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P — Porpoise to Practical (Part 3 of 12)

Portraiture, n.

    1. See Portrait.
    2. Portrait-drawing, portrait-painting.

Portray, v. a.

    1. Paint, delineate, depict, draw, sketch, represent.
    2. Describe, set forth.

Portrayal, n.

    1. Delineation, painting, representation, sketch.
    2. Description, account.

Portulaca, n. Purslane.

Port-wine, n. Port.

Pose, n. Attitude (formally assumed), posture, artificial position.

Pose, v. a. Puzzle, stagger, embarrass, bewilder, perplex, mystify, nonplus, put out, put to a stand, confound, dumfound.

Poseidon, n. Neptune.

Poser, n.

    1. Puzzler, close examiner.
    2. Riddle, enigma, mystery, knotty point.

Position, n.

    1. Station, situation, spot, place, locality, post, site.
    2. Relation.
    3. Attitude, posture.
    4. Proposition, principle, thesis, dictum, assertion, doctrine, predication, affirmation.