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P — Pointer to Porphyry (Part 10 of 11)

Popularity, n.

    1. Favor (of the people), popular regard or acceptance, popularness.
    2. Fame, repute, celebrity, vogue.

Populate, v. a. People

Population, n.

    1. Peopling.
    2. Inhabitants, people, number of people.
    3. Populousness.

Populous, a. Crowded, thickly settled.

Porcelain, n. China, china ware.

Porcelain-clay, n. Kaolin.

Porcelain-jasper, n. Porcelainite.

Porch, n.

    1. Portico, entrance-way, vestibule.
    2. [With The prefixed.] The Stoic philosophy, philosophy of Zeno, school of the Stoics.

Porcine, a.

    1. Pertaining to swine.
    2. Hog-like, swinish.

Pore, n. Orifice, spiracle, small opening.

Pore, v. n. Brood, dwell, look steadily, fix the attention, give one’s mind, read steadily, examine diligently.

Pork, n. Swine-flesh, pig-meat.

Porker, n. Hog, pig, sow, swine, porkling.

Porosity, n. Porousness.

Porous, a. Pervious, permeable, penetrable, percolable, pory.