8-letter words containing ost
- foremost — Most prominent in rank, importance, or position.
- fostered — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- fosterer — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- fostoria — a city in N Ohio.
- fostress — a female fosterer
- freepost — Freepost is a system in Britain which allows you to send mail to certain organizations without paying for the postage. 'Freepost' is written on the envelope as part of the address.
- frostbit — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- frostier — Comparative form of frosty.
- frostily — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- frosting — a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- frostnip — The first stage of frostbite.
- gatepost — the vertical post on which a gate is suspended by hinges, or the post against which the gate is closed.
- geognost — a student of, or expert in, geognosy
- get lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- ghosting — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- glasnost — the declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities: initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.
- gnostics — Plural form of gnostic.
- goalpost — a post supporting a crossbar and, with it, forming the goal on a playing field in certain sports, as football.
- gyrostat — a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case.
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- headmost — most advanced; foremost.
- heelpost — a post made to withstand strain, forming or fitted to the end of something, as the post on which a gate or door is hinged.
- hemostat — an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- highmost — highest
- hindmost — furtherest behind or nearest the rear; last.
- holocost — Misspelling of holocaust.
- hostaged — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostages — Plural form of hostage.
- hosteler — a person who operates a hostel.
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- hostiles — Plural form of hostile.
- hostlers — Plural form of hostler.
- hostless — a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere: the host at a theater party.
- hostname — (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
- hostship — The property of being a host.
- ignostic — One who holds to ignosticism.
- imposted — a tax; tribute; duty.
- imposter — a tax; tribute; duty.
- impostor — a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- isostacy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- isostasy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- isostere — Chemistry. a compound isosteric with one or more other compounds.
- jostling — to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- kostroma — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.
- lamppost — a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.
- langosta — spiny lobster.
- leftmost — Farthest to the left.
- lostness — The quality of being lost.