9-letter words containing ost
- hoarfrost — frost (def 2).
- homostyly — (in plants) the condition of having all the flowers with styles of only one length, rather than of different lengths
- hostaging — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.
- hostess's — a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
- hostesses — a woman who receives and entertains guests in her own home or elsewhere.
- hostilely — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
- hostlesse — inhospitable
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- hygrostat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- hypostome — any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- ignostics — Plural form of ignostic.
- ileostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall, permitting drainage of the contents of the small intestine.
- imposters — Plural form of imposter.
- imposting — a tax; tribute; duty.
- impostors — Plural form of impostor.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- innermost — farthest inward; inmost.
- isostatic — of, relating to, or characterized by isostasy.
- isosteric — Chemistry. having the same number of valence electrons in the same configuration but differing in the kinds and numbers of atoms.
- jack post — a post for supporting a floor beam, having two telescoping sections, adjustable to any height.
- king post — a structural member running vertically between the apex and base of a triangular roof truss.
- klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- lamp-post — A lamp-post is a tall metal or concrete pole that is fixed beside a road and has a light at the top.
- lampposts — Plural form of lamppost.
- landdrost — the chief magistrate of a district
- last post — a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post.
- localhost — (computing) The computer being used locally, contrasted with remote computers elsewhere on a network.
- long-lost — You use long-lost to describe someone or something that you have not seen for a long time.
- lost soul — sb without purpose
- lowermost — lowest1 .
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- mileposts — Plural form of milepost.
- monostele — an individual or sole stele in the middle of the stem or root of a plant that contains tube-like vessels
- monostely — the state of being monostelic
- monostich — a poem or epigram consisting of a single metrical line.
- monostome — having a single mouth, pore, or stoma.
- most-euro — European: a Euro expert.
- myostatin — (protein) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
- nonpostal — not postal, not relating to post
- nonposted — Not having been posted (in various senses).
- northmost — northernmost.
- nostalgia — a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
- nostalgic — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- nostology — geriatrics.