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Showing words for PORPOISE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Porpoise

porpoise

7 Letter Words for Porpoise

opposer, poopsie, propose, soppier

6 Letter Words for Porpoise

isopor, oosier, oppose, ospore, persio, pipers, poiser, pooris, popsie, porose, posier, preops, propio, propos, sipper, sooper, sopper

5 Letter Words for Porpoise

epris, ireos, oorie, oppos, osier, pepos, pepsi, peris, perps, piers, piper, pipes, poire, poise, poops, poori, popes, popie, pores, poros, poser, preop, preps, pries, proos, props, prose, proso, repos, repps, ripes, ripps, roops, roose, ropes, serio, siper, sirop, sopor, speir, spier, spire, spiro, spoor, spore

4 Letter Words for Porpoise

epop, epos, eris, eros, esop, ipse, ipso, ires, irpe, oops, oose, opes, oppo, oreo, ores, pepo, peps, peri, perp, pers, peso, pier, pies, pipe, pips, pirs, pise, piso, pois, poop, poor, poos, pope, pops, pore, pose, prep, pres, prie, prio, proo, prop, pros, repo, repp, reps, resp, ries, ripe, ripp, rips, rise, risp, roes, roop, roos, rope, ropp, rose, seir, seor, sero, sier, sipe, sire, soir, soop, sope, sore, sori, spie, spor

3 Letter Words for Porpoise

eir, eos, epi, ers, esp, esr, ios, ipo, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, iso, oer, oes, oie, ois, oop, oor, oos, ope, opp, ops, ore, ors, ose, osi, pep, per, pes, pie, pip, pir, pis, poi, poo, pop, por, pos, ppi, ppr, pps, pre, pro, prp, prs, psi, rei, rep, res, rie, rio, rip, roe, roi, roo, ros, rps, sei, sep, ser, sie, sip, sir, sop, spp, sri

Definitions for Porpoise

[1] any of several small, gregarious cetaceans of the genus Phocoena, usually blackish above and paler beneath, and having a blunt, rounded snout, especially the common porpoise, P. phocoena, of both the North Atlantic and Pacific.
[2] any of several other small cetaceans, as the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis.
[3] (of a speeding motorboat) to leap clear of the water after striking a wave.
[4] (of a torpedo) to appear above the surface of the water.
[5] to move forward with a rising and falling motion in the manner of a porpoise: The car has a tendency to porpoise when overloaded.
[6] any of various small cetacean mammals of the genus Phocaena and related genera, having a blunt snout and many teeth: family Delphinidae (or Phocaenidae )
[7] (not in technical use) any of various related cetaceans, esp the dolphin

Words related to Porpoise

mammal, whale, grampus, dolphin, beluga, orca, whopper, cetacean, baleen, finback, rorqual, narwhal, cete, ceta, orc, sei

Words nearby Porpoise

porphyroblast, porphyrogenite, porphyroid, porphyropsin, porphyry, porpoise, porrect, porridge, porrigo, porringer, porro prism

Origin of Porpoise

1275–1325; Middle English porpoys < Middle French porpois < Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis hog fish, for Latin porcus marīnus sea hog

Other words from Porpoise

por·poise·like , adjective

Word origin for Porpoise

C14: from French pourpois, from Medieval Latin porcopiscus (from Latin porcus pig + piscis fish), replacing Latin porcus marīnus sea pig

Synonyms for Porpoise

beluga, dolphin, grampus, mammal, narwal, orca, whale, cete