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10-letter words containing l, p, s

  • postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
  • postcoital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
  • postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
  • postflight — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a flight
  • postgresql — (database)   /'post-gres-kyu-el/ An enhancement of the POSTGRES database system. PostgreSQL is an advanced relational database management system with some object oriented approaches. PostgreSQL is developed and distributed as free software, and while retaining its freedom it remains technically and featurewise a worthy competitor to even the most advanced commercial alternatives. It was also one of the first databases to offer MVCC as opposed to row-level locking or table locking, thereby greatly improving multi-user performance. PostgreSQL implements an extended subset of ANSI SQL and runs on many platforms. It also has interfaces to many different programming languages and database protocols, like ODBC and JDBC.
  • postillate — to annotate, to postil
  • postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
  • postliminy — the right by which persons and things taken in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
  • postmortal — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
  • postocular — located behind the eye
  • posttibial — Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
  • postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
  • postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
  • postulator — a priest who presents a plea for a beatification or the canonization of a beatus. Compare devil's advocate (def 2).
  • postulatum — a postulate
  • pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
  • powderless — lacking powder, not involving or containing powder
  • power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
  • praiseless — not receiving praise; unpraised
  • praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
  • prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
  • praxiteles — flourished c350 b.c, Greek sculptor.
  • pre-leased — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
  • pre-models — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
  • pre-school — Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school.
  • preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
  • preclosure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
  • preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
  • preclusive — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
  • prehensile — adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something: a prehensile tail.
  • preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
  • preludious — characteristic of a prelude
  • prepensely — in a premeditated way
  • prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
  • prerelease — something released beforehand, as a movie shown before its scheduled premiere.
  • presential — present, or implying actual presence
  • press lord — press baron.
  • presternal — Anatomy. manubrium.
  • presumable — capable of being taken for granted; probable.
  • presumably — by assuming reasonably; probably: Since he is a consistent winner, he is presumably a superior player.
  • presumedly — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
  • presystole — Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Compare diastole.
  • previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
  • previsible — that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
  • price list — a list giving the prices of items for sale.
  • pricklings — tingly sensations of discomfort or euphoria
  • priestling — a small or insignificant priest
  • princessly — resembling a princess
  • principles — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
  • pristinely — in a pristine manner
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