Vocabulary : Portulacaceous to Poseuses
Portulacaceous : Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceae), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera.Porwigle : See Polliwig.
Pory : Porous; as, pory stone. [R.] Dryden.
Pose : Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast. ;; A cold in the head; catarrh. ;; The attitude or position of a person; the position of the body or of any member of the body; especially, a position formally assumed for the sake of effect; an artificial position; as, the pose of an actor; the pose of an artist's model or of a statue. ;; To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait. ;; To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude. ;; To interrogate; to question. ;; To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
Posed : of Pose ;; Firm; determined; fixed.
