momentous or ominous significance; `such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity`- Herman Melville; `a prodigious vision`

portentously
adverb in a portentous manner; `portentously, the engines began to roll`

porter
porter`s beer noun a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley

porter
noun a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)

porterage
noun the transportation of burdens by porters

porterhouse
porterhouse steak noun large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin

portfolio
noun the role of the head of a government department; `he holds the portfolio for foreign affairs`

porthole
noun a window in a ship or airplane

portia tree
bendy tree noun pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds

portico
noun a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area

portiere
noun a heavy curtain hung across a doorway

portion
verb give out or allot; `We were assigned new uniforms`

Portland
noun largest city in Maine in the southwestern corner of the state

portly
stout adjective euphemisms for `fat`; `men are portly and women are stout`

portmanteau
Gladstone noun a large travelling bag made of stiff leather

Porto
Oporto noun port city in northwest Portugal; noted for port wine

Porto Novo
capital of Benin noun the capital of Benin in southwestern part of country on a coastal lagoon

portrait
portrayal noun any likeness of a person; `the photographer made excellent portraits`

portrait
noun a word picture of a person`s appearance and character

portrait camera
noun a camera with a portrait lens

portrait lens
noun a compound camera lens with a relatively high aperture

portraitist
portrait painter noun a painter or drawer of portraits

portraiture
noun the activity of making portraits

portraiture
noun a word picture of a person`s appearance and character

portrayal
enactment noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

Portsmouth
noun a port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean

Portsmouth
noun a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain`s major naval base

Portugal
Portuguese Republic noun a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)

Portuguese
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal; `Portuguese wines`

Portuguese escudo
noun formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo

Portuguese man-of-war
man-of-war noun large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles

Portuguese monetary unit
noun monetary unit in Portugal

portulaca
noun a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers

Portulacaceae
family Portulacaceae noun family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas

Portunidae
family Portunidae noun swimming crabs

Portunus
genus Portunus noun type genus of the family Portunidae

portwatcher
port watcher noun a watchman on a wharf

Porzana
genus Porzana noun spotted crakes

pose
personate verb pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; `She posed as the Czar`s daughter`

posed
adjective arranged for pictorial purposes

Poseidon
noun (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune

poser
stumper noun a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

poseur
noun a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

poseuse
noun a woman poseur

posing
noun (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); `he wanted his portrait painted but couldn`t spare time for the sitting`

position
view 2 perspective noun a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; `consider what follows from the positivist view`

position
posture noun a rationalized mental attitude