portentous
— Adjective
– English
～ of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"
portentous
— Adjective
– English
～ puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
portentous
— Adjective
– English
～ ominously prophetic
portentously
— Adverb
– English
～ in a portentous manner; "portentously, the engines began to roll"
porter
— Noun
– English
～ someone who guards an entrance
Porter
— Noun
– English
～ United States writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)
Porter
— Noun
– English
～ United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)
porter
— Noun
– English
～ a railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars)
porter
— Noun
– English
～ a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
Porter
— Noun
– English
～ United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946)
porter
— Noun
– English
～ a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
porter
— Verb
– English
～ carry luggage or supplies; "They portered the food up Mount Kilimanjaro for the tourists"
porter's beer
— Noun
– English
～ a very dark sweet ale brewed from roasted unmalted barley
porterage
— Noun
– English
～ the transportation of burdens by porters
porterage
— Noun
– English
～ the charge for carrying burdens by porters
porterhouse
— Noun
– English
～ large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
portfolio
— Noun
– English
～ a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers; "the artist had put together a portfolio of his work"; "every actor has a portfolio of photographs"
portfolio
— Noun
– English
～ a list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution; "they were disappointed by the poor returns on their stock portfolio"
portfolio
— Noun
– English
～ a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather; "he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio"