13-letter words containing p, o, t, s
- postage meter — an office machine used in bulk mailing that imprints prepaid postage and a dated postmark.
- postage rates — the rates charged for the delivery of mail, depending on type, weight etc
- postage stamp — small adhesive label for mail
- postage-stamp — of very small area or size: a postage-stamp bikini.
- postauricular — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing; aural.
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- postcanonical — written at a later date than the books belonging to a canon, especially the Bible.
- postclassical — of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
- postcommunion — the part of a communion service that follows after the congregation has received communion.
- postconciliar — occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.
- postcranially — affecting the postcranium
- postdebutante — following the stage of being a debutante
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- postemergence — occurring or applied after emergence of a plant from the soil and before full growth: postemergence frost.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- postepileptic — after an epileptic seizure
- posterization — a process for producing a posterlike, high-contrast color reproduction from continuous-tone art by using separation negatives of various densities.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
- postinfection — of, relating to or occurring in the period after infection
- posting error — an error made while carrying over an entry from a journal to a ledger
- postinjection — the act of injecting.
- postisolation — following a period of isolation
- postlapsarian — occurring or being after the Fall.
- postliminious — subsequently undertaken
- postmenstrual — of or relating to menstruation or to the menses.
- postmodernism — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
- postmodernist — relating to late 20th-century art movement
- postoperative — occurring after a surgical operation.
- postpubescent — a young person in his or her early teens.
- postrecession — occurring or existing in the period after a recession
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- posttraumatic — occurring after physical or psychological trauma.
- posttreatment — an act or manner of treating.
- postulational — to ask, demand, or claim.
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- potato eaters — a painting (1885) by Vincent Van Gogh.
- potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- poult-de-soie — a soft, ribbed silk fabric, used especially for dresses.
- power station — a generating station.
- praetorianism — the control of a society by force or fraud, especially when exercised through titular officials and by a powerful minority.
- preadolescent — of or relating to preadolescence or a preadolescent.
- prebasic molt — the molt by which most birds replace all of their feathers, usually occurring annually after the breeding season.
- preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- precombustion — of or relating to the period immediately before combustion
- predestinator — a person or thing that predestinates something.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- predistortion — preemphasis.