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Showing words for POROUS using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Porous

porous

5 Letter Words for Porous

poros, porus, pours, proos, proso, roops, roups, sopor, spoor

4 Letter Words for Porous

oops, opus, oups, ours, poor, poos, pour, proo, pros, purs, roop, roos, roup, rous, soop, soup, sour, spor, spur, supr, uroo, urps

3 Letter Words for Porous

oop, oor, oos, ops, ors, oup, our, ous, poo, por, pos, pro, prs, pur, pus, roo, ros, rps, sop, sou, sup, sur, upo, ups, urp, urs

Definitions for Porous

[1] full of pores.
[2] permeable by water, air, etc.
[3] permeable to water, air, or other fluids
[4] biology geology having pores; poriferous
[5] easy to cross or penetrate the porous border into Thailand ; the most porous defence in the league

Words related to Porous

penetrable, permeable, pervious, spongy, absorptive

Words nearby Porous

poroma, poromeric, porosis, porosity, porotomy, porous, porphin, porphobilin, porphobilinogen, porphyria, porphyria cutanea tarda

Origin of Porous

1350–1400; Middle English, variant of porose < Medieval Latin porōsus. See pore2, -ous

Other words from Porous

po·rous·ly , adverb
po·rous·ness , noun
non·po·rous , adjective
non·po·rous·ness , noun
un·po·rous , adjective
un·po·rous·ness , noun
po′ rous•ness n.

Word origin for Porous

C14: from Medieval Latin porōsus, from Late Latin porus pore ²

Synonyms for Porous

absorptive, penetrable, permeable, pervious, spongelike, spongy