Vocabulary : Porch to Porifera
Porch : 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. ;; A portico; a covered walk.Porcine : Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.
Porcupine : 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. ;; 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 : One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc. ;; A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones. ;; 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 : Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind.
