| pork barrel |
(informal) a government bill or appropriation specifically designed to benefit a particular locale or industry in order to ingratiate legislators with their constituents. |
| porker |
a pig raised and fattened for its pork. |
| porkpie |
a man's hat having a low, flat, circular crown and a snap brim. |
| porky |
of, pertaining to, or similar to pork. [2 definitions] |
| pornography |
written or visual material intended to be sexually stimulating, esp. when void of artistic merit. |
| porosity |
the state, quality, or condition of being porous. [2 definitions] |
| porous |
having many pores. [2 definitions] |
| porphyria |
a hereditary metabolic disorder characterized by the discharge of reddish urine and by extreme sensitivity to sunlight. |
| porphyritic |
of or containing porphyry. [2 definitions] |
| porphyry |
a hard, purplish red rock containing coarse mineral crystals, esp. feldspar. |
| porpoise |
any of several sociable aquatic mammals, usu. with a dark back and paler underside, a blunt snout, and a triangular fin on the back. [2 definitions] |
| porridge |
boiled cereal grains or meal, such as oatmeal, usu. eaten with milk. |
| porringer |
a shallow bowl or cup, often with a handle, used esp. by children for soup, hot cereal, or the like. |
| port1 |
a place where ships load and unload, and its adjacent town or city. [4 definitions] |
| port2 |
the left-hand side of a ship or aircraft when facing forward. (Cf. starboard.) [4 definitions] |
| port3 |
a porthole or porthole covering. [3 definitions] |
| port4 |
a heavy sweet red wine. |
| port5 |
to carry (a military weapon) in both hands with the muzzle or blade near the left shoulder and the butt or hilt near the right hip. [3 definitions] |
| portable |
capable of being carried or transported. [4 definitions] |
| portable document format |
a file format (invented by Adobe Systems, Inc.) that represents documents created in a variety of word processing and desktop publishing programs as they were intended to appear, independently of the platform or hardware with which they are created or read. |
| portage |
the carrying of small boats or their cargo overland between two navigable waterways. [4 definitions] |