Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 73 compound words that contain pore. The most common are listed below. Open pore in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- sweat poreThe opening of a sweat gland to the surface of the skin.
- pore overTo examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively.
- pore water pressureThe pressure of groundwater held within a soil or rock in gaps between particles (pores).
- germ poreA small pore in the outer wall of a fungal spore.
- pore spaceAll the pores in a rock; the volume of such pores
- taste poreAny of the small openings in the tongue epithelium that allow dissolved food to come into contact with the taste receptors.
- apical germ poreA small pore in the outer wall of a fungal spore which is located at the spore apex, opposite the hilar appendage and used for germination.
- abdominal poreA pair of sphincters near the cloaca that allow for communication between the abdominal cavity and the exterior.
- nano-poreAlternative form of nanopore: A pore, of nanometre dimensions, in a membrane
- nuclear pore complexA proteinaceous assembly that selectively transports cargoes across the nuclear envelope
- nuclear pore complexesplural of nuclear pore complex: A proteinaceous assembly that selectively transports cargoes across the nuclear envelope
- pore spacesplural of pore space: All the pores in a rock; the volume of such pores
- pore stripAn adhesive strip used to remove sebaceous filaments, blackheads etc. from the skin.
- pore stripsplural of pore strip: An adhesive strip used to remove sebaceous filaments, blackheads etc. from the skin.
- pore water pressuresplural of pore water pressure: The pressure of groundwater held within a soil or rock in gaps between particles (pores).
Compound words 73
- milliporeAny of several filters, made from cellulose acetate membranes, capable of removing very small particles.
- porationThe formation of pores in a surface, or the pattern of such pores.
- BarrackporeA city and municipality of North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata, India.
- poriferousHaving pores.
- colporateHaving apertures which combine a rounded pore and a colpus, or groove.
- interporeBetween pores.
- nucleoporeA nuclear pore.
- porelikeResembling or characteristic of pores.
- porerOne who pores, or studies closely.
- poroidHaving, or associated with pores