Index of English words, starting with "po"

(1) - Portend (v. t.) To stretch out before.
(2) - Portend (v. t.) To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs.

(1) - Portent (n.) That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.

(1) - Portentous (a.) Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size.
(2) - Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.