| POROSE | • porose adj. Alternative form of porous. • POROSE adj. having minute openings, also POROUS. |
| POROUS | • porous adj. Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through. • porous adj. (Figurative) With many gaps. • porous adj. (Figurative, by extension) full of loopholes. |
| POROSES | • poroses n. Plural of porosis. • POROSIS n. (Greek) formation of callus. |
| POROSIS | • porosis n. The formation of callus; the knitting together of broken bones. • POROSIS n. (Greek) formation of callus. |
| POROGAMY | • porogamy n. (Botany) The property of having the pollen tube in a seed plant enter the ovule by way of the micropyle. • POROGAMY n. the entry of the pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| POROSITY | • porosity n. (Uncountable) The state of being porous. • porosity n. (Countable) A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume. • POROSITY n. the state of being porous. |
| POROUSLY | • porously adv. In a porous way; allowing liquid or gas to pass through. • POROUS adv. having minute openings, also POROSE. |
| POROGAMIC | • porogamic adj. (Botany) Exhibiting or relating to porogamy. • POROGAMIC adj. relating to porogamy, the fertilization of seed plants by the entry of a pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| POROMERIC | • poromeric n. A kind of artificial leather made from a plastic coating (usually a polyurethane) on a fibrous base… • POROMERIC adj. permeable to water vapour. • POROMERIC n. a poromeric substance. |
| POROSCOPE | • poroscope n. A device for measuring permeability. • POROSCOPE n. an instrument for investigating porosity. |
| POROSCOPY | • poroscopy n. The study of microscopic skin pores in forensic science. • POROSCOPY n. the use of a poroscope, an instrument for investigating porosity. |
| POROGAMIES | • POROGAMY n. the entry of the pollen-tube through the micropyle. |
| POROMERICS | • poromerics n. Plural of poromeric. • POROMERIC n. a poromeric substance. |
| POROSCOPES | • poroscopes n. Plural of poroscope. • POROSCOPE n. an instrument for investigating porosity. |
| POROSCOPIC | • poroscopic adj. Relating to poroscopy. • POROSCOPIC adj. relating to a poroscope, an instrument for investigating porosity. |
| POROSITIES | • porosities n. Plural of porosity. • POROSITY n. the state of being porous. |
| POROUSNESS | • porousness n. The quality of being porous; porosity. • POROUSNESS n. the quality of being porous. |
| POROSCOPIES | • POROSCOPY n. the use of a poroscope, an instrument for investigating porosity. |
| POROUSNESSES | • porousnesses n. Plural of porousness. • POROUSNESS n. the quality of being porous. |