Definitions for porrect

porrect por·rect

Spelling: [puh-rekt, paw-]
IPA: /pəˈrɛkt, pɔ-/

Porrect is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 156 anagrams from letters in porrect (ceoprrt).

Definitions for porrect

adjective

  1. extending horizontally; projecting.

Origin of porrect

1810-20; Latin porrēctus (past participle of porrigere to stretch out), equivalent to por- forth, forward (see per, pro-1) + reg-, c

Examples for porrect

The palpi are porrect, the third joint almost concealed in the dense hairy vestiture of the second joint.

The palpi are very heavily clothed with hairs, the last joint quite long and porrect.

The palpi are stout, the apical joint very slender, elongated, and porrect.

Shell ovate-conical, brownish olive; whorls armed with porrect tubular spines, enclosing setaceous bristles.

Word Value for porrect
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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