Words starting with P

PortisheadA coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Somerset district, Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel (OS grid ref ST4676).
PortknockieA coastal village in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ4868).
portlandThe land around a port
PortlanderSomeone from Portland, Oregon.
PortlandianThe Tithonian stage or age, now considered strata about 150 million years old.
portlanditeA rare oxide mineral, the naturally-occurring form of calcium hydroxide.
portlastThe gunwale of a ship.
portlessWithout a port.
portletA pluggable user interface component making up part of a portal, such as a fragment displaying weather or news headlines.
PortlethenA town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, historically in Kincardineshire (OS grid ref NO9196).
portlightA window on a porthole.
portlikeResembling or characteristic of port (fortified wine).
portlilyIn a portly manner.
portlinessThe quality of being portly
PortlockA surname.
PortloeA coastal village in Veryan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9339).
portlySomewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
PortmadocThe former official spelling of Porthmadog, Wales, until 1974.
PortmahomackA coastal village by Dornoch Firth in Easter Ross, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH9184).
portmanA burgess of a port, especially of one of the Cinque Ports.
portmanbroA portmanteau word incorporating the term bro, denoting a concept related to bro culture.
portmanteauA large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
portmantologismA portmanteau word.
portmapperA software service that maps programs to the ports they will use to communicate over a network.
PortmarnockA coastal settlement in Fingal, formerly County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2443).
portmasterAn official in charge of running a port.
PortmeirionA small coastal tourist village in Penrhyndeudraeth community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH5937)
PortmoreA city in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica.
portmoteA court, or mote, held in a port town.
PortmuthianA person from Portsmouth, England.
PortnerA surname.
PortnooA settlement west of Narin, on the west coast of County Donegal, Ireland.
PortnoyA surname.
portoAn apéritif made from port.
portobelloThe large, mature form of the crimini mushroom (Agaricus bisporus)
PortobeloA historic port and corregimiento in Portobelo District, Colón Province, Panama.
portobiliaryRelating to the portal vein and the bile duct
PortocarreroA surname from Spanish.
portocavalRelating to the portal vein and the vena cava.
portoentericRelating to the portal vein and the intestines
portoenterostomyA surgical procedure that connects the liver’s bile drainage area directly to the small intestine, allowing bile to drain when the normal bile ducts are blocked or absent.
PortoferraioA city and comune in the province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, in the north of Elba, featuring a prominent harbour.
PortofinoA coastal town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
portogramAn image obtained through portography.
portographicRelating to portography
portographyImaging of the portal system (and its circulation) after injection of radiopaque material.
PortogruaroA town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
portohepaticRelating to, or connecting the portal vein and the hepatic vein; relating to the hepatic portal vein
PortolaA city in Plumas County, California, United States.
portolanA chart of European navigable waters based on descriptions of coasts.
portomesentericRelating to the porta and the mesentery
PortonA village in Idmiston parish, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1936).
portoportalRelating to, or connecting left and right portal veins
portopulmonaryOf or relating to the portal system and the lungs.
PortorA black and yellow variety of marble from northern Italy.
PortorrealA surname from Spanish.
PortosanA portable toilet.
portosplanchnicRelating to the portal vein and the viscera.
portosystemicRelating to, or connecting the portal and systemic venous circulation systems.
portovenographyportography of the portal vein
portovenousRelating to a portal vein
PortoviejoA city and canton (Portoviejo Canton) in Manabí province, Ecuador.
portpassA document or documentation allowing for legal entry into another land; a passport.
PortpatrickA coastal village and harbour in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, originally in Wigtownshire (OS grid ref NW9954).
portpiecea smaller cannon or gun mounted on the side of a ship. These were often used for close-range engagements or for firing at smaller targets.
PortrackA suburb, housing and industrial estate in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4619).
portraitA painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
PortraitgateA 2009 controversy that occurred when art galleries in Dublin displayed two oil paintings depicting Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland, in the nude.
portraitistA painter or photographer who makes portraits.
portraitlikeResembling or characteristic of a portrait.
portraitorOne who makes portraits.
portraitureA portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
portrayTo paint or draw the likeness of.
portrayabilityThe quality of being portrayable.
portrayableCapable of being portrayed.
portrayalThe act of portraying.
portrayeeOne who is portrayed.
portrayistOne who portrays or depicts.
portraymentportrayal
PortreathA village, fishing port, and civil parish on the north coast of west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6545).
PortreeThe largest town on the Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG4843).
portreeveA borough-reeve: an office equivalent to a mayor (historical) in several major English towns or (dialect) in various minor boroughs of Wales and Southwest England.
portreeveshipThe state or business of a portreeve.
portressA female porter (person in control of the entrance to a building)
PortrushA coastal town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref C 8540).
portsA commune of Indre-et-Loire department, France.
portsalepublic or open sale; auction
PortsalonA coastal townland in County Donegal, Ireland.
portscanTo scan (a network host) in order to detect open ports.
portscannerA software program that performs portscans.
PortseaAn urban area in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, named after Portsea Island (OS grid ref SU6300).
portsideOn the port (left) side of a ship.
portsiderA left-handed pitcher, boxer, hockey player, etc.; a southpaw.
portsillA horizontal wooden member that forms the sill of a gunport.
PortskewettA village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST4988).
PortsladeA suburban area in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2506/2605)
portsmanAn inhabitant of a Cinque Port.
PortsmouthA city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.
PortsoyA coastal town in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, originally in Banffshire (OS grid ref NJ5866).
PortstewartA coastal town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
portsweepA portscan that connects to numerous host computers in search of a specific open port rather than scanning a single computer for any open port.
PortswoodA northern suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4214).
portuaryA portable breviary; a porteous.
portugaisSynonym of gray angelfish (“Pomacanthus arcuatus”).
PortugalA Portuguese person.
PortugaleteA town and municipality in Biscay province, Basque Country, Spain.
PortugalismA Portuguese style or manner.
PortugallA Portuguese person.
PortugeezerA Portuguese person.
PortugooseA Portuguese person.
PortuguesaA state of Venezuela.
PortugueseOf or pertaining to Portugal.
PortugueseanPortuguese.
PortugueselyIn a Portuguese manner.
PortuguesenessThe quality, state or character of being Portuguese.
PortuguesicSynonym of Judeo-Portuguese.
PortuguesificationSynonym of lusitanization, the act or process of making Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
portuguesifySynonym of lusitanize, to make Portuguese or more Portuguese-like.
PortuguesismPortuguese attitudes and beliefs generally.
portulacaAny plant in the genus Portulaca
portulacaceousOf or relating to the family Portulacaceae of plants (purslanes)
portulaceousBelonging to the family Portulaceae (preferably Portulacaceae) of purslanes.
portulentoverweight
PortumnaA market town in south-east County Galway, Ireland, on the border with County Tipperary.
PortunaliaThe ancient Roman festival of the god Portunus, celebrated on August 17, when keys were thrown into a fire for good luck.
portunidAny crab of the family Portunidae; a swimming crab.
portunoidAny member of the Portunoidea superfamily of crabs
PortunusA minor Roman god, protector of harbors, also called Palaemon.
PortuondoA surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
PortusA large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome, situated on the north bank of the mouth of the River Tiber, established and enlarged (respectively) by the Emperors Claudius (10 BC–AD 54) and Trajan (AD 53–117), and connected to the Pons Aemilius of Rome by the Via Portuensis.
PortwayA hamlet in Winfrith Newburgh parish, Dorset (OS grid ref SY8085).
PortwoodAn English surname that is said to mean "town of the gate by the wood." The name has been known in the US since 1679.
portyResembling or characteristic of port wine.
portyankaA cotton wrapping worn in place of a sock by the Russian military, to avoid chafing, absorb sweat and improve the foothold.
PortzA surname.
portzelkyA Mennonite dish of raisin fritters — fried, roughly ball-shaped pieces of dough with raisins in them — eaten especially on New Year's Day.
poruleA small pore.
poruloseHaving porules.
porulousSynonym of porulose.
porusA pore.
PorushA surname.
poruwaA decorated wooden platform used for traditional Sinhalese wedding ceremonies.
PorvooA city and municipality of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, east of Helsinki.
PorvorimA town in Goa, India.
poryporous
PorzioA surname from Italian.
posabilityThe quality of being posable.
posableAble to be posed.
posaconazoleA triazole antifungal drug used to treat invasive infections in severely immunocompromised patients.
posadaA traditional Mexican Christmas procession.

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