10-letter words containing s, p, o, t, e
- poop sheet — a circular, list of instructions, press release, etc., providing information about a particular subject.
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- portlaoise — a town in central Republic of Ireland, county town of Laois: site of a top-security prison. Pop: 12 127 (2002)
- portliness — rather heavy or fat; stout; corpulent.
- portuguese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Portugal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- positioner — a person or thing that positions.
- positively — with certainty; absolutely: The statement is positively true.
- post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
- post horse — a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
- post house — a house or inn keeping post horses.
- post-dated — On a post-dated cheque, the date is a later one than the date when the cheque was actually written. You write a post-dated cheque to allow a period of time before the money is taken from your account.
- post-haste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- postarrest — following an arrest, occurring after someone has been arrested
- postbellum — occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
- postdebate — of or relating to the period after a debate
- poster boy — a person who appears on a poster
- postexilic — being or occurring subsequent to the exile of the Jews in Babylonia 597–538 b.c.
- postfreeze — taking place after a freeze
- 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
- postmarked — 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.
- postmaster — the official in charge of a post office.
- postmodern — noting or pertaining to architecture of the late 20th century, appearing in the 1960s, that consciously uses complex forms, fantasy, and allusions to historic styles, in contrast to the austere forms and emphasis on utility of standard modern architecture.
- postmortem — of, relating to, or occurring in the time following death.
- postperson — a person who collects and delivers post as a profession
- postseason — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- poststrike — of or relating to the period after a (workers) strike
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- pot cheese — cottage cheese.
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- pottsville — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- 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
- praepostor — a senior student at an English public school who is given authority over other students.
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- prebiotics — natural substances in some foods that encourage the growth of healthy bacteria in the gut
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- predeposit — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- premoisten — to moisten beforehand
- prepositor — praepostor.
- prestation — a payment in money or in services.
- prestorage — occurring before storage
- presystole — Physiology. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Compare diastole.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- prime cost — that part of the cost of a commodity deriving from the labor and materials directly utilized in its manufacture.
- prioritise — to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- pro-soviet — (before the revolution) any governmental council. (after the revolution) a local council, originally elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration. (after the revolution) a higher council elected by a local council, being part of a hierarchy of soviets culminating in the Supreme Soviet.
- problemist — someone who composes and solves problems, esp in chess or mathematics