Index of English words, starting with "po"

(1) - Portfolio (n.) Hence: The office and functions of a minister of state or member of the cabinet; as, to receive the portfolio of war; to resign the portfolio.
(2) - Portfolio (n.) A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.

(1) - Porthole (n.) An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.

(1) - Portico (n.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building.

(1) - Portiere (n.) A curtain hanging across a doorway.

(1) - Portion (v. t.) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
(2) - Portion (v. t.) To separate or divide into portions or shares; to parcel; to distribute.
(3) - Portion (n.) A wife's fortune; a dowry.
(4) - Portion (n.) The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate; an inheritance.
(5) - Portion (n.) A part assigned; allotment; share; fate.
(6) - Portion (n.) A part considered by itself, though not actually cut off or separated from the whole.
(7) - Portion (n.) That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.