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P is for Porcelain

Porcelain is a hard, white ceramic that is commonly used to make plates and cups, some dolls, and bathroom ware like baths and toilets. When porcelain is very thin, it is slightly translucent.

P is for Porch

A porch is a covered area over the entrance to a house. Porches are very similar to a verandahs, but porches are usually just big enough to keep the rain off as you go into a house and verandahs can go almost the whole way around a house.

P is for Porcupine

Porcupines are a large rodent related to the beaver. They are spiny like hedgehogs and echidnas but are not related to either of them.
Porcupines come in many shapes and sizes, but all have sharp quills. Porcupines can lose their quills, so if something bites a porcupine they get a mouthful of spikes.

P is for Pore (Skin)

Pores are tiny holes in your skin. Things like oil and sweat come out of your pores, to cool you down and keep your skin in good condition.

P is for Pork

Pork is any meat that comes from a pig. Some cuts and ways of preparing pork are used so often they have their own names. Two of these are ham and bacon.

P is for Porridge

Porridge is a meal made from grain cooked in milk or water and served hot. It is usually made from oats, but can be made from any grain. People eat porridge for breakfast. Sometimes porridge is called oatmeal.
Port, also called porto or port wine, is a type of wine that is fortified with a spirit like brandy. Port is traditionally made in Portugal but similar wines are also made in other countries.
Port can either mean the left side of a boat, or is another word for a harbour.
Port, the direction, is designated the color red. The opposite of port is starboard.
You might also be interested in port, the drink.

P is for Porthole

A porthole is a small, round window typically seen on ships. Any small, round window on a building or anything else is also given the name porthole.
Portholes on ships may not always be able to be opened. When they can, they must have a watertight seal.

P is for Portrait

A portrait is a painting, drawing or photo of someone. A portrait is often just of someone's head and shoulders, or from their waist up.
Portrait can also refer to any picture or a blank canvas or piece of paper that is vertical, that is with the long sides on the left and right, which is the best way to put your paper to draw a portrait of someone. The opposite of portrait in this case is landscape, which is the best way to put a piece of paper to draw a landscape.

P is for Pose

Posing is holding a position so that someone can draw, paint or take a photo of you. The woman in the picture is posing so that a group of art students can draw her.

P is for Possum

Possums are fairly small creatures that live in trees in Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi. Possums usually sleep during the day and come out at night. Possums eat leaves, flowers and sometimes insects, eggs and meat.
The possums in the photo are trichosurus vulpecula, the common brush-tailed possum.

P is for Post

A post is a vertical piece of wood or metal that is used to make something from. Posts are most often used to make fences out of.

P is for Post office

A post office is a place where letters and parcels are sorted before being delivered to your mailbox. Most post offices also sell cards and gifts, and you can pay your bills at the post office too.

P is for Postcard

A postcard is like a short letter that you send to your friends when you are on vacation. Usually a postcard has a photo of the place you are visiting on one side, and a small space to write a message on the other side.

P is for Poster

A poster is a large piece of paper with words and/or pictures on it. Posters can be purely decorative, or they can be an advertisement for something.

P is for Postman

A postman, mailman or postal officer is someone who delivers letters and parcels to your house. Postal workers usually ride bicycles or motorbikes.

P is for Pot

A pot is a container that is usually made from earthenware or metal. Pots can be used for a great variety of things, and come in different shapes. Most pots are round but some are square, some have handles and some don't, some are narrow at the base and others are the same width the whole way up. Most pots have no lid but some do.
Pots can be used to store things in, to cook food in, or to grow plants in.
Pot is also a slang term for marijuana.

P is for Potato

Potatoes are tubers - they grow underground but are not the central root of the plant like a carrot or turnip. One potato plant can make many potatoes. Potatoes originally came from Peru but are now grown world wide, and are the fourth biggest crop after rice, wheat, and maize.
Potatoes are best known in the form of french fries (chips) or crisps. Potato can be eaten in a huge variety of ways. It can be an ingredient in soups and stews, mashed and eaten with butter, baked, fried, boiled and in a huge variety of other dishes.