8-letter words containing a, s, o, p, t
- post-bag — mailbag.
- post-war — following a major conflict
- postages — the charge for the conveyance of a letter or other matter sent by mail, usually prepaid by means of a stamp or stamps.
- postanal — of, pertaining to, involving, or near the anus.
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- postcard — Also called picture postcard. a small, commercially printed card, usually having a picture on one side and space for a short message on the other.
- postcava — See under vena cava.
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- potassic — of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- potatoes — Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- potestas — the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
- prosaist — a person who writes prose.
- prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- protasis — the clause expressing the condition in a conditional sentence, in English usually beginning with if. Compare apodosis.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
- protista — a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists.
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
- rapports — relation; connection, especially harmonious or sympathetic relation: a teacher trying to establish close rapport with students.
- saponite — a clay mineral, hydrous magnesium aluminum silicate, belonging to the montmorillonite group: found as a soft filling in rock cavities.
- satinpod — either of two European plants belonging to the genus Lunaria, of the mustard family, L. annua or L. rediviva, cultivated for their shiny flowers and large, round, flat, satiny pods.
- saucepot — a cooking pot having a handle on each side and a close-fitting lid, used especially for stewing and simmering.
- scotopia — vision in dim light (opposed to photopia).
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- slab top — a top, as to a table, formed from a slab of marble or the like.
- slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- snapshot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- soaproot — any plant of the genus Chlorogalum whose roots may be used as a soap substitute
- soapwort — a plant, Saponaria officinalis, of the pink family, whose leaves are used for cleansing.
- soupmeat — beef used for making soup stock.
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- spa town — a town where water comes out of the ground and people come to drink it or lie in it because they think it will improve their health
- spathose — spathaceous.
- spaz out — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speak to — talk or converse with
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
- spiccato — (of violin music) performed with short, abrupt, rebounding motions of the bow.
- spoliate — to rob, plunder, or despoil
- stamp on — tread heavily on