Porismatic
{ Po′ris‐mat″ic (?), Po′ris‐mat″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a porism; poristic.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Poristic
{ Po‐ris″tic (?), Po‐ris″tic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a porism; of the nature of a porism.
Porite
Po″rite (?), n. [Cf. F. porite. See Pore, n.] (Zoöl.) Any coral of the genus Porites, or family Poritidæ.
Porites
‖Po‐ri″tes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. πόροσ a pore.] (Zoöl.) An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are ...
Pork
Pork (?), n. [F. porc, L. porcus hog, pig. See Farrow a litter of pigs, and cf. Porcelain, Porpoise.] The flesh of swine, fresh or salted, used for food.
Porker
Pork″er (?), n. A hog. Pope.
Porket
Pork″et (?), n. [Dim. of F. porc. See Pork.] A young hog; a pig. Dryden. W. Howitt.
Porkling
Pork″ling (?), n. A pig; a porket. Tusser.
Porkwood
Pork″wood′ (?), n.(Bot.) 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.
Pornerastic
Por′ne‐ras″tic (?), a. Lascivious; licentious. F. Harrison.
Pornographic
Por′no‐graph″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing.
Pornography
Por‐nog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. � a harlot + -graphy.] 1. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to ba...
Porosity
Po‐ros″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. porosité.] The quality or state of being porous; — opposed to density.
Porotic
Po‐rot″ic (?), n.(Med.) A medicine supposed to promote the formation of callus.
Porotype
Po″ro‐type (?), n. [See Pore, n., and -type.] A copy of a print, writing, etc., made by placing it upon a chemically prepared paper which is acted upon by a gas which permeates ...
Porous
Por″ous (?), a. [Cf. F. poreux. See Pore, n.] Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable b...
Porously
Por″ous‐ly, adv. In a porous manner.
Porousness
Por″ous‐ness, n. 1. The quality of being porous.2. The open parts; the interstices of anything.They will forcibly get into the porousness of it. Sir K. Digby.
Porpentine
Por″pen‐tine (?), n. Porcupine. Shak.
Porpesse
Por″pesse (?), n. A porpoise.
Porphyraceous
Por′phy‐ra″ceous (?), a. Porphyritic.
Porphyre
Por″phyre (?), n. Porphyry. Locke.
Porphyrite
Por″phy‐rite (?), n.(Min.) A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite.
Porphyritic
Por′phy‐rit″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. porphyritique.] (Min.) Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, ...
Porphyrization
Por′phy‐ri‐za″tion (?), n. The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized.
Porphyrize
Por′phy‐rize (?), v. t. [Cf. F. porphyriser, Gr. � to purplish.] To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in composition, like porphyry.
Porphyrogenitism
Por′phy‐ro‐gen″i‐tism (?), n. [LL. porphyro genitus, fr. Gr. �; � purple + root of γίγνεσθαι to be born.] The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eas...