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Haematoporphyrin :: Haematoporphyrin (n.) See Haematoin.

Porpentine :: Porpentine (n.) Porcupine.

Porpesse :: Porpesse (n.) A porpoise.

Porphyraceous :: Porphyraceous (a.) Porphyritic.

Porphyre :: Porphyre (n.) Porphyry.

Porphyries :: Porphyries (pl. ) of Porphyr.

Porphyrite :: Porphyrite (n.) A rock with a porphyritic structure; as, augite porphyrite..

Porphyritic :: Porphyritic (a.) Relating to, or resembling, porphyry, that is, characterized by the presence of distinct crystals, as of feldspar, quartz, or augite, in a relatively fine-grained base, often aphanitic or cryptocrystalline..

Porphyrization :: Porphyrization (n.) The act of porphyrizing, or the state of being porphyrized..

Porphyrize :: Porphyrize (v. t.) To cause to resemble porphyry; to make spotted in composition, like porphyry..

Porphyrogenitism :: Porphyrogenitism (n.) The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born..

Porphyry :: Porphyry (n.) A term used somewhat loosely to designate a rock consisting of a fine-grained base (usually feldspathic) through which crystals, as of feldspar or quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles..

Porpita :: Porpita (n.) A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst..

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.

Porporino :: Porporino (n.) A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediaeval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold..

Porpus :: Porpus (n.) A porpoise.