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14-letter words containing por

  • lords temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
  • macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.
  • malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
  • megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • microsporangia — Plural form of microsporangium.
  • microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
  • microsporocyte — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
  • non-reportable — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • non-supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • nonexportation — failure or refusal to export.
  • nonimportation — failure or refusal to import.
  • northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
  • old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
  • overproportion — to make or measure in excess of the correct, normal, or desired proportion.
  • passport photo — image on identity document
  • porcelain ware — articles made of porcelain, such as plates and cups
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • porphyrization — reduction to a powder, formerly done on a slab of porphyry.
  • porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
  • port authority — a government commission that manages bridges, tunnels, airports, and other such facilities of a port or city.
  • port charlotte — a town in SW Florida.
  • port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
  • port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
  • port nicholson — the first British settlement in New Zealand, established on Wellington Harbour in 1840: grew into Wellington
  • port st. lucie — a town in E Florida.
  • port-au-prince — Formerly Hayti. a republic in the West Indies occupying the W part of the island of Hispaniola. 10,714 sq. mi. (27,750 sq. km). Capital: Port-au-Prince.
  • porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
  • portrait flask — a glass flask of the 19th century having a portrait molded onto the side.
  • portulacaceous — belonging to the Portulacaceae, the purslane family of plants.
  • print reporter — a reporter who works for a newspaper or magazine
  • proportionable — being in due proportion; proportional.
  • proportionally — having due proportion; corresponding.
  • proportionless — lacking proportion; disproportionate
  • proportionment — the act of proportioning.
  • protoporphyrin — a type of porphyrin that, when combined with an iron atom, forms haem, the oxygen-bearing prosthetic group of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
  • rail transport — the system of taking passengers or goods from one place to another by railway
  • railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
  • report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
  • rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
  • rhombenporphyr — an intermediate igneous rock embedded with rhombus-shaped crystals
  • road transport — transport by road
  • self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
  • sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • spatiotemporal — pertaining to space-time.
  • sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
  • sporangiospore — a spore that is produced within a sporangium.
  • sporotrichosis — a widespread infectious disease marked by nodules or ulcers of the skin, chiefly affecting humans and domestic mammals and caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii.
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