8-letter words containing ost
- posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- posticum — epinaos.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postmark — 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.
- postmill — a windmill with machinery mounted on a frame that turns in its entirety to face the wind.
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- postpose — to place (a grammatical form) after a related grammatical form: The adverb “out” in “put out the light” is postposed in “put the light out.”.
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- postriot — of or relating to the period after a riot
- postshow — of or relating to the period after a show, occurring after a show
- postsync — postsynchronization
- postteen — a person older than a teenager; young adult
- posttest — an achievement test administered after a course of instruction.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- prostate — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- prostoon — (in classical architecture) a portico.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
- rearmost — farthest in the rear; last.
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- roosting — a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rostrate — furnished with a rostrum.
- signpost — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- starosta — the headman of a Russian village
- starosty — (in the past in Poland) the estate of a starosta, given by the Crown
- subcosta — a longitudinal vein in the anterior portion of the wing of an insect.
- the most — more than any other
- throstle — British (chiefly Literary) . the song thrush.
- uncostly — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- unposted — not sent by post
- urostege — an underside plate on a serpent's tail
- urostomy — an artificial opening for the release of urine, used when urination through the bladder and urethra is no longer possible due, for example, to surgery
- urostyle — the fused vertebrae at the posterior end of the spinal column of some fishes and tailless amphibians.
- valdosta — a city in S Georgia.
- vostok 1 — a manned Soviet spacecraft made to orbit the earth, launched in April 1961, carried Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space
- vostok 6 — a manned Soviet spacecraft made to orbit the earth, carried Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space
- westmost — westernmost.