| port authority |
a government agency concerned with the road, air, and water traffic of a port or city. |
| portcullis |
a strong, sliding grill suspended at the top of a fortification gateway that can be lowered to prevent entry, as to a castle. |
| porte-cochère |
a covered carriage entrance to a courtyard. [2 definitions] |
| portemonnaie |
money-carrier (French); a small pocketbook or purse. |
| portend |
to serve as a sign or warning of; bode. [2 definitions] |
| portent |
a sign of something important, and often disastrous, that is about to occur; omen. [2 definitions] |
| portentous |
being or like a portent. [3 definitions] |
| porter1 |
one who carries luggage for travelers at a station or hotel. [2 definitions] |
| porter2 |
a dark malt ale whose color is achieved by drying the malt at a high temperature. |
| porterhouse |
a beefsteak cut from the back end of the short loin. |
| portfolio |
a portable case for transporting unbound papers or other printed material. [4 definitions] |
| porthole |
a small opening or window in the side of a ship or airplane. [2 definitions] |
| portico |
a roof supported by columns, serving as a covered walkway or building entrance. |
| portière |
a heavy or decorative curtain hung in a doorway usu. in place of a door. |
| portion |
a part of a whole. [4 definitions] |
| portionless |
combined form of portion. |
| Portland cement |
(sometimes l.c.) a cement made by heating limestone with clay and hardening under water. |
| Port Louis |
the seaport capital of Mauritius. |
| portly |
rather fat; stout. |
| portmanteau |
a stiff, usu. leather suitcase that opens into two hinged parts. |
| portmanteau word |
a word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two other words, such as "smog" from "smoke" and "fog". |