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A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa.

To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of. Bacon.

Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes.

The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. Bacon.

Having power to perforate or pierce.

One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome.

To make a peroration; to harangue. [Colloq.]

The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument. Burke.

A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste.

To impregnate, or combine, with phosphorus or its compounds; as, phosphorated oil.

An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

The act of pledging or pawning.

Pledging, pawning. [R.]

including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.

State of being overfull; excess; superabundance. He labors under a plethora of wit and imagination. Jeffrey.

See Pneumothorax.

The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophoræ.

A division of holothurians having an internal gill, or respiratory tree.

in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax.

A view of many objects; also, a sort of panorama with dissolving views.