portal
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a short vein that carries blood into the liver
portal
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc."
portal hypertension
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ increase in blood pressure in the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the liver (often associated with alcoholic cirrhosis), causing enlargement of the spleen and collateral veins
portal
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success"
portcullis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
porte-cochere
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard
porte-cochere
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ canopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles
Porte
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the Ottoman court in Constantinople
portend
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ indicate, as with a sign or an omen; "These signs bode bad news"
portent
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
portentous
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"
portentous
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
portentous
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ ominously prophetic
portentously
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in a portentous manner; "portentously, the engines began to roll"
porter
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ someone who guards an entrance
Porter
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
Porter
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
porter
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
porter
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
Porter
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)