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• Porcelaneous

  [pawr-suh-lin, pohr-; pawrs-lin, pohrs-] /ˈpɔr sə lɪn, ˈpoʊr-; ˈpɔrs lɪn, ˈpoʊrs-/ noun 1. a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material, biscuit-fired at a low temperature, the glaze then fired at a very high temperature. 2. ware made from this. /ˈpɔːslɪn; -leɪn; ˈpɔːsə-/ noun 1. a more or less translucent ceramic material, the principal ingredients being kaolin […]

• Porcine

  [pawr-sahyn, -sin] /ˈpɔr saɪn, -sɪn/ adjective 1. of or relating to swine. 2. resembling swine; hoggish; piggish. /ˈpɔːsaɪn/ adjective 1. of, connected with, or characteristic of pigs adj. early 15c., “pertaining to swine; swinish,” from Old French porcin or directly from Latin porcinus “of a hog,” from porcus “hog, pig” (see pork (n.)). porcine (pôr’sīn’) […]

• Porcino

  [pawr-chee-noh] /pɔrˈtʃi noʊ/ noun, plural porcini [pawr-chee-nee] /pɔrˈtʃi ni/ (Show IPA). Italian Cookery. 1. Usually, porcini. . /pɔːˈtʃiːnəʊ/ noun (pl) porcini (pɔːˈtʃiːnɪ) 1. an edible saprotrophic basidiomycetous woodland fungus, Boletus edulis, with a brown shining cap covering white spore-bearing tubes and having a rich nutty flavour: family Boletineae Also called cep

• Porcius festus

  See FESTUS. the successor of Felix (A.D. 60) as procurator of Judea (Acts 24:27). A few weeks after he had entered on his office the case of Paul, then a prisoner at Caesarea, was reported to him. The “next day,” after he had gone down to Caesarea, he heard Paul defend himself in the presence […]

• Porcupine

  [pawr-kyuh-pahyn] /ˈpɔr kyəˌpaɪn/ noun 1. any of several rodents covered with stiff, sharp, erectile spines or quills, as Erethizon dorsatum of North America. /ˈpɔːkjʊˌpaɪn/ noun 1. any of various large hystricomorph rodents of the families Hystricidae, of Africa, Indonesia, S Europe, and S Asia, and Erethizontidae, of the New World. All species have a body […]

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