8-letter words containing ost
- low-cost — able to be purchased or acquired at relatively little cost: low-cost life insurance; low-cost housing.
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- mostoles — a city in central Spain, a SW suburb of Madrid.
- mostwhat — most
- mycostat — a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- neostyle — a manifolding device similar to the cyclostyle.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- nostrils — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- nostromo — a novel (1904) by Joseph Conrad.
- nostrums — a medicine sold with false or exaggerated claims and with no demonstrable value; quack medicine.
- oostende — a seaport in NW Belgium.
- osteitic — inflammation of the substance of bone.
- osteitis — inflammation of the substance of bone.
- osteogen — (physiology) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.
- osteosis — the formation of bony tissue, usually infiltrating connective tissue.
- ostinato — a constantly recurring melodic fragment.
- ostioles — Plural form of ostiole.
- ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
- ostomate — A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
- ostomies — Plural form of ostomy.
- ostracod — seed shrimp.
- ostracon — (in ancient Greece) a potsherd, especially one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
- ostrakon — ostracon.
- ostreger — a keeper of hawks
- outposts — Plural form of outpost.
- overpost — to hurry over
- post hoc — after this; afterward.
- post oak — any of several American oaks, especially Quercus stellata, the wood of which is used for posts.
- post-bag — mailbag.
- post-boy — (formerly) a boy or man who rode post or carried mail.
- 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
- postburn — after injury from burns
- 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.
- postcode — an official code used by the post office, similar to the U.S. zip code, that adds numbers and letters to addresses to expedite mail delivery.
- postcomm — (in Britain) the Postal Services Commission, a body set up to look after the interests of postal service users
- postcoup — of, relating to, or occurring after a coup
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
- postdive — following a dive, esp a scuba dive
- postdrug — following the administration of a drug
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- postform — to remould or reshape plastic after reheating
- 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.
- postgres — (database) An active DBMS developed at the University of California at Berkeley by a team led by Michael Stonebraker (1986-1994). Postgres was later taken by Illustra and developed into a commercial product, which in turn was bought by Informix and integrated into their product, Universal Server.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.