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Porcate :: Porcate (a.) Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening ridges; furrowed.

Porcelain :: Porcelain (n.) Purslain.

Porcelain :: Porcelain (n.) A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware..

Porcelainized :: Porcelainized (a.) Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.

Porcelaneous :: Porcelaneous (a.) Alt. of Porcellaneou.

Porcelanite :: Porcelanite (n.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper..

Porcelanous :: Porcelanous (a.) Alt. of Porcellanou.

Porcellaneous :: Porcellaneous (a.) Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells..

Porcellaneous :: Porcellaneous (a.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera..

Porcellanous :: Porcellanous (a.) Porcelaneous.

Porch :: Porch (n.) A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia..

Porch :: Porch (n.) A portico; a covered walk.

Porcine :: Porcine (a.) Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.

Porcupine :: Porcupine (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known..

Porcupine :: Porcupine (n.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species..

Sea Porcupine :: Sea porcupine () Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under Diodon..