Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 95
Poplar (n.) (Bot.) 【植】楊屬樹木，白楊 [C]；楊木 [U]；美國鵝掌楸樹 [C] Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.
Note: The aspen poplar is Populus tremula and Populus tremuloides; Balsam poplar is Populus balsamifera; Lombardy poplar ({Populus dilatata) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is Populus alba.
Poplar (n.) The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar. [U.S.]
Poplar (n.) Soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar.
Poplar (n.) Any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins [syn: poplar, poplar tree].
Poplar, () Morris, 1978. A blend of
LISP with SNOBOL4 pattern matching and APL-like postfix
syntax. Implicit iteration over lists, sorting primitive.
"Experience with an Applicative String-Processing Language", J.H.
Morris et al, 7th POPL, ACM 1980, pp.32-46.
Poplar, () Heb. libneh, "white", (Gen. 30:37;
Hos. 4:13), in all probability the storax tree (Styrax
officinalis) or white poplar, distinguished by its white blossoms
and pale leaves. It is common in the Anti-Libanus. Other species
of the poplar are found in Palestine, such as the white poplar
(P. alba) of our own country, the black poplar (P. nigra),
and the aspen (P. tremula). (See WILLOW.)
Poplar, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 552
Housing Units (2000): 222
Land area (2000): 11.922486 sq. miles (30.879095 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.012900 sq. miles (0.033412 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.935386 sq. miles (30.912507 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63975
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 46.582014 N, 91.793712 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54864
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Poplar, WI
Poplar
Poplar, MT -- U.S. city in Montana
Population (2000): 911
Housing Units (2000): 350
Land area (2000): 0.267472 sq. miles (0.692750 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.267472 sq. miles (0.692750 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58975
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 48.109474 N, 105.194891 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 59255
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Poplar, MT
Poplar
Poplar-Cotton Center, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 1496
Housing Units (2000): 367
Land area (2000): 1.275894 sq. miles (3.304549 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.275894 sq. miles (3.304549 sq. km)
FIPS code: 58191
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 36.053936 N, 119.144796 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Poplar-Cotton Center, CA
Poplar-Cotton Center
Poplar, CA
Poplar
Poplexy (n.) Apoplexy. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Poplin (n.) A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and worsted, -- used especially for women's dresses.
Irish poplin, A fabric with silk warp and worsted weft, made in Ireland.
Poplin (n.) A ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery
Popliteal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ham; in the region of the ham, or behind the knee joint; as, the popliteal space.
Popliteal (a.) Of or relating to the area behind the knee joint
Poplitic (a.) (Anat.) Popliteal.
Popper (n.) A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a long handle.
Popper (n.) A dagger. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Poppit (n.) A small plastic bead with opposed holes and protuberant knobs, so shaped that the beads may be fastened to each other in chains and detached easily, and can be used to form variable-length chains for use as necklaces, bracelets, or other ornamental objects. Also called poppet and poppit bead.
Poppet (n.) See Puppet.
Poppet (n.) (Naut.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching. -- Totten.
Poppet (n.) (Mach.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.
Poppet (n.) Same as poppit.
Poppet head, Puppet head. See Headstock (a) .
Puppet (n.) [Written also poppet.] A small image in the human form; a doll.
Puppet (n.) A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.
At the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded puppets dance. -- Pope.
Puppet (n.) One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt. -- Sir W. Scott.
Puppet (n.) (Mach.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Puppet master. Same as Puppetman.
Puppet play, A puppet show.
Puppet player, One who manages the motions of puppets.
Puppet show, A mock drama performed by puppets moved by wires.
Puppet valve, A valve in the form of a circular disk, which covers a hole in its seat, and opens by moving bodily away from the seat while remaining parallel with it, -- used in steam engines, pumps, safety valves, etc. Its edge is often beveled, and fits in a conical recess in the seat when the valve is closed. See the valves shown in Illusts. of Plunger pump, and Safety valve, under Plunger, and Safety.
Poppet (n.) A mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines [syn: poppet, poppet valve].
Poppied (a.) Mingled or interspersed with poppies. "Poppied corn." -- Keats.
Poppied (a.) Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; inactive. [R.]
The poppied sails doze on the yard. -- Lowell.
Soda (n.) (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide.
Soda (n.) (Chem.) (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is also called baking soda.
Soda (n.) Same as sodium, used in terms such as bicarbonate of soda.
Soda (n.) Same as soda water.
Soda (n.) A non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means, containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in different localities it is variously called also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals.
It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
Caustic soda, Sodium hydroxide.
Cooking soda, Sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.]
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, Crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort ({Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, An apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, A lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda niter. See Nitratine.
Soda salts, Salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, The waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; -- called also alkali waste.
Washing soda, Sodium carbonate. [Colloq.]
Soda pop (n.) A popular non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means, containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in different localities it is variously called also soda, pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants.
The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit juices, fruit sirups, cream, or cola flavoring; the soda pop is usually served chilled.
Note: Several large corporations started primarily as bottlers of soda pop, such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, and Dr. Pepper.
Sodium (n.) (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc.
It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so highly reactive that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na ({Natrium). Atomic weight 22.990. Specific gravity 0.97.
Sodium amalgam, An alloy of sodium and mercury, usually produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise.
Sodium carbonate, A white crystalline substance, Na2CO3.10H2O, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in large quantities from common salt. It is used in making soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many chemical industries. Called also sal soda, washing soda, or soda. Cf. Sodium bicarbonate, and Trona.
Sodium chloride, Common, or table, salt, NaCl.
Sodium hydroxide, A white opaque brittle solid, NaOH, having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc. Called also sodium hydrate, and caustic soda. By extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide.
Soda (n.) A sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper [syn: sodium carbonate, washing soda, sal soda, soda ash, soda]
Soda (n.) A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" [syn: pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic].
SODA, () Service-Orientated Developmenrt of Applications (SOA, SOBA)
SODA, () Simplified OS for Distributed Applications (OS)
SODA, () System Optimization and Design Algorithm
Symbolic Optimum DEUCE Assembly Program
SODA, () (SODA) The symbolic assembler for a one-level storage virtual machine for the English ELectric DEUCE.
["SODA Manual of Operation", R. C. Brigham and C. G. Bell, School of Elec Eng, U New S Wales, Sydney, NSW, 1958]. (1994-11-04)
Pop (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Popped; p. pr. & vb. n. Popping.] To make a pop, or sharp, quick sound; as, the muskets popped away on all sides.
Pop (v. i.) To enter, or issue forth, with a quick, sudden movement; to move from place to place suddenly; to dart; -- with in, out, upon, off, etc.
He that killed my king . . . Popp'd in between the election and my hopes. -- Shak.
A trick of popping up and down every moment. -- Swift.
Pop (v. i.) To burst open with a pop, when heated over a fire; as, this corn pops well.
Popping () a. & n. from Pop.
Popping crease. (Cricket) See under Crease.
Popping (n.) A sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork [syn: pop, popping].
Popple (v. i.) To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble. -- Cotton.
Popple (n.) The poplar. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]
Popple (n.) Tares. [Obs.] "To sow popple among wheat." -- Bale.
Poppies (n. pl. ) of Poppy
Poppy (n.) (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule.
California poppy (Bot.), Any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia.
Corn poppy. See under Corn.
Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.
Poppy bee (Zool.), A leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa papaveris) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee. Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle.
Poppy seed, The seed the opium poppy ({Papaver somniferum).
Spatling poppy (Bot.), A species of Silene ({Silene inflata). See Catchfly. Poppy
Poppy (n.) Alt. of Poppyhead
Poppycock (n.) 【俚】胡說；廢話 Senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" [syn: stuff, stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock].
Poppyhead (n.) (Arch.) A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.
Populace (n.) The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession.
Populacy (n.) Populace.
Popular (a.) 民眾的；大眾的 [Z] [B]；孚眾望的，得人心的，受歡迎的 [（+with/ among）] Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. "Popular states." -- Bacon. "So the popular vote inclines." -- Milton.
The men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. -- J. H. Newman.
Popular (a.) Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
Homilies are plain popular instructions. -- Hooker.
Popular (a.) Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.
The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account. -- Holland.
Popular (a.) Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration.
Popular (a.) Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. [R.]
Such popular humanity is treason. -- Addison.
Popular (a.) Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. [Obs.] -- Johanson.
{Popular action} (Law), an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute. -- Blackstone.
Popular (a.) Regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular" [ant: {unpopular}].
Popular (a.) Carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government".
Popular (a.) Representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction" [syn: {democratic}, {popular}].
Popular (a.) (of music or art) New and of general appeal (especially among young people) [syn: {popular}, {pop}].
Populares (n. pl.) The people or
the people's party, in ancient
Popularities (n. pl. ) of Popularity
Popularity (n.) [U] 普及，流行；大眾化；[（+with/ among）] 討人喜歡的特點；聲望 The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book.
Popularity (n.) The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity.
Popularity (n.) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap.
Popularity (n.) The act of courting the favor of the people.
Popularity (n.) Public sentiment; general passion. [R.]
Popularity (n.) The quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after; "his charm soon won him affection and popularity"; "the universal popularity of American movies" [ant: {unpopularity}].
Popularity (n.) [ U ] (B2) 流行 The fact that something or someone is liked, enjoyed, or supported by many people.
// The increasing popularity of organic food.
Popularization (n.) 大眾化；通俗化；普及 The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.
Popularization (n.) An interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable [syn: {popularization}, {popularisation}].
Popularization (n.) The act of making something attractive to the general public [syn: {popularization}, {popularisation}, {vulgarization}, {vulgarisation}].
Popularized (imp. & p. p.) of Popularize
Popularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Popularize
Popularize (v. t.) To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.
Popularizer (n.) One who popularizes.
Popularly (adv.) 由民眾，由大眾；大眾化地；通俗地；普遍地 In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported.
The victor knight, Bareheaded, popularly low had bowed. -- Dryden.
Popularly (adv.) Among the people; "this topic was popularly discussed".
Popularness (n.) The quality or state of being popular; popularity. -- Coleridge.
Populate (a.) Populous.
Populated (imp. & p. p.) of Populate
Populating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Populate
Populate (v. t.) 居住於 [H]；移民於；殖民於 To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
Populate (v. i.) To propagate. [Obs.]
Great shoals of people which go on to populate. -- Bacon.
Populate (v.) Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" [syn: {populate}, {dwell}, {live}, {inhabit}].
Populate (v.) Fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting".
Population (n.) 人口 [U] [C] ；（某地域的）全部居民 [the S] [G] ；（具有共同特色的）人們；（某地域的）特定居民 [the S] [G] ；（某地區某類）動物（或植物）的總數；（某地區某類）物品的總數 [the S] [G] ；【生】族群 ；【統】（對象）總體，母體 The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.
Population (n.) The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.
Population (n.) The people who inhabit a territory or state; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed".
Population (n.) A group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population".
Population (n.) (Statistics) The entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" [syn: {population}, {universe}].
Population (n.) The number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.); "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; "the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing".
Population (n.) The act of populating (causing to live in a place); "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals".
Populator (n.) One who, or that which, populates.
Populicide (n.) Slaughter of the people. [R.]
Populin (n.) A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar ({Populus}), and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance.
Populist (n.) (U. S. Politics) 平民主義者，平民論者；民粹派；民粹主義者 A member of the People's party. -- {Pop`u*lis"tic}, a.
Populist (n.) An advocate of democratic principles [syn: {democrat}, {populist}].
Populist (n.) A fossil patriot of the early agricultural period, found in the old red soapstone underlying Kansas; characterized by an uncommon spread of ear, which some naturalists contend gave him the power of flight, though Professors Morse and Whitney, pursuing independent lines of thought, have ingeniously pointed out that had he possessed it he would have gone elsewhere. In the picturesque speech of his period, some fragments of which have come down to us, he was known as "The Matter with Kansas."
Populist (n.) A person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
‘He ran as a populist on an anti-corruption platform.’
‘Right-wing populists seem poised to make electoral gains.’
Populist (a.) 平民主義的，平民化的 Relating to or characteristic of a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
‘Party leaders plan to reprise the populist rhetoric that they used in the tax fight.’
‘A populist opposition leader.’
‘Populist tabloid newspapers.’
Populist (a.) Appealing to or aimed at ordinary people.
‘It seems their efforts in creating a populist movement for chamber music are paying off.’
Populosity (n.) Populousness. [Obs.]
Populous (a.) 人口眾多的，人口稠密的；擁擠的，擠滿的 Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.
Heaven, yet populous, retains Number sufficient to possess her realms. -- Milton.
Populous (a.) Popular; famous. [Obs.] -- J. Webster.
Populous (a.) Common; vulgar. [Obs.] -- Arden of Feveersham.
Populous (a.) Numerous; in large number. [Obs.] "The dust . . . raised by your populous troops." -- Shak. -- {Pop"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Pop"u*lous*ness}, n.
Populous (a.) Densely populated [syn: {populous}, {thickly settled}].
Poraille (n.) Poor people; the poor. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Porbeagle (n.) (Zool.) 鼠鯊（學名：Lamna nasus），又名大西洋鯖鯊，是鼠鯊科的遠洋大型鯊魚。鼠鯊被認為是處於易危至滅絕的狀況，歐洲聯盟建議將鼠鯊列入聯合國的瀕臨絕種野生動植物國際貿易公約中。A species of shark ({Lamna cornubica}), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also {mackerel shark}. [Written {also probeagle}.]
Porbeagle (n.) Voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific [syn: {porbeagle}, {Lamna nasus}].
Porcate (a.) Having grooves or furrows broader than the intervening ridges; furrowed.
Porcelain (n.) Purslain.
Porcelain (n.) A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware.
Porcelainized (a.) Baked like potter's lay; -- applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.
Porcelaneous (a.) Alt. of Porcellaneous
Porcellaneous (a.) Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.
Porcellaneous (a.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera.
Porcelanite (n.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper.
Porcelanous (a.) Alt. of Porcellanous
Porcellanous (a.) Porcelaneous.
Porch (n.) A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.
Porch (n.) A portico; a covered walk.
Porcine (a.) Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.
Porcupine (n.) Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile spines or quills, sometimes a foot long. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known.
Porcupine (n.) Any species of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species.
Pore (v.) One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
Pore (v.) A minute opening or passageway; an interstice between the constituent particles or molecules of a body; as, the pores of stones.
Pored (imp. & p. p.) of Pore
Poring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pore
Pore (v. i.) To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; -- often with on or upon, and now usually with over.
Poreblind (a.) Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind.
Porer (n.) One who pores.
Porgies (n. pl. ) of Porgy
Porgy (n.) The scup.
Porgy (n.) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
Porgy (n.) The margate fish.
Porgy (n.) The spadefish.
Porgy (n.) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
Porifera (n. pl.) A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea.
Poriferan (n.) One of the Polifera.
Poriferata (n. pl.) The Polifera.
Poriform (a.) Resembling a pore, or small puncture.
Porime (n.) A theorem or proposition so easy of demonstration as to be almost self-evident.
Poriness (n.) Porosity.
Porism (n.) A proposition affirming the possibility of finding such conditions as will render a certain determinate problem indeterminate or capable of innumerable solutions.
Porism (n.) A corollary.
Porismatic (a.) Alt. of Porismatical
Porismatical (a.) Of or pertaining to a porism; poristic.
Poristic (a.) Alt. of Poristical
Poristical (a.) Of or pertaining to a porism; of the nature of a porism.