POPULAR
POP'ULAR, adjective [Latin popularis. See People.]1. Pertaining to the common people; as the popular voice; popular elections.So the popular vote inclines.2. Suitable to common ...
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POPULARITY
POPULAR'ITY, noun [Latin popularitas.] Favor of the people; the state of possessing the affections and confidence of the people in general; as the popularity of the ministry; th...
POPULARIZE
POP'ULARIZE, verb transitive To make popular or common; to spread among the people; as, to popularize philosophy or physics; to popularize a knowledge of chimical principles.
POPULARIZED
POP'ULARIZED, participle passive Made popular, or introduced among the people.
POPULARIZING
POP'ULARIZING, participle present tense Making popular, or introducing among the people.
POPULARLY
POP'ULARLY, adverb In a popular manner; so as to please the populace.The victor knight,Bareheadaed, popularly low had bow'd.1. According to the conceptions of the common people.
POPULATE
POP'ULATE, verb intransitive [Latin populus.] To breed people; to propagate.When there be great shoals of people which go on to populatePOP'ULATE, verb transitive To people; to ...
POPULATED
POP'ULATED, participle passive Furnished with inhabitants; peopled.
POPULATING
POP'ULATING, participle present tense Peopling.
POPULATION
POPULA'TION, noun The act or operation of peopling or furnishing with inhabitants; multiplication of inhabitants. The value of our western lands is annually enhanced by populati...
POPULOSITY
POPULOS'ITY, noun Populousness. [Not used.]
POPULOUS
POP'ULOUS, adjective [Latin populosus.] Full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country. A territory containing fifteen or twenty inh...
POPULOUSLY
POP'ULOUSLY, adverb With many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of country.
POPULOUSNESS
POP'ULOUSNESS, noun The state of having many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of country.By populousness in contradistinction to population, is understood the proportion ...
PORCATED
POR'CATED, adjective [Latin porca, a ridge.] Ridged; formed in ridges.
PORCELAIN
POR'CELAIN, noun [Latin portulaca.]1. The finest species of earthen ware, originally manufactured in China and Japan, but now made in several European countries. All earthen war...
PORCELLANEOUS
PORCELLA'NEOUS, adjective [from porcelain.] Pertaining to or resembling porcelain; as porcellaneous shells.
PORCELLANITE
POR'CELLANITE, noun A silicious mineral, a species of jasper, of various colors. It seems to be formed accidentally in coal mines which have indurated and semi-vitrified beds of...
PORCH
PORCH, noun [Latin porticus, from porta, a gate, entrance or passage, or from portus, a shelter.]1. In architecture, a kind of vestibule supported by columns at the entrance of ...
PORCINE
POR'CINE, adjective [Latin porcinus, from porcus. See Pork.]Pertaining to swine; as the porcine species of animals.
PORCUPINE
POR'CUPINE, noun [Latin porcus; spina, a spine or thorn.]In zoology, a quadruped of the genus Hystrix. The crested porcupine has a body about two feet in length, four toes on ea...
PORCUPINE-FISH
POR'CUPINE-FISH, noun A fish which is covered with spines or prickles. It is of the diodon kind, and about fourteen inches in length.
PORE
PORE, noun [Gr. to go, to pass.; Eng. to fare. See Fare.]1. In anatomy, a minute interstice in the skin of an animal, through which the perspirable matter passes to the surface ...
PORE-BLIND
PO'RE-BLINDPUR'BLIND, noun Near-sighted; short-sighted.
PORER
PO'RER, noun One who pores or studies diligently.
PORGY
POR'GY, noun A fish of the gilt-head kind.
PORINESS
PO'RINESS, noun [from pory.]The state of being pory or having numerous pores.